‘‘(C) includes in the deed for the property 
or interest in property a clear statement regard-
ing how the property or interest in property will 
be transferred to another entity described in 
subsection (b) if such organization becomes 
nonviable after the date on which such organi-
zation acquires such property or interest in 
property. 
‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary shall de-
velop objective measures that each non-governmental 
organization that applies for a grant under this sec-
tion shall use to demonstrate the compliance of such 
organization with the requirements of paragraph 
(1).’’; and 
(10) in subsection (m), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘fiscal years 2009 through 2013’’ and in-
serting ‘‘fiscal years 2025 through 2029’’. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL ESTUARINE RE-
SEARCH RESERVE SYSTEM. 
(a) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL NATIONAL ESTU-
ARINE RESEARCH RESERVES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) INITIATION.—Not later than 5 years 
after the date of the enactment of this section, 
the Secretary shall have initiated the designa-
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tion process for not less than 5 new National 
Estuarine Research Reserves in the System. 
(B) DESIGNATION.—Not later than 8 
years after the date of the enactment of this 
section, the Secretary shall designate not less 
than 5 new National Estuarine Research Re-
serves in the System. 
(2) PRIORITIZATION.—In making each designa-
tion under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
prioritize nominated estuarine areas that will pro-
mote the following with respect to the System: 
(A) The presence of a National Estuarine 
Research Reserve in each coastal State. 
(B) Full representation of biogeographic 
regions to ensure research in areas with distinct 
biodiversity or estuarine geography. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this section and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
report regarding the status of ongoing efforts to 
achieve the requirements under this subsection. 
(b) GUIDELINES FOR TRACKING AND MODELING IM-
PACTS
OF CLIMATE CHANGE.—Section 315(c) of the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
1461(c)) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 
(5) as paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) the establishment of coordinated long-term 
data monitoring and methods throughout the Sys-
tem for tracking the impacts of climate change and 
other stressors on estuarine systems, including im-
pacts on lake levels and sea levels;’’. 
(c) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 315(e)(1) of 
the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
1461(f)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘and main-
taining’’ after ‘‘constructing’’; and 
(B) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘research, 
monitoring, stewardship, training, and’’ after 
‘‘conducting’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘research and’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘research,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, stewardship, education, 
and training’’ after ‘‘monitoring’’. 
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(d) PROGRAM
ELEMENTS.—Section 315 of the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1461) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) SYSTEM-WIDE ELEMENTS OF NATIONAL ESTU-
ARINE RESEARCH RESERVE SYSTEM.—The Secretary 
shall coordinate System-wide programs and activities in 
the System, including— 
‘‘(1) the centralized management and dissemi-
nation of data from System observation and moni-
toring networks; 
‘‘(2) employment, through a grant program, of 
the collaborative research model on coastal research 
and management priorities to be conducted at Na-
tional Estuarine Research Reserves, focused on the 
priorities determined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(3) use of National Estuarine Research Re-
serves as living laboratories and as preferred loca-
tions for placements for fellowship and research po-
sitions for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration; and 
‘‘(4) establishing the Margaret A. Davidson 
Graduate Research Fellowship Program to address 
key coastal management questions and the coastal 
research and management priorities of the System 
and its place-based sites to help scientists and com-
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munities understand the coastal challenges that may 
influence future policy and management strategies. 
‘‘(i) PLACE-BASED PROGRAM ELEMENTS
OF NA-
TIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE SYSTEM.— 
Each National Estuarine Research Reserve shall establish 
and maintain place-based program elements commensu-
rate with available funding that include— 
‘‘(1) a research, monitoring, and observation 
network that detects environmental change and in-
forms suitable adaptation and mitigation strategies 
to address coastal hazards and environmental 
change; 
‘‘(2) living laboratories and preferred places for 
research on environmental change detection and de-
velopment of adaptation strategies to the impacts of 
such change; 
‘‘(3) education, outreach, training, and inter-
pretive programs that communicate the value and 
changing dynamics of coastal systems; 
‘‘(4) stewardship programs that provide science- 
based tools, habitat management, and restoration 
and that provide resources and information to in-
form coastal management; 
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