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(F) bioaccumulative and endocrine-disrupting chemical
contaminants; and
(G) predictive models based on indicators of marine
environmental health or public health threats.
(2) Coordination with the National Ocean Research Leader-
ship Council (10 U.S.C. 7902(a)) to ensure that any integrated
ocean and coastal observing system provides information nec-
essary to monitor and reduce marine public health problems
including health-related data on biological populations and
detection of contaminants in marine waters and seafood.
(3) Development through partnerships among Federal agen-
cies, States, academic institutions, or non-profit research
organizations of new technologies and approaches for detecting
and reducing hazards to human health from ocean sources
and to strengthen understanding of the value of marine bio-
diversity to biomedicine, including—
(A) genomics and proteomics to develop genetic and
immunological detection approaches and predictive tools
and to discover new biomedical resources;
(B) biomaterials and bioengineering;
(C) in situ and remote sensors used to detect, quantify,
and predict the presence and spread of contaminants in
marine waters and organisms and to identify new genetic
resources for biomedical purposes;
(D) 
techniques 
for 
supplying 
marine 
resources,
including chemical synthesis, culturing and aquaculturing
marine organisms, new fermentation methods and recom-
binant techniques; and
(E) adaptation of equipment and technologies from
human health fields.
(4) Support for scholars, trainees and education opportuni-
ties that encourage an interdisciplinary and international
approach to exploring the diversity of life in the oceans.
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Beginning with the first year occurring
more than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act,
the National Science and Technology Council, through the Director
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall prepare and
submit to the President and the Congress not later than January
31st of each year an annual report on the activities conducted
pursuant to this title during the preceding fiscal year, including—
(1) a summary of the achievements of Federal oceans and
human health research, including Federally supported external
research, during the preceding fiscal year;
(2) an analysis of the progress made toward achieving
the goals and objectives of the plan developed under subsection
(b), including identification of trends and emerging trends;
(3) a copy or summary of the plan and any changes made
in the plan;
(4) a summary of agency budgets for oceans and human
health activities for that preceding fiscal year; and
(5) any recommendations regarding additional action or
legislation that may be required to assist in achieving the
purposes of this title.
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SEC. 903. NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
OCEANS AND HUMAN HEALTH INITIATIVE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—As part of the interagency oceans and
human health research program, the Secretary of Commerce is
authorized to establish an Oceans and Human Health Initiative
to coordinate and implement research and activities of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration related to the role of
the oceans, the coasts, and the Great Lakes in human health.
In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall consult with other
Federal agencies conducting integrated oceans and human health
research and research in related areas, including the National
Science Foundation. The Oceans and Human Health Initiative is
authorized to provide support for—
(1) centralized program and research coordination;
(2) an advisory panel;
(3) one or more National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration national centers of excellence;
(4) research grants; and
(5) distinguished scholars and traineeships.
(b) ADVISORY PANEL.—The Secretary is authorized to establish
an oceans and human health advisory panel to assist in the develop-
ment and implementation of the Oceans and Human Health Initia-
tive. Membership of the advisory group shall provide for balanced
representation of individuals with multi-disciplinary expertise in
the marine and biomedical sciences. The Federal Advisory Com-
mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the oceans and human
health advisory panel.
(c) NATIONAL CENTERS.—
(1) The Secretary is authorized to identify and provide
financial support through a competitive process to develop,
within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
for one or more centers of excellence that strengthen the
capabilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration to carry out its programs and activities related to the
oceans’ role in human health.
(2) The centers shall focus on areas related to agency
missions, including use of marine organisms as indicators for
marine environmental health, ocean pollutants, marine toxins
and pathogens, harmful algal blooms, hypoxia, seafood testing,
identification of potential marine products, and biology and
pathobiology of marine mammals, and on disciplines including
marine 
genomics, 
marine 
environmental 
microbiology,
ecological chemistry and conservation medicine.
(3) In selecting centers for funding, the Secretary will give
priority to proposals with strong interdisciplinary scientific
merit that encourage educational opportunities and provide
for effective partnerships among the Administration, other Fed-
eral entities, State, academic, non-profit research organizations,
medical, and industry participants.
(d) EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH GRANTS.—
(1) The Secretary is authorized to provide grants of finan-
cial assistance to the scientific community for critical research
and projects that explore the relationship between the oceans
and human health and that complement or strengthen pro-
grams and activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration related to the ocean’s role in human health.
Officers and employees of Federal agencies may collaborate
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with, and participate in, such research and projects to the
extent requested by the grant recipient. The Secretary shall
consult with the oceans and human health advisory panel estab-
lished under subsection (b) and may work cooperatively with
other agencies participating in the interagency program to
establish joint criteria for such research and projects.
(2) Grants under this subsection shall be awarded through
a competitive peer-reviewed, merit-based process that may be
conducted jointly with other agencies participating in the inter-
agency program.
(e) TRAINEESHIPS.—The Secretary of Commerce is authorized
to establish a program to provide traineeships, training, and experi-
ence to pre-doctoral and post-doctoral students and to scientists
at the beginning of their careers who are interested in the oceans
in human health research conducted under the NOAA initiative.
SEC. 904. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND OUTREACH.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation
with other Federal agencies, and in cooperation with the National
Sea Grant program, shall design and implement a program to
disseminate information developed under the NOAA Oceans and
Human Health Initiative, including research, assessments, and
findings regarding the relationship between oceans and human
health, on both a regional and national scale. The information,
particularly with respect to potential health risks, shall be made
available in a timely manner to appropriate Federal or State agen-
cies, involved industries, and other interested persons through a
variety of means, including through the Internet.
(b) REPORT.—As part of this program, the Secretary shall
submit to Congress an annual report reviewing the results of the
research, assessments, and findings developed under the NOAA
Oceans and Human Health Initiative, as well as recommendations
for improving or expanding the program.
SEC. 905. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of
Commerce to carry out the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Oceans and Human Health Initiative, $60,000,000
for fiscal years 2005 through 2008. Not less than 50 percent of
the amounts appropriated to carry out the initiative shall be utilized
in each fiscal year to support the extramural grant and traineeship
programs of the Initiative.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2005’’.
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DIVISION C—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
The following appropriations shall be expended under the direc-
tion of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief
of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of
the Army pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood control, shore
protection and storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restora-
tion, and related purposes.
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS
For expenses necessary for the collection and study of basic
information pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore
protection and storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restora-
tion, and related projects, restudy of authorized projects, miscella-
neous investigations, and, when authorized by law, surveys and
detailed studies and plans and specifications of projects prior to
construction, $144,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief
of Engineers, is directed to use $300,000 for the continued
preconstruction, engineering, and design of Waikiki Beach, Oahu,
Hawaii, the project to be designed and evaluated, as authorized
and that any recommendations for a National Economic Develop-
ment Plan shall be accepted notwithstanding the extent of recre-
ation benefits supporting the project features, in view of the fact
that recreation is extremely important in sustaining and increasing
the economic well-being of the State of Hawaii and the nation:
Provided further, That in conducting the Southwest Valley Flood
Damage Reduction Study, Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Secretary
of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall include
an evaluation of flood damage reduction measures that would other-
wise be excluded from the feasibility analysis based on policies
regarding the frequency of flooding, the drainage areas, and the
amount of runoff: Provided further, That for the Ohio Riverfront,
Cincinnati, Ohio, project, the cost of planning and design under-
taken by non-Federal interests shall be credited toward the non-
Federal share of project design costs.
CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the construction of river and harbor,
flood control, shore protection and storm damage reduction, aquatic
ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by law; for
conducting detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of such
projects (including those for development with participation or
under consideration for participation by States, local governments,
or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by
law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifications, shall
not constitute a commitment of the Government to construction);