Federal share of costs of a control project car-
ried out with a grant under this subsection the 
fair market value of services or any other form 
of in-kind contribution to the project made by 
non-Federal interests that the Secretary deter-
mines to be an appropriate contribution equiva-
lent to the monetary amount required for the 
non-Federal share of the activity. 
‘‘(C) 
DERIVATION
OF
NON-FEDERAL 
SHARE.—The non-Federal share of the cost of 
a control project carried out with a grant under 
this subsection may not be derived from a Fed-
eral grant program or other Federal funds. 
‘‘(8) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 
through 2010. 
‘‘(9) CLARIFICATION.—Nothing in this sub-
section shall be interpreted as suspending or waiving 
any requirement under any other provision of this 
Act.’’. 
SEC. 14. MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION. 
(a) NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.—Section 206(5) (16 
U.S.C. 1406(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘; except that no
fewer than 11 employees must be employed under para-
graph (1) at any time’’. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 206 (16 U.S.C. 
1406) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘(but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed $100 per diem)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘Financial’’ 
and all that follows through the end of that sen-
tence. 
SEC. 15. STRANDING AND ENTANGLEMENT RESPONSE. 
(a) COLLECTION
AND
UPDATING
OF
INFORMA-
TION.—Section 402(b)(1)(A) (16 U.S.C. 1421a(b)(1)(A)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘or entangled’’ after ‘‘stranded’’. 
(b) ENTANGLEMENT RESPONSE AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 403 (16 U.S.C. 
1421b) is amended— 
(A) by amending the section heading to 
read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 403. STRANDING OR ENTANGLEMENT RESPONSE 
AGREEMENTS.’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘or en-
tanglement’’ before the period. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents at the end of the first section is amended by
striking the item relating to section 403 and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘403. Stranding or entanglement response agreements.’’. 
(c) LIABILITY.—Section 406(a) (16 U.S.C. 1421e(a)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘or entanglement’’ after ‘‘strand-
ing’’. 
(d) ENTANGLEMENT DEFINED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 410 (16 U.S.C. 
1421h) is amended— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (6) in order as paragraphs (2) through 
(7); and 
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as 
so redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘entanglement’ means an event 
in the wild in which a living or dead marine mammal 
has gear, rope, line, net, or other material wrapped 
around or attached to it and is— 
‘‘(A) on a beach or shore of the United 
States; or 
‘‘(B) in waters under the jurisdiction of 
the United States.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
408(a)(2)(B)(i) (16 U.S.C. 1421f–1(a)(2)(B)(i)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 410(6)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 410(7)’’.
(e) JOHN H. PRESCOTT MARINE MAMMAL RESCUE 
ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
GRANT
PROGRAM.—Section 408(h) (16 U.S.C. 
1421f–1(h)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$5,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2001 through 2003’’ and inserting 
‘‘$7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 
through 2010’’; and 
(B) 
in 
paragraph 
(1) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$4,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$6,000,000’’ . 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND EXPENSES.— 
Section 408 (16 U.S.C. 1421f–1) is amended— 
(A) by adding at the end of subsection 
(a)(1) the following: ‘‘All funds available to im-
plement this section shall be distributed to eligi-
ble stranding network participants for the pur-
poses set forth in this paragraph and paragraph 
(2), except as provided in subsection (f).’’; and 
(B) by amending subsection (f) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND EXPENSES.—Of 
the amounts available each fiscal year to carry out this 
section, the Secretary may expend not more than 5 per-
cent or $80,000, whichever is greater, to pay the adminis-
trative costs and administrative expenses to implement the 
grant program under subsection (a). Any such funds re-
tained by the Secretary for a fiscal year for such costs 
and expenses that are not used for such costs and ex-
penses before the end of the fiscal year shall be provided 
as grants under subsection (a).’’. 
(3) EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.—Section 408 (16 
U.S.C. 1421f–1) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a) by redesignating 
paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraph (3) and 
(4), respectively, and by inserting after para-
graph (1) the following: 
‘‘(2) Subject to the availability of appropriations, the 
Secretary may also enter into cooperative agreements, con-
tracts, or such other agreements or arrangements as the 
Secretary considers appropriate to address stranding 
events requiring emergency assistance.’’; 
(B) in subsection (d) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ 
before the first sentence, and by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(2) Funding for emergency stranding projects shall 
not be subject to the funding limit established in para-
graph (1).’’; 
(C) in subsection (e)—
(i) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘The 
non-Federal’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as 
provided in paragraph (2), the non-Fed-
eral’’; 
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (1) 
the following: 
‘‘(2) EMERGENCY
ASSISTANCE.—No non-Fed-
eral contribution shall be required for funding for a 
response to an emergency stranding event.’’; and 
(D) in subsection (g) by redesignating 
paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and inserting 
after paragraph (1) the following: 
‘‘(2) 
EMERGENCY
ASSISTANCE.—The 
term 
‘emergency assistance’ means assistance provided for 
a stranding event that— 
‘‘(A) is not an unusual mortality event as 
defined in section 409(6); 
‘‘(B) leads to an immediate increase in re-
quired costs for stranding response, recovery, or 
rehabilitation in excess of regularly scheduled 
costs; 
‘‘(C) may be cyclical or endemic; and 
‘‘(D) may involve out-of-habitat animals.’’.
(4) CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 408 (16 U.S.C. 
1421f–1) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) CONTRIBUTIONS.—For purposes of carrying out 
this section, the Secretary may solicit, accept, receive, 
hold, administer, and use gifts, devises, and bequests.’’. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR MA-
RINE MAMMAL UNUSUAL MORTALITY EVENT FUND.— 
Section 409(3) (16 U.S.C. 1421g(3)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$500,000 for fiscal year 1993’’ and inserting 
‘‘$125,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010’’. 
SEC. 16. SCRIMSHAW EXEMPTION. 
Any valid certificate of exemption referred to in sec-
tion 18 of Public Law 103–238 (16 U.S.C. 1539 note) 
that was valid under that section on April 29, 1999, shall 
be valid during the 11-year period beginning October 31, 
1999. 
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