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joint authority considered appropriate by the 
Administrator for efficient regional operations. 
(5) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—The Adminis-
trator shall ensure that information in each regional 
ocean ecosystem resource information system estab-
lished under this section shall be readily accessible 
at no cost, or at nominal cost, to the Congress, all 
Federal agencies, States, academic and scientific in-
stitutions, and the public through the Internet, li-
braries, and such other mediums as may be appro-
priate and practical. 
(c) INCLUDED REGIONS AND WATERS; SCHEDULE.— 
(1) OCEAN REGIONS.—The Administrator shall 
establish by not later than 5 years after the enact-
ment of the Act, a regional ocean ecosystem resource 
information system for each ocean region. 
(2) OTHER
WATERS.—The Administrator, in 
cooperation with the affected States, shall establish 
by not later than 10 years after the enactment of 
this Act, a regional ocean ecosystem resource infor-
mation system for each of the following bodies of 
water: 
(A) The United States territorial waters of 
each of the Great Lakes. 
(B) Long Island Sound. 
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(C) The Gulf of Maine. 
(D) Chesapeake Bay. 
(E) The Mississippi River Delta. 
(F) San Francisco Bay and Delta. 
(G) The United States territorial waters of 
Puget Sound. 
(3) MODIFICATION
OF
REGIONS
AND
WA-
TERS.—The Administrator, with respect to the es-
tablishment of regional ocean ecosystem resource in-
formation systems, and for purposes of administra-
tive convenience and to ensure the timely completion 
of such systems, may divide the regions and waters 
referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) or include 
other waters not listed in those paragraphs. 
(d) COORDINATION.— 
(1) OBTAINING INFORMATION.—In establishing 
regional ocean ecosystem resource information sys-
tems, the Administrator— 
(A) shall cooperate and coordinate with the 
United States Geological Survey, the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Minerals 
Management Service, the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency, the Coast Guard, and the Navy, 
and all Administration offices, including the 
National Marine Sanctuaries program and Re-
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gional Fishery Management Councils, in order 
to obtain from such agencies and offices and 
use all unclassified information necessary for 
the development and operation of the systems; 
and 
(B) may seek to enter into cooperative 
agreements with States, local governments, uni-
versities, or private academic institutions in 
order to obtain access to information necessary 
or useful for the development and operation of 
the systems. 
(2) AVOIDANCE
OF
DUPLICATION.—To avoid 
duplication, in establishing regional ocean ecosystem 
resource information systems the Administrator 
shall coordinate with other ocean data acquisition 
and distribution systems, including the National 
Geospatial Data Clearinghouse and the Sanctuary 
Integrated Monitoring Network program of the Ad-
ministration. 
(3) INTEGRATION OF WATERSHED, BAY, AND 
ESTUARINE INFORMATION SYSTEMS.—The Adminis-
trator, in recognition of the effects of land-based and 
watershed uses on ocean ecosystems, shall facilitate 
to the extent practical the integration of watershed, 
bay, and estuarine information systems with the ap-
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propriate regional ocean ecosystem resource informa-
tion system. 
(4) INTERNATIONAL
AGREEMENTS.—The Ad-
ministrator may, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State, enter into agreements with the Govern-
ments of Canada, Mexico, and the Russian Federa-
tion with respect to establishment of a regional 
ocean ecosystem resource information system for 
United States coastal waters that abut the territorial 
waters of any of those countries, for purposes of in-
clusion in such a system of any information or data 
that may be necessary or useful in the development 
and operation of such system. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For de-
velopment and implementation of the ocean ecosystem re-
source information systems for ocean regions and other 
waters under this section, there is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Administrator $12,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2009 through 2018. 
SEC. 406. REGULATIONS. 
The Administrator shall issue such regulations as the 
Administrator considers necessary to ensure proper ad-
ministration of this title. 
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SEC. 407. OTHER AUTHORITY. 
This title shall not be construed as superseding or 
diminishing the authorities and responsibilities, under any 
other provision of law, of the Administrator or any other 
Federal, State, or tribal officer, employee, department, or 
agency. 
SEC. 408. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Admin-
istrator for carrying out this title, including development, 
implementation, and monitoring of approved Regional 
Ocean Strategic Plans, $25,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2009 through 2013. 
TITLE 
V—OCEAN 
AND 
GREAT 
LAKES 
CONSERVATION 
TRUST FUND 
SEC. 501. ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF FUND.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States a fund which 
shall be known as the ‘‘Ocean and Great Lakes Conserva-
tion Trust Fund’’, in this title referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’. 
In each fiscal year after fiscal year 2007, the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall deposit into the Fund the following 
amounts: 
(1) GENERAL REVENUE.—An amount in each 
such fiscal year equal to the difference between 
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