(3) A detailed plan, including costs, to relocate 
all of the nuclear waste and other toxic waste con-
tained in— 
(A) the ‘‘Runit Dome’’ nuclear waste dis-
posal site; 
(B) all of the crypts on Enewetak Atoll con-
taining such waste; and 
(C) the three dumping areas in Enewetak’s 
lagoon to a safe, secure facility to be constructed 
in an uninhabited, unincorporated territory of 
the United States. 
(b) MARSHALLESE PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary of 
the Interior shall allow scientists or other experts selected 
by the Republic of the Marshall Islands to participate in 
all aspects of the preparation of the report required by sub-
section (a), including, without limitation, developing the 
work plan, identifying questions, conducting research, and 
collecting and interpreting data. 
(c) PUBLICATION.—The report required in subsection 
(a) shall be published in the Federal Register for public 
comment for a period of not fewer than 60 days. 
(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall publish the study required under subsection (a) 
and results submitted under subsection (b) on a public 
website. 
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(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATION
FOR RE-
PORT.—It is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs, for 
fiscal year 2022 such sums as may be necessary to produce 
the report required in subsection (a). 
(f) INDEFINITE AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION 
FOR RUNIT DOME MONITORING ACTIVITIES.—It is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy 
such sums as may be necessary to comply with the require-
ments of 48 U.S.C. 1921b(f)(1)(B). 
TITLE III—NATIONAL OCEANIC 
AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINIS-
TRATION 
SEC. 301. CLIMATE CHANGE INSULAR RESEARCH GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall establish a 
Climate Change Insular Research Grant Program to pro-
vide grants to institutions of higher education, as such term 
is defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), and nonprofit organizations 
in Insular Areas for monitoring, collecting, synthesizing, 
analyzing, and publishing local climate change data, in-
cluding ocean temperature, sea level rise, ocean acidifica-
tion, and altered ocean currents data. 
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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section there is authorized to be appropriated to 
the Administrator $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2022 through 2026. 
SEC. 302. COASTAL MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
AND REPORT. 
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, act-
ing through the Director of the Office for Coastal 
Management, shall provide technical assistance to In-
sular Areas to enhance such entities’ coastal manage-
ment and climate change programs. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this subsection there is authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Administrator of the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration $5,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Administrator of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, acting 
through the Director of the Office for Coastal Management, 
shall submit an annual report to the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate on the status of— 
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(1) wetland, mangrove, and estuary conditions 
in Insular Areas; and 
(2) climate change impacts, including ecological, 
economic, and cultural impacts, in Insular Areas. 
SEC. 303. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE AND GRANTS. 
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, act-
ing through the Director of the National Weather 
Service, shall provide technical assistance and out-
reach to Insular Areas through the San Juan, Tiyan, 
and Pago Pago Weather Forecast Offices of the Na-
tional Weather Service. For the purposes of this sec-
tion, the Administrator may also employ other agency 
entities as the Administrator deems necessary, in 
order to improve weather data collection and provide 
science, data, information, and impact-based decision 
support services to reduce hurricane, typhoon, 
droughts, tsunamis, tides, and sea level rise impacts 
in the Insular Areas. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this subsection there is authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Administrator $5,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
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(b) GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may 
provide grants to academic, nonprofit, and local enti-
ties to conduct climate change research to improve 
weather data collection and provide science, data, in-
formation, and impact-based decision support services 
to reduce hurricane, typhoon, droughts, tsunamis, 
tides, and sea level rise impacts in the Insular Areas. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this subsection there is authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Administrator $5,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
SEC. 304. OCEAN AND COASTAL MAPPING INTEGRATION 
ACT. 
Section 12204 of the Ocean and Coastal Mapping Inte-
gration Act (33 U.S.C. 3503) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (12) by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (13) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(14) The study of Insular Areas and the effects 
of climate change.’’. 
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