and management plan under subparagraph (A), 
and after providing for public review and com-
ment, the Administrator shall approve the up-
dated plan if the Administrator determines that 
the updated plan meets the requirements of this 
section. 
‘‘(5) PROBATIONARY
STATUS.—The Adminis-
trator may consider a management conference con-
vened under this section to be in probationary status 
if the management conference has not received ap-
proval for an updated comprehensive conservation 
and management plan under paragraph (4)(B) on or 
before the last day of the 3-year period beginning on 
the date on which the Administrator makes an eval-
uation of the plan available to the public under para-
graph (3)(C).’’. 
(d) FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Section 320 of such Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1330) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), (i), 
(j), and (k) as subsections (h), (i), (j), (k), and (m), 
respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
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‘‘(1) ACTIVITIES
CONDUCTED
WITHIN
ESTU-
ARIES WITH APPROVED PLANS.—After approval of a 
comprehensive conservation and management plan 
by the Administrator, any Federal action or activity 
affecting the estuary shall be conducted, to the max-
imum extent practicable, in a manner consistent 
with the plan. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION AND COOPERATION.—The 
Secretary of the Army (acting through the Chief of 
Engineers), the Administrator of the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration, the Director 
of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the 
Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Serv-
ice, and the heads of other appropriate Federal 
agencies, as determined by the Administrator, shall, 
to the maximum extent practicable, cooperate and 
coordinate activities related to the implementation of 
a comprehensive conservation and management plan 
approved by the Administrator. The Environmental 
Protection Agency shall serve as the lead coordi-
nating agency under this paragraph. 
‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION
OF
PLANS
IN
AGENCY 
BUDGET REQUESTS.—In making an annual budget 
request for a Federal agency referred to in para-
graph (2), the head of such agency shall consider 
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the responsibilities of the agency under this section, 
including under comprehensive conservation and 
management plans approved by the Administrator. 
‘‘(4) MONITORING.—The heads of the Federal 
agencies referred to in paragraph (2) shall collabo-
rate on the development of tools and methodologies 
for monitoring the ecological health and water qual-
ity conditions of estuaries covered by a management 
conference convened under this section.’’. 
(e) GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 320(h) of such Act 
(as redesignated by subsection (d) of this section) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) EFFECTS OF PROBATIONARY STATUS.— 
‘‘(A) REDUCTIONS IN GRANT AMOUNTS.— 
The Administrator shall reduce, by an amount 
to be determined by the Administrator, grants 
for the implementation of a comprehensive con-
servation and management plan developed by a 
management conference convened under this 
section if the Administrator determines that the 
management conference is in probationary sta-
tus under subsection (f)(5). 
‘‘(B) TERMINATION OF MANAGEMENT CON-
FERENCES.—The Administrator shall terminate 
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a management conference convened under this 
section, and cease funding for the implementa-
tion of the comprehensive conservation and 
management plan developed by the manage-
ment conference, if the Administrator deter-
mines that the management conference has 
been in probationary status for 2 consecutive 
years.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 320(i) 
of such Act (as redesignated by subsection (d) of 
this section) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (g)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (h)’’. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
320(j) of such Act (as redesignated by subsection (d) of 
this section) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Administrator $50,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2011 through 2016 for— 
‘‘(A) expenses related to the administration 
of management conferences under this section, 
except that such expenses shall not exceed 10 
percent of the amount appropriated under this 
subsection; 
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‘‘(B) making grants under subsection (h); 
and 
‘‘(C) monitoring the implementation of a 
conservation and management plan by the man-
agement conference, or by the Administrator in 
any case in which the conference has been ter-
minated. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATIONS.—Of the sums authorized to 
be appropriated under this subsection, the Adminis-
trator shall provide— 
‘‘(A) at least $1,250,000 per fiscal year, 
subject to the availability of appropriations, for 
the development, implementation, and moni-
toring of each conservation and management 
plan eligible for grant assistance under sub-
section (h); and 
‘‘(B) up to $5,000,000 per fiscal year to 
carry out subsection (k).’’. 
(g) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 320(k)(1)(A) 
of such Act (as redesignated by subsection (d) of this sec-
tion) is amended by striking ‘‘paramenters’’ and inserting 
‘‘parameters’’. 
(h) NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM EVALUATION.— 
Section 320 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1330) is amended by 
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inserting after subsection (k) (as redesignated by sub-
section (d) of this section) the following: 
‘‘(l) NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years 
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and 
every 4 years thereafter, the Administrator shall 
complete an evaluation of the national estuary pro-
gram established under this section. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFIC
ASSESSMENTS.—In conducting 
an evaluation under this subsection, the Adminis-
trator shall assess the effectiveness of the national 
estuary program in improving water quality, natural 
resources, and sustainable uses of the estuaries cov-
ered by management conferences convened under 
this section. 
‘‘(3) REPORT.—In completing an evaluation 
under this subsection, the Administrator shall issue 
a report on the results of the evaluation, including 
the findings and recommendations of the Adminis-
trator. 
‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY TO PUBLIC.—The Adminis-
trator shall make a report issued under this sub-
section available to the public, including through 
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