interagency conflict in the coordination or implementation
of the policy described in this section.
‘‘(f) PRIVATE AQUACULTURE POLICY COORDINA-
TION, DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION.—
‘‘(1) RESPONSIBILITY.—The Secretary shall
have overall responsibility for coordinating, develop-
ing, and carrying out policies and programs for pri-
vate aquaculture.
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) coordinate all intradepartmental func-
tions and activities relating to private aqua-
culture;
‘‘(B) establish procedures for the coordina-
tion of functions, and consultation, with the co-
ordinating group; and
‘‘(C) recommend to the National Agricul-
tural Library methods by which the aquaculture
resources of the Library can be made more eas-
ily retrievable and can be more widely dissemi-
nated.
‘‘(3) LIAISON.—
‘‘(A) AGENCIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.—
To facilitate communication and interaction be-
tween the aquaculture community and the De-
partment, the head of each agency of the De-
partment shall, if requested by the Secretary,
designate an officer or employee of the agency
to be the liaison of the agency with the Sec-
retary.
‘‘(B) DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE AND
INTERIOR.—The Secretary of Commerce and
the Secretary of the Interior shall each des-
ignate an officer or employee of their respective
Departments to be the liaison of their respec-
tive Departments with the Secretary.’’.
SEC. 8. WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT.
The Act (16 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) is amended by in-
serting after section 7 (as added by section 7) the follow-
ing new section:
‘‘SEC. 8. WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT.
‘‘(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency is authorized to carry out,
in collaboration with the Secretary, collaborative inter-
agency programs that demonstrate the application of
aquaculture to environmental enhancement and assess-
ment, including a program to assess the environmental im-
pact of waterborne contaminants on naturally occurring
aquatic organisms and ecosystems using aquaculture-
raised organisms to serve as an indicator of environmental
pollution.
‘‘(b) GRANTS; COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The
Administrator may provide grants or enter into coopera-
tive agreements or contracts with private research organi-
zations for research and demonstration of the technology
authorized by this section.’’.
SEC. 9. NATIVE AMERICAN FISHPOND REVITALIZATION.
The Act (16 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) is amended by in-
serting after section 8 (as added by section 8) the follow-
ing new section:
‘‘SEC. 9. NATIVE AMERICAN FISHPOND REVITALIZATION.
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF NATIVE AMERICAN.—As used
in this section, the term ‘Native American’ means—
‘‘(1) an Indian, as defined in section 4(d) of the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(d));
‘‘(2) a Native Hawaiian, as defined in section
8(3) of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of
1988 (42 U.S.C. 11707(3)) or section 815(3) of the
Native 
American 
Programs 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C.
2992c(3));
‘‘(3) an Alaska Native, within the meaning pro-
vided for the term ‘Native’ in section 3(b) of the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C.
1602(b)); and
‘‘(4) a Pacific Islander, within the meaning of
the Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. 2991 et seq.)
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary
of Agriculture is authorized to carry out a program to revi-
talize fishponds used by Native Americans to cultivate
aquatic species.
‘‘(c) GRANTS; COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The
Secretary may provide grants or enter into cooperative
agreements with individuals and organizations, including
Native American organizations, to promote fishpond revi-
talization. Funds provided under this section may be used
to engage in fishpond research, pond culture technology
development, the application of traditional pond culture
techniques and modern aquaculture practices to ancient
fishponds, technical assistance and technology transfer,
and such other activities as the Secretary determines are
appropriate.’’.
SEC. 10. DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR AQUACULTURE PRO-
DUCERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2244 of the Food, Agri-
culture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
1421 note) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A)(ii), by inserting ‘‘, if
applicable,’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)(2) for such crop’’;
and
(2) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ‘‘and
aquatic species raised for human or animal con-
sumption,’’ after ‘‘was not available for crop year
1990,’’.
(b) LIMITATION.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply only to the extent appropriations
are made available after the date of enactment of this Act
to carry out the amendments.
SEC. 11. AQUACULTURE EDUCATION.
The Act (16 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) is amended by in-
serting after section 9 (as added by section 9) the follow-
ing new section:
‘‘SEC. 10. AQUACULTURE EDUCATION.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
‘‘(1) POSTSECONDARY
VOCATIONAL
INSTITU-
TION.—The term ‘postsecondary vocational institu-
tion’ has the same meaning given the term by sec-
tion 481(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1088(c)), except that the term only in-
cludes an institution that awards an associates de-
gree but does not award a bachelor’s degree.
‘‘(2) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘second-
ary school’ has the same meaning given the term by
section 1471(21) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2891(21)).
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary
is authorized to establish a program to expand and im-
prove instruction, on aquaculture and the basic principles
of aquaculture farming, in the agriculture curriculum for
students attending secondary schools and postsecondary
vocational institutions.
‘‘(c) GRANTS AND CURRICULUM.—In carrying out
subsection (b), the Secretary may—
‘‘(1) make grants to—
‘‘(A) establish and maintain aquaculture
learning centers in secondary schools and post-
secondary vocational institutions;
‘‘(B) 
promote 
aquaculture 
technology
transfer; and
‘‘(C) educate consumers and the public
concerning the benefits of aquaculture; and
‘‘(2) develop curriculum and supporting mate-
rials on aquaculture farming, field test the content
of the curriculum, and supply training to educators
at secondary schools and postsecondary vocational
institutions on the aquaculture curriculum and ma-
terials developed.
‘‘(d) PRIORITY FOR GRANTS.—In awarding grants
under subsection (c)(1), the Secretary shall give priority
to—
‘‘(1) the ability of the proposed aquaculture
learning center to gain access to—
‘‘(A) a commercial aquaculture farm;
‘‘(B) a regional aquaculture center estab-
lished by the Secretary under section 1475(d)
of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3322(d));
‘‘(C) an aquaculture research facility; or
‘‘(D) a similar venture that would afford
students the opportunity to experience aqua-
culture research and development or commer-
cialization;
‘‘(2) the ability of the center to achieve out-
reach to minority audiences or students in inner-city
schools;
‘‘(3) the ability of the center to foster aware-
ness of aquaculture among consumers and the gen-
eral public;
‘‘(4) the ability of the center to serve as an
aquaculture education facility for visiting students
participating in a field trip or a similar educational
experience for inservice training; and
‘‘(5) the level of assistance to be provided from
non-Federal sources.
‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), a grantee may not receive a grant under
this section for more than 5 fiscal years.
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—In the case of grantees that re-
ceive grants under this section for fiscal year 1995,
the Secretary may waive the application of para-
graph (1) to the grantees for the fiscal year if the
Secretary determines that the application of para-
graph (1) to the grantees would result in the termi-
nation of an excessive number of grants.’’.
SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
The first sentence of section 15 (as redesignated by
section 7(1)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act (in-
cluding the functions of the Joint Subcommittee on Aqua-
culture established under section 6(a)) $3,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 1995 and 1996.’’.
SEC. 13. ELIGIBILITY OF AQUACULTURE FARMERS FOR
FARM CREDIT ASSISTANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 343 of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991) is
amended by striking ‘‘fish farming’’ both places it appears
in paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting ‘‘aquaculture (as
the term is defined in section 3(1) of the National Aqua-
culture Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 2802(1)))’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall become effective on October 1, 1994.
SEC. 14. INTERNATIONAL AQUACULTURE INFORMATION
AND DATA COLLECTION.
Section 502 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978
(7 U.S.C. 5692) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(d) INTERNATIONAL AQUACULTURE INFORMATION
AND DATA COLLECTION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized
to establish and carry out a program of data collec-
tion, analysis, and dissemination of information to
provide continuing and timely economic information
concerning international aquaculture production.
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall consult with the Joint
Subcommittee on Aquaculture established under sec-
tion 6(a) of the National Aquaculture Act of 1980
(16 U.S.C. 2805(a)), and representatives of the
United States aquaculture industry, concerning
means of effectively providing data described in
paragraph (1) to the Joint Subcommittee and the
industry.’’.
SEC. 15. AQUACULTURE INFORMATION NETWORK REPORT.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall report to
Congress on the feasibility of expanding current informa-
tion systems at regional aquaculture centers established
by the Secretary under section 1475(d) of the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3322(d)), universities, research in-
stitutions, and the National Agricultural Library to permit
an on-line link between those entities for the sharing of
data, publication, and technical assistance information in-
volving aquaculture.
SEC. 16. VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION OF QUALITY STAND-
ARDS.
The Act (16 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) is amended by in-
serting after section 10 (as added by section 11) the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘SEC. 11. VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION OF QUALITY STAND-
ARDS.
‘‘The Secretary shall develop, in consultation with
representatives of the aquaculture industry, a plan for vol-
untary certification of guidelines to ensure the quality of
aquatic species subject to this Act in order to promote the
marketing and transportation of aquaculture products.’’.
SEC. 17. IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture
shall report to Congress on the progress made in carrying
out this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection
(a) shall include—
(1) a description of all programs and activities
of the Department of Agriculture and all other agen-
cies and Departments in support of private aqua-
culture;
(2) the specific authorities for the activities de-
scribed in paragraph (1); and
(3) recommendations for such actions as the
Secretary of Agriculture determines are necessary to
improve recognition and support of private aqua-
culture in each agency of the Department of Agri-
culture.
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