(d) ENTANGLEMENT DEFINED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 410 of such Act (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) of such Act (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) of such Act (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 2010 
through 2013’’; and 
(B) 
in 
paragraph 
(1) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$4,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$6,000,000’’. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND EXPENSES.— 
Section 408 of such Act (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 6 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 of 
such Act (16 U.S.C. 1421f–1) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a) by redesignating 
paragraph (2) as paragraph (3), and by insert-
ing after paragraph (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 text, 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 of such Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1421f–1) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(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) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1421g(3)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 1993’’ and inserting 
‘‘each of fiscal years 2010 through 2013’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 2, 
2009. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 844 
AN ACT 
To amend the provisions of law relating to the 
John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue As-
sistance Grant Program, and for other purposes.