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these measures, and the development of new technologies 
to deter nuisance pinnipeds. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall include, among the individ-
uals that develop the program under this subsection, rep-
resentatives of the commercial and recreational fishing in-
dustries and, as appropriate, individuals with scientific 
proficiency, technical credentials, and expertise. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary is encouraged, where appropriate, 
to use independent marine mammal research institutions 
in developing and in conducting the program. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall, by December 31 of each 
year, submit an annual report on the results of research 
under this subsection to the Committee on Resources of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. 
‘‘(l) QUALIFIED NONLETHAL CONTROL PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may, to the 
extent amounts are available to carry out this sub-
section, provide a grant to any eligible applicant to 
carry out a qualified nonlethal control project in ac-
cordance with this subsection. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) publish guidelines for and solicit ap-
plications for grants under this subsection not 
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later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of this subsection; and 
‘‘(B) receive, review, evaluate, and approve 
applications for grants under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT.—To be an eligible 
applicant for purposes of paragraph (1), an appli-
cant must— 
‘‘(A) be a State, local government, or 
interstate or regional agency; and 
‘‘(B) have adequate personnel, funding, 
and authority to carry out and monitor or 
maintain a nonlethal control of nuisance 
pinnipeds project. 
‘‘(4) QUALIFIED CONTROL PROJECT.—To be a 
qualified control project under this subsection, a 
project must— 
‘‘(A) by humane and nonlethal means, re-
move, deter, and control nuisance pinnipeds in 
areas where they are a recurrent and persistent 
threat to public health and safety; and 
‘‘(B) encourage public notice, education, 
and outreach on project activities in the af-
fected community. 
‘‘(5) GRANT
DURATION.—Each grant under 
this subsection shall be to provide funding for the 
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Federal share of the cost of a project carried out 
with the grant for up to 2 fiscal years. 
‘‘(6) REPORTING BY GRANTEE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A grantee carrying 
out a control project with a grant under this 
subsection shall report to the Secretary at the 
expiration of the grant. 
‘‘(B) REPORT
CONTENTS.—Each report 
under this subsection shall include specific in-
formation on the methods and techniques used 
to control nuisance pinniped species in the 
project area, and on the ensuing results. 
‘‘(7) COST SHARING.— 
‘‘(A) FEDERAL
SHARE.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the Federal 
share of the cost of a project carried out with 
a grant under this subsection shall not exceed 
75 percent of such cost. 
‘‘(B) APPLICATION OF IN-KIND CONTRIBU-
TIONS.—The Secretary may apply to the non- 
Federal share of costs of a control project car-
ried out with a grant under this subsection the 
fair market value of services or any other form 
of in-kind contribution to the project made by 
non-Federal interests that the Secretary deter-
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mines to be an appropriate contribution equiva-
lent to the monetary amount required for the 
non-Federal share of the activity. 
‘‘(C) 
DERIVATION
OF
NON-FEDERAL 
SHARE.—The non-Federal share of the cost of 
a control project carried out with a grant under 
this subsection may not be derived from a Fed-
eral grant program or other Federal funds. 
‘‘(8) CLARIFICATION.—Nothing in this sub-
section shall be interpreted as suspending or waiving 
any requirement under any other provision of this 
Act.’’. 
SEC. 14. MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION. 
(a) NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.—Section 206(5) (16 
U.S.C. 1406(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘; except that no 
fewer than 11 employees must be employed under para-
graph (1) at any time’’. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 206 (16 U.S.C. 
1406) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘(but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed $100 per diem)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘Financial’’ 
and all that follows through the end of that sen-
tence. 
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SEC. 15. STRANDING AND ENTANGLEMENT RESPONSE. 
(a) COLLECTION
AND
UPDATING
OF
INFORMA-
TION.—Section 402(b)(1)(A) (16 U.S.C. 1421a(b)(1)(A)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘or entangled’’ after ‘‘stranded’’. 
(b) ENTANGLEMENT RESPONSE AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 403 (16 U.S.C. 
1421b) is amended— 
(A) by amending the section heading to 
read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 403. STRANDING OR ENTANGLEMENT RESPONSE 
AGREEMENTS.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘or en-
tanglement’’ before the period. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents at the end of the first section is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 403 and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘Sec. 403. Stranding or entanglement response agreements’’. 
(c) LIABILITY.—Section 406(a) (16 U.S.C. 1421e(a)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘or entanglement’’ after ‘‘strand-
ing’’. 
(d) ENTANGLEMENT DEFINED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 410 (16 U.S.C. 
1421h) is amended— 
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(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) (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) (16 U.S.C. 
1421f–1(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2001 through 2003’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 
through 2010’’. 
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(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND EXPENSES.— 
Section 408 (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 5 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 (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: 
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‘‘(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 
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(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 (16 U.S.C. 
1421f–1) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(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) (16 U.S.C. 1421g(3)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$500,000 for fiscal year 1993’’ and inserting 
‘‘$125,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2010’’. 
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SEC. 16. SCRIMSHAW EXEMPTION. 
Any valid certificate of exemption referred to in sec-
tion 18 of Public Law 103–238 (16 U.S.C. 1539 note) 
that was valid under that section on April 29, 1999, shall 
be valid during the 11-year period beginning October 31, 
1999. 
SEC. 17. POLAR BEARS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Marine Mammal Protection 
Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end thereof the following: 
‘‘TITLE V—POLAR BEARS 
‘‘SEC. 501. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) 
AGREEMENT.—The 
term 
‘Agreement’ 
means the Agreement Between the Government of 
the United States of America and the Government 
of the Russian Federation on the Conservation and 
Management of the Alaska-Chukotka Polar Bear 
Population, signed at Washington, D.C., on October 
16, 2000. 
‘‘(2) ALASKA NANUUQ COMMISSION.—The term 
‘Alaska Nanuuq Commission’ means the Alaska Na-
tive entity, in existence on the date of enactment of 
this title, that represents all villages in the State of 
Alaska that engage in the annual subsistence taking 
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of polar bears from the Alaska-Chukotka population 
and any successor entity. 
‘‘(3) IMPORT.—The term ‘import’ means to 
land on, bring into, or introduce into, or attempt to 
land on, bring into, or introduce into, any place sub-
ject to the jurisdiction of the United States, without 
regard to whether the landing, bringing, or introduc-
tion constitutes an importation within the meaning 
of the customs laws of the United States. 
‘‘(4) POLAR
BEAR
PART
OR
PRODUCT.—The 
term ‘part or product of a polar bear’ means any 
polar bear part or product, including the gall bile 
and gall bladder. 
‘‘(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
‘‘(6) TAKING.—The term ‘taking’ has the 
meaning given the term in the Agreement. 
‘‘(7) COMMISSION.—The term ‘Commission’ 
means the commission established under article 8 of 
the Agreement. 
‘‘SEC. 502. PROHIBITIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It is unlawful for any person 
who is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States— 
‘‘(1) to take any polar bear in violation of the 
Agreement; 
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‘‘(2) to take any polar bear in violation of the 
Agreement or any annual taking limit or other re-
striction on the taking of polar bears that is adopted 
by the Commission pursuant to the Agreement; 
‘‘(3) to import, export, possess, transport, sell, 
receive, acquire, or purchase, exchange, barter, or 
offer to sell, purchase, exchange, or barter any polar 
bear, or any part or product of a polar bear, that 
is taken in violation of paragraph (2); 
‘‘(4) to import, export, sell, purchase, exchange, 
barter, or offer to sell, purchase, exchange, or bar-
ter, any polar bear gall bile or polar bear gall blad-
der; 
‘‘(5) to commit, solicit another person to com-
mit, or cause to be committed, any offense under 
this subsection; or 
‘‘(6) to violate any regulation promulgated by 
the Secretary to implement any of the prohibitions 
established in this subsection. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—For the purpose of forensic test-
ing or any other law enforcement purpose, the Secretary, 
and Federal law enforcement officials, and any State or 
local law enforcement official authorized by the Secretary, 
may import a polar bear or any part or product of a polar 
bear. 
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