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‘‘(C) identify Federal agencies that are re-
sponsible for addressing such critical needs; and 
‘‘(D) recommend Federal agencies best suit-
ed to address any critical needs for which no 
agency is responsible under existing law. 
‘‘(4) INFORMATION
TO
BE
CONSIDERED.—In 
identifying and prioritizing policy gaps pursuant to 
paragraph (3), the task force shall consider the find-
ings and recommendations contained in section VI of 
the report entitled ‘The Sustainable Working Water-
fronts Toolkit: Final Report’, dated March 2013. 
‘‘(5) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the task force 
shall submit a report to Congress on its findings. 
‘‘(6) IMPLEMENTATION.—The head of each Fed-
eral agency identified in the report pursuant to para-
graph (3)(C) shall take such action as is necessary to 
implement the recommendations contained in the re-
port by not later than one year after the date of 
issuance of the report. 
‘‘(b) WORKING WATERFRONTS GRANT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish a Working Waterfront Grant Program, in co-
operation with appropriate State, regional, and other 
units of government, under which the Secretary may 
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make a grant to any coastal State for the purpose of 
implementing a working waterfronts plan approved 
by the Secretary under subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) 
GRANTS.—The 
Secretary 
shall 
award 
matching grants under the Working Waterfronts 
Grant Program to coastal States with approved work-
ing waterfronts plans through a regionally equitable, 
competitive funding process in accordance with the 
following: 
‘‘(A) The Governor, or an agency designated 
by the Governor for coordinating the implemen-
tation of this section, in consultation with any 
appropriate local government, shall determine 
that the application is consistent with the State’s 
or territory’s approved coastal zone plan, pro-
gram, and policies prior to submission to the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(B) In developing guidelines under this 
section, the Secretary shall consult with coastal 
States, other Federal agencies, and other inter-
ested stakeholders with expertise in working wa-
terfronts planning. 
‘‘(C) Coastal States may allocate grants to 
local governments, agencies, or nongovernmental 
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organizations eligible for assistance under this 
section. 
‘‘(3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In awarding a grant to 
a coastal State, the Secretary shall consider— 
‘‘(A) the economic, cultural, and historical 
significance of working waterfronts to the coastal 
State; 
‘‘(B) the demonstrated working waterfronts 
needs of the coastal State as outlined by a work-
ing waterfronts plan approved for the coastal 
State under subsection (c), and the value of the 
proposed project for the implementation of such 
plan; 
‘‘(C) the ability to leverage funds among 
participating entities, including Federal agen-
cies, regional organizations, State and other gov-
ernment units, landowners, corporations, or pri-
vate organizations; 
‘‘(D) the potential for rapid turnover in the 
ownership of working waterfronts in the coastal 
State, and where applicable the need for coastal 
States to respond quickly when properties in ex-
isting or potential working waterfronts areas or 
public access areas as identified in the working 
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waterfronts plan submitted by the coastal State 
come under threat or become available; and 
‘‘(E) the impact of the working waterfronts 
plan approved for the coastal State under sub-
section (c) on the coastal ecosystem and the users 
of the coastal ecosystem. 
‘‘(4) TIMELINE FOR APPROVAL.—The Secretary 
shall approve or reject an application for such a 
grant not later than 60 days after receiving an appli-
cation for the grant. 
‘‘(c) WORKING WATERFRONTS PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) 
DEVELOPMENT
AND
SUBMISSION
OF 
PLAN.—To be eligible for a grant under subsection 
(b), a coastal State shall submit to the Secretary a 
comprehensive working waterfronts plan in accord-
ance with this subsection, or be in the process of de-
veloping such a plan and have an established working 
waterfronts program at the State or local level. 
‘‘(2) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Such plan— 
‘‘(A) shall provide for preservation and ex-
pansion of access to coastal waters to persons en-
gaged in commercial fishing, marine recreational 
and 
tourism 
businesses, 
aquaculture, 
boatbuilding, or other water-dependent, coastal- 
related business; 
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‘‘(B) shall include— 
‘‘(i) an assessment of the economic, so-
cial, cultural, and historic value of working 
waterfronts to the coastal State; 
‘‘(ii) a description of relevant State 
and local laws and regulations affecting 
working waterfronts in the geographic areas 
identified in the working waterfronts plan; 
‘‘(iii) identification of geographic areas 
where working waterfronts are currently 
under threat of conversion to uses incompat-
ible with commercial and recreational fish-
ing, recreational fishing and boating busi-
nesses, other marine recreational and tour-
ism businesses, aquaculture, boatbuilding, 
or other water-dependent, coastal-related 
business, and the level of that threat; 
‘‘(iv) identification of geographic areas 
with a historic connection to working wa-
terfronts where working waterfronts are not 
currently available, and, where appropriate, 
an assessment of the environmental impacts 
of any expansion or new development of 
working waterfronts on the coastal eco-
system; 
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‘‘(v) identification of other working 
waterfronts needs including improvements 
to existing working waterfronts and work-
ing waterfronts areas; 
‘‘(vi) a strategic and prioritized plan 
for the preservation, expansion, and im-
provement of working waterfronts in the 
coastal State; 
‘‘(vii) 
for 
areas 
identified 
under 
clauses (iii), (iv), (v), and (vi), identifica-
tion of current availability and potential 
for expansion of public access to coastal 
waters; 
‘‘(viii) a description of the degree of 
community support for such strategic plan; 
and 
‘‘(ix) a contingency plan for properties 
that revert to the coastal State pursuant to 
determinations made by the coastal State 
under subsection (g)(4)(C); 
‘‘(C) may include detailed descriptions of 
environmental impacts on working waterfronts, 
including hazards, sea level rise, inundation ex-
posure, and other resiliency issues; 
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subsection a procedure to ensure that the quali-
fied holders are fulfilling such qualified holder’s 
obligations under the working waterfronts cov-
enant. 
‘‘(d) USES, TERMS, AND CONDITIONS.—A grant under 
this section may be used— 
‘‘(1) to acquire a working waterfronts, or an in-
terest in a working waterfront; 
‘‘(2) to make improvements to a working water-
fronts, including the construction or repair of wharfs, 
boat ramps, or related facilities; or 
‘‘(3) for necessary climate change adaptation or 
mitigation. 
‘‘(e) PUBLIC ACCESS REQUIREMENT.—A working wa-
terfronts project funded by grants made under this section 
must provide for expansion, improvement, or preservation 
of reasonable and appropriate public access to coastal 
waters at or in the vicinity of a working waterfront, except 
for commercial fishing or other industrial access points 
where the coastal State determines that public access would 
be unsafe. 
‘‘(f) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a 
grant awarded under this section may be used to pur-
chase working waterfronts or an interest in working 
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waterfronts, including an easement, only from a will-
ing seller and at fair market value. 
‘‘(2) A grant awarded under this section may be 
used to acquire working waterfronts or an interest in 
working waterfronts at less than fair market value 
only if the owner certifies to the Secretary that the 
sale is being entered into willingly and without coer-
cion. 
‘‘(3) No Federal, State, or local entity may exer-
cise the power of eminent domain to secure title to 
any property or facilities in connection with a project 
carried out under this section. 
‘‘(g) ALLOCATION
OF GRANTS
TO LOCAL GOVERN-
MENTS AND OTHER ENTITIES.— 
‘‘(1) DESIGNATION
OF
QUALIFIED
HOLDER.— 
Subject to the approval of the Secretary, a coastal 
State may, as part of an approved working water-
front plan, designate as a qualified holder any unit 
of State or local government or nongovernmental or-
ganization, if the coastal State is ultimately respon-
sible for ensuring that the property will be managed 
in a manner that is consistent with the purposes for 
which the land entered into the program. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—A coastal State or a quali-
fied holder designated by a coastal State may allocate 
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to a unit of local government, nongovernmental orga-
nization, fishing cooperative, or other entity, a por-
tion of any grant made under this section for the pur-
pose of carrying out this section, except that such an 
allocation shall not relieve the coastal State of the re-
sponsibility for ensuring that any funds so allocated 
are applied in furtherance of the coastal State’s ap-
proved working waterfronts plan. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—A qualified holder may hold 
title to or interest in property acquired under this 
section, except that— 
‘‘(A) all persons holding title to or interest 
in working waterfronts affected by a grant under 
this section shall enter into a working water-
fronts covenant; 
‘‘(B) such covenant shall be held by the 
coastal State or a qualified holder designated 
under paragraph (1); 
‘‘(C) if the coastal State determines, on the 
record after an opportunity for a hearing, that 
the working waterfronts covenant has been vio-
lated— 
‘‘(i) all right, title, and interest in and 
to the working waterfronts covered by such 
covenant shall, except as provided in sub-
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paragraph (D), revert to the coastal State; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the coastal State shall have the 
right of immediate entry onto the working 
waterfronts; and 
‘‘(D) if a coastal State makes a determina-
tion under subparagraph (C), the coastal State 
may convey or authorize the qualified holder to 
convey the working waterfront or interest in 
working waterfronts to another qualified holder. 
‘‘(h) MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall require that each coast-
al State that receives a grant under this section, or 
a qualified holder designated by that coastal State 
under subsection (g), shall provide matching funds in 
an amount equal to at least 25 percent of the total 
cost of the project carried out with the grant. As a 
condition of receipt of a grant under this section, the 
Secretary shall require that a coastal State provide to 
the Secretary such assurances as the Secretary deter-
mines are sufficient to demonstrate that the share of 
the cost of each eligible project that is not funded by 
the grant awarded under this section has been se-
cured. 
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‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) for any qualified holder 
that is an underserved community, a community that 
has an inability to draw on other sources of funding 
because of the small population or low income of the 
community, or for other reasons the Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
‘‘(3) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—A local commu-
nity designated as a qualified holder under subsection 
(g) may use funds or other in-kind contributions do-
nated by a nongovernmental partner to satisfy the 
matching funds requirement under this subsection. 
‘‘(4) 
FUNDING
FROM
OTHER
FEDERAL 
SOURCE.—If financial assistance under this section 
represents only a portion of the total cost of a project, 
funding from other Federal sources may be applied to 
the cost of the project. 
‘‘(5) VALUE OF A WORKING WATERFRONT.—The 
Secretary shall treat as non-Federal match the value 
of a working waterfront or interest in a working wa-
terfront, including conservation and other easements, 
that is held in perpetuity by a qualified holder, if the 
working waterfront or interest is identified in the ap-
plication for the grant and acquired by the qualified 
holder not later than three years of the grant award 
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date, or not later than three years after the submis-
sion of the application and before the end of the grant 
award period. Such value shall be determined by an 
appraisal performed at such time before the award of 
the grant as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
‘‘(6) OTHER
CONSIDERATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall treat as non-Federal match the costs associated 
with acquisition of a working waterfront or an inter-
est in a working waterfront, and the costs of restora-
tion, enhancement, or other improvement to a work-
ing waterfront, if the activities are identified in the 
project application and the costs are incurred within 
the period of the grant award, or, for working water-
front described in paragraph (6), within the same 
time limits described in that paragraph. Such costs 
may include either cash or in-kind contributions. 
‘‘(i) LIMIT
ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—No more 
than 5 percent of the funds made available to the Secretary 
under this section may be used by the Secretary for plan-
ning or administration of the program under this section. 
‘‘(j) OTHER TECHNICAL
AND FINANCIAL ASSIST-
ANCE.— 
‘‘(1) Up to 5 percent of the funds appropriated 
under this section shall be used by the Secretary for 
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purposes of providing technical assistance as de-
scribed in this subsection. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) provide technical assistance to coastal 
States and local governments in identifying and 
obtaining other sources of available Federal tech-
nical and financial assistance for the develop-
ment and revision of a working waterfronts plan 
and the implementation of an approved working 
waterfronts plan; 
‘‘(B) provide technical assistance to States 
and local governments for the development, im-
plementation, and revision of comprehensive 
working waterfronts plans, which may include, 
subject to the availability of appropriations, 
planning grants and assistance, pilot projects, 
feasibility studies, research, and other projects 
necessary to further the purposes of this section; 
‘‘(C) assist States in developing other tools 
to protect working waterfronts; 
‘‘(D) collect and disseminate to States guid-
ance for best stormwater management practices 
in regards to working waterfronts; 
‘‘(E) provide technical assistance to States 
and local governments on integrating resilience 
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planning into working waterfronts preservation 
efforts; and 
‘‘(F) collect and disseminate best practices 
on working waterfronts and resilience planning. 
‘‘(k) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) develop performance measures to 
evaluate and report on the effectiveness of the 
program under this section in accomplishing the 
purpose of this section; and 
‘‘(B) submit to Congress a biennial report 
that includes such evaluations, an account of all 
expenditures, and descriptions of all projects car-
ried out using grants awarded under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may submit the biennial re-
port under paragraph (1)(B) by including it in the 
biennial report required under section 316. 
‘‘(l) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
‘‘(1) QUALIFIED HOLDER.—The term ‘qualified 
holder’ means a coastal State or a unit of local or 
coastal State government or a non-State organization 
designated by a coastal State under subsection (g). 
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‘‘(2) WORKING WATERFRONT.—The term ‘work-
ing waterfront’ means real property (including sup-
port structures over water and other facilities) that 
provides access to coastal waters to persons engaged 
in commercial and recreational fishing, recreational 
fishing and boating businesses, other marine rec-
reational and tourism businesses, boatbuilding, aqua-
culture, or other water-dependent, coastal-related 
business and is used for, or that supports, commercial 
and recreational fishing, recreational fishing and 
boating businesses, boatbuilding, other marine rec-
reational and tourism businesses, aquaculture, or 
other water-dependent, coastal-related business. 
‘‘(3) WORKING
WATERFRONT
COVENANT.—The 
term ‘working waterfront covenant’ means an agree-
ment in recordable form between the owner of working 
waterfront and one or more qualified holders, that 
provides such assurances as the Secretary may re-
quire that— 
‘‘(A) the title to or interest in the working 
waterfront will be held by a grant recipient or 
qualified holder in perpetuity, except as provided 
in subparagraph (C); 
‘‘(B) the working waterfront will be man-
aged in a manner that is consistent with the 
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purposes for which the property is acquired pur-
suant to this section, and the property will not 
be converted to any use that is inconsistent with 
the purpose of this section; 
‘‘(C) if the title to or interest in the working 
waterfront is sold or otherwise exchanged— 
‘‘(i) all working waterfront owners and 
qualified holders involved in such sale or ex-
change shall accede to such agreement; and 
‘‘(ii) funds equal to the fair market 
value of the working waterfront or interest 
in working waterfront shall be paid to the 
Secretary by parties to the sale or exchange, 
and such funds shall, at the discretion of the 
Secretary, be paid to the coastal State in 
which the working waterfront is located for 
use in the implementation of the working 
waterfront plan of the State approved by 
the Secretary under this section; and 
‘‘(D) such covenant is subject to enforcement 
and oversight by the coastal State or by another 
person as determined appropriate by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $12,000,000 
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for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to carry out this 
section.’’. 
TITLE VI—INSULAR AFFAIRS 
SEC. 601. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title, the following definitions apply: 
(1) FREELY
ASSOCIATED
STATES.—The term 
‘‘Freely Associated States’’ means the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, 
and the Republic of Palau. 
(2) TERRITORY.—The term ‘‘Territory’’ means 
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin 
Islands of the United States. 
(3) INSULAR AREAS.—The term ‘‘Insular Areas’’ 
means the Territories and the Freely Associated 
States. 
SEC. 602. INSULAR AREA CLIMATE CHANGE INTERAGENCY 
TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the fol-
lowing shall jointly establish the ‘‘Insular Area Climate 
Change Interagency Task Force’’ (hereafter in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’): 
(1) The Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) The Secretary of Energy. 
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(3) The Secretary of State. 
(4) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment. 
(5) The Secretary of Agriculture. 
(6) The Secretary of Commerce. 
(7) The Secretary of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency. 
(8) The Secretary of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency. 
(b) CHAIRPERSON.—The Task Force shall be chaired 
by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Task Force shall— 
(1) evaluate all Federal programs regarding 
ways to provide greater access to Federal programs 
and equitable baseline funding in relation to States, 
to territories for climate change planning, mitigation, 
adaptation, and resilience; 
(2) identify statutory barriers to providing terri-
tories greater access to Federal programs and equi-
table baseline funding; and 
(3) in consultation with local governments and 
nongovernmental organizations, provide recommenda-
tions related to climate change in Insular Areas. 
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(d) COMPREHENSIVE REPORT.—Not later than one 
year after the establishment of the Task Force, the Task 
Force, in consultation with Insular Areas governments, 
shall issue a comprehensive report that— 
(1) identifies Federal programs that have an im-
pact on climate change planning, mitigation, adapta-
tion, and resilience, but exclude territories in regard 
to eligibility, funding, and assistance, or do not pro-
vide equitable baseline funding in relation to States; 
and 
(2) provides advice and recommendations related 
to climate change in Insular Areas, such as new sug-
gested Federal programs or initiatives. 
(e) PUBLICATION; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall ensure that the report required under subsection (d) 
is— 
(1) submitted to the Committees on Energy and 
Commerce and Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives, and Energy and Natural Resources 
of the Senate; 
(2) published in the Federal Register for public 
comment for a period of at least 60 days; and 
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(3) made available on a public website along 
with any comments received during the public com-
ment period required under paragraph (2). 
SEC. 603. RUNIT DOME REPORT AND MONITORING ACTIVI-
TIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall submit to the Committees on Natural Resources 
and Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, 
and to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
of the Senate, a report, prepared by independent experts 
not employed by the United States Government, on the im-
pacts of climate change on the ‘‘Runit Dome’’ nuclear waste 
disposal site in Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, and on 
other environmental hazards in the vicinity thereof. The re-
port shall include the following: 
(1) A detailed scientific analysis of any threats 
to the environment, and to the health and safety of 
Enewetak Atoll residents, posed by each of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The ‘‘Runit Dome’’ nuclear waste dis-
posal site. 
(B) Crypts used to contain nuclear waste 
and other toxins on Enewetak Atoll. 
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(C) Radionuclides and other toxins present 
in the lagoon of Enewetak Atoll, including areas 
in the lagoon where nuclear waste was dumped. 
(D) Radionuclides and other toxins, includ-
ing beryllium, which may be present on the is-
lands of Enewetak Atoll as a result of nuclear 
tests and other activities of the United States 
government, including tests of chemical and bio-
logical warfare agents, rocket tests, contaminated 
aircraft landing on Enewetak Island, and nu-
clear cleanup activities. 
(E) Radionuclides and other toxins that 
may be present in the drinking water on 
Enewetak Island or in the water source for the 
desalination plant. 
(F) Radionuclides and other toxins that 
may be present in the ground water under and 
in the vicinity of the nuclear waste disposal fa-
cility on Runit Island. 
(2) A detailed scientific analysis of the extent to 
which rising sea levels, severe weather events, and 
other effects of climate change might exacerbate any 
of the threats identified above. 
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(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.—There is authorized to be appropriated for the Of-
fice of Insular Affairs of the Department of the Interior 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.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy 
such sums as may be necessary to comply with the require-
ments of section 103(f)(1)(B) of the Compact of Free Asso-
ciation 
Amendments 
Act 
of 
2003 
(48 
U.S.C. 
1921b(f)(1)(B)). 
SEC. 604. COASTAL MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
AND REPORT. 
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator, acting 
through the Director of the Office for Coastal Manage-
ment, shall provide technical assistance to Insular 
Areas to enhance coastal management and climate 
change programs of the Insular Areas. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Admin-
istrator to carry out this subsection $5,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
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(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Administrator, acting 
through the Director of the Office for Coastal Management, 
shall submit a report to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
every 5 years on the status of the following in Insular Areas: 
(1) Wetland, mangrove, and estuary conditions. 
(2) Climate change impacts, including ecological, 
economic, and cultural impacts. 
SEC. 605. CLIMATE CHANGE INSULAR RESEARCH GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall establish 
a Climate Change Insular Research Grant Program to pro-
vide grants to institutions of higher education in Insular 
Areas for monitoring, collecting, synthesizing, analyzing, 
and publishing local climate change data. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry 
out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026. 
SEC. 606. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE GRANTS. 
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND OUTREACH.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator, acting 
through the Director of the Office for Coastal Manage-
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ment, shall provide technical assistance and outreach 
to Insular Areas of the United States through the San 
Juan, Tiyan, and Pago Pago Weather Forecast Of-
fices of the National Weather Service. For the pur-
poses of this section, the Administrator may also em-
ploy other agency entities as the Administrator con-
siders necessary, in order to improve weather data 
collection, and provide science, data, information, 
and impact-based decision support services to reduce 
tsunami, hurricane, typhoon, drought, tide, and sea 
level rise impacts in Insular Areas. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Admin-
istrator to carry out this subsection $5,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
(b) GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, may pro-
vide grants to academic, nonprofit, and local entities 
to conduct climate change research to improve weath-
er data collection, produce more accurate tropical 
weather forecasts, and provide science, data, informa-
tion, and impact-based decision support services to 
reduce tsunami, hurricane, typhoon, drought, tide, 
and sea level rise impacts in the Insular Areas. 
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(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Admin-
istrator to carry out this subsection $5,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
SEC. 607. CORAL REEF PRIZE COMPETITIONS. 
(a) PRIZE COMPETITIONS.—The Administrator, act-
ing through the Director of the Office of Science and Tech-
nology, shall work with the head of each Federal agency 
represented on the United States Coral Reef Task Force es-
tablished under Executive Order 13089 (63 Fed. Reg. 
32701) to establish prize competitions in accordance with 
section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation 
Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719), that promote coral reef re-
search and conservation. 
(b) WAIVER OF MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Section 
204(b) of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (16 
U.S.C. 6403(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the enumerator and heading for 
paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) WAIVERS.— 
‘‘(A) NEED AND BENEFIT.—’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(B) SUSTAINING
CORAL
REEF
MANAGE-
MENT
AND
MONITORING.—The Administrator 
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shall waive all the matching requirement under 
paragraph (2) for grants to implement State and 
territorial coral reef conservation cooperative 
agreements to sustain coral reef management 
and monitoring in Florida, Hawaii, American 
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Vir-
gin Islands of the United States.’’. 
SEC. 608. 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.’’. 
SEC. 609. OFFICE OF INSULAR AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, act-
ing through the Office of Insular Affairs Technical Assist-
ance Program, shall provide technical assistance for climate 
change planning, mitigation, and adaptation to Territories 
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and Freely Associated States under the jurisdiction of such 
Program. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
2026. 
SEC. 610. NON-FEDERAL COST-SHARE WAIVER. 
Section 501 of the Omnibus Territories Act of 1977 
(48 U.S.C. 1469a), is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
the case of the Insular Areas, any department or agency 
shall waive any requirement for non-Federal matching 
funds under $750,000 (including in-kind contributions) re-
quired by law to be provided by those jurisdictions.’’. 
SEC. 611. DISASTER RELIEF NON-FEDERAL COST-SHARE 
WAIVER. 
Funding made available to an Insular Area for dis-
aster relief, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure 
and housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation pur-
suant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) shall not be 
subject to a non-Federal share funding requirement. 
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TITLE VII—STRENGTHENING MA-
RINE 
MAMMAL 
CONSERVA-
TION 
SEC. 701. CONSERVATION OF MARINE MAMMALS AD-
VERSELY AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Marine Mammal Protection 
Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) is amended by insert-
ing after section 120 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 121. CONSERVATION OF MARINE MAMMALS AD-
VERSELY AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE. 
‘‘(a) CLIMATE IMPACT MANAGEMENT PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) Within 24 months after the date of the en-
actment of this section, the Secretary, in consultation 
with the Marine Mammal Commission, shall publish 
in the Federal Register, after notice and opportunity 
for public comment, a list of those marine mammal 
species and population stocks in waters under the ju-
risdiction of the United States for which climate 
change, alone or in combination or interaction with 
other factors, is more likely than not to result in a 
decline in population abundance, impede population 
recovery, or reduce carrying capacity. The list shall 
identify— 
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