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 
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(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.’’. 
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(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 2007 through 2010’’. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Marine Mammal Rescue 
Assistance Amendments of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. STRANDING AND ENTANGLEMENT RESPONSE. 
(a) COLLECTION AND UPDATING OF INFORMATION.— 
Section 402(b)(1)(A) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
of 1972 (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 of that Act (16 
U.S.C. 1421b) is amended— 
(A) by striking the section heading and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 403. STRANDING OR ENTANGLEMENT RESPONSE 
AGREEMENTS.’’ ; and 
(B) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘stand-
ing.’’ and inserting ‘‘stranding or entangle-
ment.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents for title IV of that Act is amended by striking 
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