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(D) authorization level for appropriations; 
(E) project timeline, including benchmarks; 
(F) references to project documents; 
(G) descriptions of risks and uncertainties 
of project implementation; 
(H) adaptive management actions or 
framework; 
(I) coordinating entities; 
(J) funding history; 
(K) cost-sharing; and 
(L) alignment with existing Chesapeake 
Bay Agreement and Chesapeake Executive 
Council goals and priorities. 
(b) MINIMUM FUNDING LEVELS.—The Director shall 
only describe restoration activities in the report required 
under subsection (a) that— 
(1) for Federal restoration activities, have fund-
ing amounts greater than or equal to $100,000; and 
(2) for State restoration activities, have funding 
amounts greater than or equal to $50,000. 
(c) DEADLINE.—The Director shall submit to Con-
gress the report required by subsection (a) not later than 
30 days after the submission by the President of the Presi-
dent’s annual budget to Congress. 
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(d) REPORT.—Copies of the financial report required 
by subsection (a) shall be submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations, Natural Resources, Energy and Com-
merce, and Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives and the Committees on Appro-
priations, Environment and Public Works, and Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply be-
ginning with the first fiscal year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act for which the President submits a budget 
to Congress. 
SEC. 3. ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in con-
sultation with other Federal and State agencies, shall de-
velop an adaptive management plan for restoration activi-
ties in the Chesapeake Bay watershed that includes— 
(1) definition of specific and measurable objec-
tives to improve water quality, habitat, and fisheries; 
(2) a process for stakeholder participation; 
(3) monitoring, modeling, experimentation, and 
other research and evaluation practices; 
(4) a process for modification of restoration ac-
tivities that have not attained or will not attain the 
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specific and measurable objectives set forth under 
paragraph (1); and 
(5) a process for prioritizing restoration activi-
ties and programs to which adaptive management 
shall be applied. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Administrator shall im-
plement the adaptive management plan developed under 
subsection (a). 
(c) UPDATES.—The Administrator shall update the 
adaptive management plan developed under subsection (a) 
every 3 years. 
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the end of a fiscal year, the Administrator shall 
transmit to Congress an annual report on the imple-
mentation of the adaptive management plan required 
under this section for such fiscal year. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall contain information about the 
application of adaptive management to restoration 
activities and programs, including programmatic and 
project level changes implemented through the proc-
ess of adaptive management. 
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(3) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Paragraph (1) shall 
apply to the first fiscal year that begins after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR FOR THE CHESAPEAKE 
BAY PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be an Independent 
Evaluator for restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay 
watershed, who shall review and report on restoration ac-
tivities and the use of adaptive management in restoration 
activities, including on such related topics as are suggested 
by the Chesapeake Executive Council. 
(b) APPOINTMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Independent Evaluator 
shall be appointed by the Administrator from among 
nominees submitted by the Chesapeake Executive 
Council. 
(2) NOMINATIONS.—The Chesapeake Executive 
Council may submit to the Administrator 4 nomi-
nees for appointment to any vacancy in the office of 
the Independent Evaluator. 
(c) REPORTS.—The Independent Evaluator shall sub-
mit a report to the Congress every 3 years in the findings 
and recommendations of reviews under this section. 
(d) CHESAPEAKE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.—In this sec-
tion the term ‘‘Chesapeake Executive Council’’ has the 
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meaning given that term by section 307 of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization 
Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–567; 15 U.S.C. 1511d). 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) 
ADAPTIVE
MANAGEMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘adaptive management’’ means a type of natural re-
source management in which project and program 
decisions are made as part of an ongoing science- 
based process. Adaptive management involves test-
ing, monitoring, and evaluating applied strategies 
and incorporating new knowledge into programs and 
restoration activities that are based on scientific 
findings and the needs of society. Results are used 
to modify management policy, strategies, practices, 
programs, and restoration activities. 
(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(3) CHESAPEAKE
BAY
STATE.—The term 
‘‘Chesapeake Bay State’’ or ‘‘State’’ means the 
States of Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, and 
New York, the Commonwealths of Virginia and 
Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. 
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