Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. COMPETITIVE AWARDS. 
Section 320(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(4) COMPETITIVE AWARDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount made 
available under subsection (i)(2)(B), the Admin-
istrator shall make competitive awards under 
this paragraph. 
‘‘(B) APPLICATION FOR AWARDS.—The Ad-
ministrator shall solicit applications for awards 
under this paragraph from State, interstate, and 
regional water pollution control agencies and en-
tities, State coastal zone management agencies, 
interstate agencies, other public or nonprofit pri-
vate agencies, institutions, organizations, and 
individuals. 
‘‘(C) SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS.—In select-
ing award recipients under this paragraph, the 
Administrator shall select recipients that are best 
able to address urgent and challenging issues 
that threaten the ecological and economic well- 
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being of coastal areas. Such issues shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(i) extensive seagrass habitat losses re-
sulting in significant impacts on fisheries 
and water quality; 
‘‘(ii) recurring harmful algae blooms, 
unusual marine mammal mortalities; 
‘‘(iii) invasive exotic species which can 
threaten wastewater systems and cause 
other damage; 
‘‘(iv) jellyfish proliferation limiting 
community access to water during peak 
tourism seasons; 
‘‘(v) flooding which may be related to 
sea level rise or wetland degradation or loss; 
or 
‘‘(vi) low dissolved oxygen conditions 
in estuarine waters and related nutrient 
management.’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 320 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1330) is amended by striking subsection (i) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Administrator $27,000,000, for each 
of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 for— 
‘‘(A) expenses relating to the administration 
of grants or awards by the Administrator under 
this section, including the award and oversight 
of grants and awards, except that such expenses 
shall not exceed 5 percent of the amount appro-
priated under this subsection; and 
‘‘(B) making grants and awards under sub-
section (g). 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) CONSERVATION
AND
MANAGEMENT 
PLAN.—The Administrator shall provide not less 
than 80 percent of the amounts made available 
for this section for each fiscal year referred to in 
paragraph (1) for the development, implementa-
tion, and monitoring of each conservation and 
management plan eligible for grant assistance 
under subsection (g)(2). 
‘‘(B) COMPETITIVE AWARDS.—The Adminis-
trator shall provide not less than 15 percent of 
the amounts made available for this section in 
each fiscal year to make competitive awards de-
scribed in subsection (g)(4).’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 454 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5266 
[Report No. 113–612] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the National Estuary Programs, 
and for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 12, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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