ing to the environmental quality and living re-
sources of the Chesapeake Bay;
‘‘(C) in cooperation with appropriate Fed-
eral, State, and local authorities, assisting the
signatories to the Chesapeake Bay Agreement
in developing and implementing specific action
plans to carry out the responsibilities of the sig-
natories to the Chesapeake Bay Agreement;
‘‘(D) coordinating the actions of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency with the actions
of the appropriate officials of other Federal
agencies and State and local authorities in de-
veloping strategies to—
‘‘(i) improve the water quality and liv-
ing resources of the Chesapeake Bay; and
‘‘(ii) obtain the support of the appro-
priate officials of the agencies and authori-
ties in achieving the objectives of the
Chesapeake Bay Agreement; and
‘‘(E) implementing outreach programs for
public information, education, and participation
to foster stewardship of the resources of the
Chesapeake Bay.
‘‘(c) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS.—The Adminis-
trator may enter into an interagency agreement with a
Federal agency to carry out this section.
‘‘(d) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
AND
ASSISTANCE
GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In consultation with other
members of the Chesapeake Executive Council, the
Administrator may provide technical assistance, and
assistance grants, to nonprofit private organizations
and individuals, State and local governments, col-
leges, universities, and interstate agencies to carry
out this section, subject to such terms and condi-
tions as the Administrator considers appropriate.
‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the Federal share of an as-
sistance grant provided under paragraph (1)
shall be determined by the Administrator in ac-
cordance with Environmental Protection Agency
guidance.
‘‘(B) SMALL
WATERSHED
GRANTS
PRO-
GRAM.—The Federal share of an assistance
grant provided under paragraph (1) to carry
out an implementing activity under subsection
(g)(2) shall not exceed 75 percent of eligible
project costs, as determined by the Adminis-
trator.
‘‘(3) NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—An assistance
grant under paragraph (1) shall be provided on the
condition that non-Federal sources provide the re-
mainder of eligible project costs, as determined by
the Administrator.
‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—Administrative
costs (including salaries, overhead, and indirect costs
for services provided and charged against projects
supported by funds made available under this sub-
section) incurred by a person described in paragraph
(1) in carrying out a project under this subsection
during a fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of
the grant made to the person under this subsection
for the fiscal year.
‘‘(e) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a signatory jurisdiction
has approved and committed to implement all or
substantially all aspects of the Chesapeake Bay
Agreement, on the request of the chief executive of
the jurisdiction, the Administrator shall make a
grant to the jurisdiction for the purpose of imple-
menting the management mechanisms established
under the Chesapeake Bay Agreement, subject to
such terms and conditions as the Administrator con-
siders appropriate.
‘‘(2) PROPOSALS.—A signatory jurisdiction de-
scribed in paragraph (1) may apply for a grant
under this subsection for a fiscal year by submitting
to the Administrator a comprehensive proposal to
implement management mechanisms established
under the Chesapeake Bay Agreement. The proposal
shall include—
‘‘(A) a description of proposed manage-
ment mechanisms that the jurisdiction commits
to take within a specified time period, such as
reducing or preventing pollution in the Chesa-
peake Bay and to meet applicable water quality
standards; and
‘‘(B) the estimated cost of the actions pro-
posed to be taken during the fiscal year.
‘‘(3) APPROVAL.—If the Administrator finds
that the proposal is consistent with the Chesapeake
Bay Agreement and the national goals established
under section 101(a), the Administrator may ap-
prove the proposal for a fiscal year.
‘‘(4) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of
an implementation grant provided under this sub-
section shall not exceed 50 percent of the costs of
implementing the management mechanisms during
the fiscal year.
‘‘(5) NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—An implementa-
tion grant under this subsection shall be made on
the condition that non-Federal sources provide the
remainder of the costs of implementing the manage-
ment mechanisms during the fiscal year.
‘‘(6) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—Administrative
costs (including salaries, overhead, and indirect costs
for services provided and charged against projects
supported by funds made available under this sub-
section) incurred by a signatory jurisdiction in car-
rying out a project under this subsection during a
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the grant
made to the jurisdiction under this subsection for
the fiscal year.
‘‘(f) COMPLIANCE OF FEDERAL FACILITIES.—
‘‘(1) SUBWATERSHED PLANNING AND RESTORA-
TION.—A Federal agency that owns or operates a
facility (as defined by the Administrator) within the
Chesapeake Bay watershed shall participate in re-
gional and subwatershed planning and restoration
programs.
‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE
WITH
AGREEMENT.—The
head of each Federal agency that owns or occupies
real property in the Chesapeake Bay watershed shall
ensure that the property, and actions taken by the
agency with respect to the property, comply with the
Chesapeake Bay Agreement.
‘‘(g) CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED, TRIBUTARY,
AND RIVER BASIN PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) NUTRIENT AND WATER QUALITY MANAGE-
MENT STRATEGIES.—Not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of this subsection, the Adminis-
trator, in consultation with other members of the
Chesapeake Executive Council, shall ensure that
management plans are developed and implementa-
tion is begun by signatories to the Chesapeake Bay
Agreement for the tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay
to achieve and maintain—
‘‘(A) the nutrient goals of the Chesapeake
Bay Agreement for the quantity of nitrogen and
phosphorus entering the main stem Chesapeake
Bay;
‘‘(B) the water quality requirements nec-
essary to restore living resources in both the
tributaries and the main stem of the Chesa-
peake Bay;
‘‘(C) the Chesapeake Bay basinwide toxics
reduction and prevention strategy goal of reduc-
ing or eliminating the input of chemical con-
taminants from all controllable sources to levels
that result in no toxic or bioaccumulative im-
pact on the living resources that inhabit the
Bay or on human health; and
‘‘(D) habitat restoration, protection, and
enhancement goals established by Chesapeake
Bay Agreement signatories for wetlands, forest
riparian zones, and other types of habitat asso-
ciated with the Chesapeake Bay and the tribu-
taries of the Chesapeake Bay.
‘‘(2) SMALL WATERSHED GRANTS PROGRAM.—
The Administrator, in consultation with other mem-
bers of the Chesapeake Executive Council, may offer
the technical assistance and assistance grants au-
thorized under subsection (d) to local governments
and nonprofit private organizations and individuals
in the Chesapeake Bay watershed to implement—
‘‘(A) cooperative tributary basin strategies
that address the Chesapeake Bay’s water qual-
ity and living resource needs; or
‘‘(B) locally based protection and restora-
tion programs or projects within a watershed
that complement the tributary basin strategies.
‘‘(h) STUDY OF CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM.—Not
later than January 1, 1999, and each 3 years thereafter,
the Administrator, in cooperation with other members of
the Chesapeake Executive Council, shall complete a study
and submit a comprehensive report to Congress on the re-
sults of the study. The study and report shall, at a mini-
mum—
‘‘(1) assess the commitments and goals of the
management strategies established under the Chesa-
peake Bay Agreement and the extent to which the
commitments and goals are being met;
‘‘(2) assess the priority needs required by the
management strategies and the extent to which the
priority needs are being met;
‘‘(3) assess the effects of air pollution deposi-
tion on water quality of the Chesapeake Bay;
‘‘(4) assess the state of the Chesapeake Bay
and its tributaries and related actions of the Chesa-
peake Bay Program;
‘‘(5) make recommendations for the improved
management of the Chesapeake Bay Program; and
‘‘(6) provide the report in a format transferable
to and usable by other watershed restoration
programs.
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003.’’.
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