Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act

Bill: 117-hr-9255
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2022-10-31
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology

Charitable contributions

Department of Commerce

Indian social and development programs

International organizations and cooperation

Marine pollution

Public contracts and procurement

Public-private cooperation

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Water quality
Latest action: action_date: 2022-10-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-10-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act</b></p> <p>This bill revises provisions governing the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation and the Marine Debris Program.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill allows the foundation to use appropriated funds for employee salaries for the two years following the bill's enactment. The bill also allows the foundation to locate its principal office outside of the District of Columbia and encourages the foundation to locate it in a coastal state.</p> <p>In addition, the bill requires the foundation to develop best practices for conducting outreach to Indian tribes.</p> <p>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) may enter into other agreements, outside of contracts, under the Marine Debris Program. NOAA may also make in-kind contributions for projects under the program.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9255 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 31, 2022 Ms. Bonamici (for herself, Miss González-Colón , Mrs. Peltola , Ms. Pingree , Mr. Suozzi , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Lieu , and Mr. Huffman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure , and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act . 2. Modifications to the Marine Debris Foundation (a) Status of Foundation Section 111(a) of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act ( 33 U.S.C. 4211(a) ) is amended, in the second sentence, by striking organization and inserting corporation . (b) Board of Directors (1) Appointments and removal Section 112(b) of such Act ( 33 U.S.C. 4212(b) ) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting and such other criteria as the Under Secretary may establish after subsection (a) ; (B) in paragraph (5), by inserting the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, after Service, ; (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (2) through (5) as subparagraphs (3) through (6), respectively; and (D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) Recommendations of Board regarding appointments For appointments made under paragraph (1) other than the initial appointments, the Board shall submit to the Under Secretary recommendations on candidates for appointment. . (2) General powers Section 112(g) of such Act ( 33 U.S.C. 4212(g) ) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking officers and employees and inserting the initial officers and employees of the Board ; and (B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking chief operating officer and inserting chief executive officer . (3) Chief executive officer Section 112 of such Act ( 33 U.S.C. 4212 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) Chief executive officer (1) Appointment; removal; review The Board shall appoint and may remove and review the performance of the chief executive officer of the Board. (2) Powers The chief executive officer of the Board may appoint, remove, and review the performance of any officer or employee of the Foundation. . (c) Powers of Foundation Section 113(c)(1) of such Act ( 33 U.S.C. 4213(c)(1) ) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (1) by inserting nonprofit before corporation ; and (2) by striking acting as a trustee and inserting formed . (d) Principal office Section 113 of such Act ( 33 U.S.C. 4213 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Principal office The Board may locate the principal office of the Foundation outside the District of Columbia and is encouraged to locate that office in a coastal State. . (e) Use of funds Section 118 of such Act ( 33 U.S.C. 4218 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking and State and local government agencies and inserting , State and local government agencies, United States and international nongovernmental organizations, regional organizations, and foreign government entities ; and (B) in paragraph (3)— (i) in the paragraph heading, by striking Prohibition and inserting Limitation ; and (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: (B) Salaries The Foundation may use Federal funds described in subparagraph (A) to pay for salaries only during the 24-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall not require reimbursement from the Foundation for any such Federal funds used to pay for such salaries. ; and (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking and State and local government agencies and inserting , State and local government agencies, United States and international nongovernmental organizations, regional organizations, and foreign government entities . 3. Modifications to the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (a) Grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and other agreements Section 3(d) of the Marine Debris Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1952(d) ) is amended— (1) in the subsection heading, by striking and contracts and inserting contracts, and other agreements ; (2) in paragraph (1), by striking and contracts and inserting , contracts, and other agreements ; (3) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (B)— (i) by striking part of the and inserting part of a ; and (ii) by inserting or (C) after subparagraph (A) ; and (B) in subparagraph (C), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting and except as provided in subparagraph (B) after subparagraph (A) ; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (7) In-kind contributions With respect to any project carried out pursuant to a contract or other agreement entered into under paragraph (1) that is not a cooperative agreement or an agreement to provide financial assistance in the form of a grant, the Administrator may contribute on an in-kind basis the portion of the costs of the project that the Administrator determines represents the amount of benefit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration derives from the project. . (b) Receipt and expenditure of funds; use of resources Section 3 of the Marine Debris Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1952 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Receipt and expenditure of funds In order to accomplish the purpose set forth in section 2, the Administrator, acting through the Program, may receive and, only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts, expend funds made available by— (1) any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States; (2) any State, local, or tribal government (or any political subdivision thereof); (3) any foreign government or international organization; (4) any public or private organization; or (5) any individual. (f) Use of resources In order to accomplish the purpose set forth in section 2, the Administrator, acting through the Program, may use, with consent, with reimbursement, and subject to the availability of appropriations, the land, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of— (1) any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States; (2) any State, local, or tribal government (or any political subdivision thereof); (3) any foreign government or international organization; (4) any public or private organization; or (5) any individual. . 4. Best practices Section 113 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act ( 33 U.S.C. 4213 ) (as amended by section 2(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) Best practices (1) Tribal government In this paragraph, the term Tribal government means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 ( 25 U.S.C. 5131 ). (2) Best practices The Foundation shall develop and implement best practices for conducting outreach to Tribal governments and Indian Tribes. (3) Requirements The best practices developed under paragraph (2) shall— (A) include a process to support technical assistance and capacity building to improve outcomes; and (B) promote an awareness of programs and grants available under this Act. .