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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``International Cooperative 
Antiterrorism Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The use of terrorism is detestable and an illegitimate 
        means of political expression.
            (2) International terrorist organizations pose a direct 
        threat to the United States, and this threat is becoming more 
        acute and more difficult to prevent.
            (3) The threat from international terrorism is made far 
        more dangerous by the proliferation of chemical, biological, 
        and radiological weapons and the means to produce those 
        weapons.
            (4) The prosecution of the war against international 
        terrorist organizations must continue until those organizations 
        and the threat they pose to the people and interests of the 
        United States are eliminated.
            (5) The United States can only win the war on terrorism if 
        it receives cooperation from other countries and entities.
            (6) Protecting the United States homeland and United States 
        interests overseas from terrorism is of the highest priority in 
        the foreign relations of the United States.
            (7) Cooperation in the global war against international 
        terrorism must be a primary focus of United States foreign 
        relations, United States assistance, and international security 
        relations.
            (8) Winning the war on terrorism requires cooperation from 
        the international community, especially in the areas of 
        preventing the financing of terror, sharing information on 
        international terror networks, eliminating terror cells, and in 
        preventing the promotion of anti-Americanism and the 
        glorification of terrorism in state-owned media and state-
        controlled schools.
            (9) The promotion of terrorism, intolerance, and virulent 
        anti-Americanism in state-owned media and state-controlled 
        education systems is abhorrent and poses a long-term threat to 
        the safety and security of the United States as well as the 
        community of nations.
            (10) All countries and entities must be encouraged to 
        cooperate in the global war on international terrorism.
            (11) Many foreign governments and entities are doing little 
        to counter proterrorist and prointolerance messages to mass 
        audiences, including to school age children.
            (12) Countries providing direct or indirect assistance to 
        international terrorist organizations undermine the direct 
        security interests of the United States.
            (13) Countries demonstrating indifference to or providing 
        actual endorsement of international terror as a legitimate 
        political tool make a direct threat to the security interests 
        of the United States.
            (14) The National Commission on Terrorism established by 
        section 591 of the Foreign Operations Export Financing, and 
        Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999, as enacted by Public 
        Law 105-277 (112 Stat. 2681-210), concluded that the United 
        States should strengthen its efforts to discourage the broad 
        range of assistance that countries provide to international 
        terrorists.
            (15) The National Commission on Terrorism further 
        recommends that the President make more effective use of 
        authority to designate foreign governments as ``not fully 
        cooperative'' with the United States counterterrorism efforts.
            (16) United States assistance programs and the transfer of 
        United States Munitions List items are a critical tool of 
        United States foreign policy and winning the global war on 
        terrorism.
            (17) Countries receiving United States assistance and the 
        export of items on the United States Munitions List must be 
        obligated to support the global war on international terror.
            (18) Several existing laws, including the USA Patriot Act 
        of 2001, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 
        1996, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Arms Export 
        Control Act, and the Export Administration Act of 1979 (or 
        successor statute), prohibit the provision of United States 
        assistance, and the licensing for export of items on the United 
        States Munitions List, to countries supporting terror or not 
        fully cooperating in antiterror efforts of the United States. 
        These laws should be expanded to include the definition of 
        ``fully cooperative in the global war against international 
        terrorism'' set forth in this Act, including preventing 
        promotion of terror in state-owned and controlled media and 
        educational systems.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It shall be the policy of the United States that--
            (1) no United States assistance may be provided to any 
        foreign country or entity that is not making a maximum effort 
        to be fully cooperative in the global war against international 
        terrorism; and
            (2) no license for export of an item on the United States 
        Munitions List to a country or entity may be issued if that 
        country or entity is not making a maximum effort to be fully 
        cooperative in the war against international terrorism.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE AND COMMERCIAL ARMS 
              EXPORTS.

    (a) United States Assistance.--No United States assistance, other 
than humanitarian assistance and cooperative nonproliferation and 
counterproliferation programs, may be provided to any country or entity 
if the President determines that such country or entity is not making a 
maximum effort to be fully cooperative in the global war against 
international terrorism.
    (b) Commercial Arms Exports.--No license for the export of an item 
on the United States Munitions List to any country or entity may be 
issued if the President determines that such country or entity is not 
making a maximum effort to be fully cooperative in the global war 
against international terrorism.

SEC. 5. REQUIREMENT FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT.

    (a) Requirement for Report.--The President, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, and the Director of Central Intelligence, shall prepare an 
annual report that--
            (1) lists each country or entity for which the President 
        has determined that there is credible evidence that such 
        country or entity is not being fully cooperative in the global 
        war against international terrorism under section 4; and
            (2) describes for each country or entity listed under 
        paragraph (1)--
                    (A) the specific failures of each country or entity 
                to be fully cooperative in the global war on 
                international terrorism;
                    (B) the reasons why such country or entity is not 
                fully cooperative;
                    (C) the efforts being made by the United States 
                Government to promote greater adherence by such 
                countries or entities with the global war on 
                international terrorism; and
                    (D) any removal of a country or entity from the 
                list in paragraph (1).
    (b) Dissemination.--The report required by this section shall--
            (1) be submitted to Congress every year by December 31; and
            (2) not be classified, except that the report may contain a 
        classified addendum, if necessary.

SEC. 6. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER.

    United States assistance or exports prohibited by section 4 may be 
provided to a country or entity described in that section if the 
President--
            (1) determines that permitting such assistance or exports 
        is essential to the national security interests of the United 
        States; and
            (2) not later than 15 days before permitting such 
        assistance or exports, furnishes a report describing the United 
        States assistance or exports to be provided to the appropriate 
        committees of Congress.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Expression of support for terrorism against the united 
        states.--The term ``expression of support for terrorism against 
        the United States'' means actions or expressions that are 
        designed to provoke anti-American action, especially of a 
        violent nature, or to glorify the use of violence against 
        citizens or government officials of the United States.
            (2) Fully cooperative in the global war against 
        international terrorism.--The term ``fully cooperative in the 
        global war against international terrorism'' means a country or 
        entity that is--
                    (A) preventing the financing of terrorism, 
                including preventing--
                            (i) direct financial payments to any 
                        terrorist organization;
                            (ii) any terrorist organization or any 
                        entity supporting a terrorist organization from 
                        receiving financial services such as brokering, 
                        lending, or transferring currency or credit;
                            (iii) any person from soliciting funds or 
                        items of value for a terrorist group; and
                            (iv) any humanitarian or other 
                        nongovernmental organization from providing 
                        financial support to terrorist organizations;
                    (B) sharing intelligence information with the 
                United States, including--
                            (i) releasing information to the United 
                        States related to any terrorist organization;
                            (ii) cooperating in investigations 
                        conducted by the United States; and
                            (iii) providing, to the extent possible, 
                        individuals suspected of or supporting 
                        terrorist organizations to United States 
                        investigators; and
                    (C) acting against terrorist organizations, 
                including--
                            (i) preventing terrorist organizations from 
                        committing or inciting to commit terrorist acts 
                        against the United States or its interests 
                        overseas;
                            (ii) preventing terrorist organizations 
                        from operating safe houses or providing 
                        transportation, communication, false 
                        documentation, identification, weapons 
                        (including chemical, biological, or 
                        radiological weapons), explosives, or training 
                        to terrorists; and
                            (iii) in the cases of a country--
                                    (I) investigating suspected 
                                terrorists within its national 
                                territory;
                                    (II) enforcing international 
                                agreements and United Nations Security 
                                Council Resolutions against terrorism; 
                                and
                                    (III) curbing any domestic 
                                expression of support for terrorism 
                                against the United States and its 
                                allies in state-owned media, state-
                                sanctioned gatherings, state-governed 
                                religious institutions, and state-
                                sanctioned school and textbooks.
            (3) Humanitarian assistance.--The term ``humanitarian 
        assistance'' means any humanitarian goods and services, 
        including foodstuffs, medicines, and health assistance 
        programs.
            (4) Terrorist organization.--The term ``terrorist 
        organization'' means an organization designated as a foreign 
        terrorist organization by the Secretary of State under section 
        219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
            (5) United states assistance.--The term ``United States 
        assistance'' means--
                    (A) any assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act 
                of 1961 (including programs under title IV of chapter 
                2, relating to the Overseas Private Investment 
                Corporation);
                    (B) sales, or financing on any terms, under the 
                Arms Export Control Act;
                    (C) the provision of agricultural commodities, 
                other than food, under the Agricultural Trade 
                Development and Assistance Act of 1954; and
                    (D) financing under the Export-Import Bank Act of 
                1945.
            (6) United states munitions list.--The term ``United States 
        Munitions List'' means the defense articles and defense 
        services controlled by the President under section 38 of the 
        Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778).
International Cooperative Antiterrorism Act of 2002 - Prohibits the provision of U.S. assistance (except humanitarian assistance and cooperative nonproliferation and counterproliferation programs), or the issuance of a license for the export of an item on the U.S. Munitions List, to any country or entity that the President has determined is not making a maximum effort to be fully cooperative in the global war against international terrorism. Authorizes the President to waive the requirements of this Act in the national security interests of the United States.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Housing Opportunities and Mitigating 
Emergencies Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Gulf Coast region of the United States was recently 
        decimated by twin natural disasters: Hurricanes Katrina and 
        Rita.
            (2) Hurricane Katrina crashed into the Gulf Coast on August 
        29, 2005, as a category 4 storm.
            (3) At the time of its landing, Hurricane Katrina was 
        recorded as the third strongest hurricane to ever make landfall 
        on the United States, with sustained winds over 140 miles per 
        hour.
            (4) The damage and destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina 
        along the coastal regions of Louisiana, Mississippi, and 
        Alabama were unmatched in their breadth and scope.
            (5) A 10- to 30-foot storm surge came ashore on over 200 
        continuous miles of coastline from southeast Louisiana, 
        including Mississippi and Alabama, through to the Florida 
        panhandle.
            (6) The 30-foot storm surge recorded at Biloxi, 
        Mississippi, is the highest ever observed in the United States.
            (7) Hurricane Katrina's storm surge quickly breached the 
        levee system that protected the city of New Orleans from Lake 
        Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River, subsequently flooding 
        at least 80 percent of the city.
            (8) The magnitude of Hurricane Katrina was of such an 
        unprecedented scale that the Federal disaster declarations 
        which followed its destructive path blanketed over 90,000 
        square miles of the United States, an area almost as large as 
        the United Kingdom, displacing more than 1,000,000 people--a 
        humanitarian crisis on a scale unseen in the United States 
        since the Great Depression.
            (9) The storm has now become the most destructive and 
        costliest natural disaster in the history of the United States, 
        resulting in over 1,300 deaths and estimated damage between 
        $70,000,000,000 and $130,000,000,000.
            (10) Less than one month later, on September 24, 2005, the 
        region was battered again, this time by the strongest-measured 
        hurricane to ever have entered the Gulf of Mexico--Hurricane 
        Rita.
            (11) Hurricane Rita came ashore between Texas and Louisiana 
        as a category 3 hurricane, packing winds up to 120 miles per 
        hour and a storm surge of 10 feet.
            (12) A day prior to landfall, the resultant storm surge 
        also reopened some of the levee breaches caused by Hurricane 
        Katrina a month earlier and re-flooded parts of New Orleans.
            (13) Local storm surges of 15 to 20 feet in southwestern 
        Louisiana were reported, and damage was extensive in coastal 
        parishes.
            (14) Thousands of residents and families in the effected 
        States, who lived outside the 100-year flood plain and were 
        told they did not need flood insurance, suffered significant 
        damage to their homes and in many cases total losses.
            (15) These families are currently without any type of 
        permanent shelter or any means by which to acquire such shelter 
        or otherwise make themselves whole, thus crippling the Gulf 
        Coast region and its economy.
            (16) Because of the unprecedented magnitude of the storm 
        and the impact that the devastation of such a large region will 
        have on the United States as a whole, the Federal Government 
        should play a role in providing emergency assistance to these 
        families to help them rebuild and get on with their lives.

SEC. 3. TEMPORARY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR PRIMARY RESIDENCES DAMAGED 
              OR DESTROYED BY HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA.

    Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:

``SEC. 425. TEMPORARY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR PRIMARY RESIDENCES 
              DAMAGED OR DESTROYED BY HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA.

    ``(a) In General.--The Director shall provide emergency assistance 
to owners of eligible structures in accordance with this section.
    ``(b) Application.--The Director shall provide for owners of 
eligible structures to submit applications for assistance under this 
section in such form, containing such information, and in accordance 
with such procedures, as the Director may require.
    ``(c) Use of Funds; Scope of Coverage.--
            ``(1) In general.--The amount of any assistance under this 
        section provided to an owner of an eligible structure in a 
        covered disaster area of a State may be used only for paying--
                    ``(A) the costs of repair, reconstruction, or 
                replacement of such structure or construction or 
                purchase of any other structure (including a 
                manufactured home) to be used as the primary residence 
                of the owner in the covered disaster area of such 
                State; or
                    ``(B) the amount remaining to be paid by the owner 
                on the mortgage of the eligible structure.
            ``(2) Replacement cost.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subsection (d), the 
                amount of any assistance provided under this section 
                shall be based on the replacement cost necessary for 
                repair, reconstruction, or replacement of the eligible 
                structure to its original specifications and standards 
                prior to--
                            ``(i) August 29, 2005, in the case of a 
                        structure damaged by flooding resulting from 
                        Hurricane Katrina; or
                            ``(ii) September 23, 2005, in the case of a 
                        structure damaged by flooding resulting from 
                        Hurricane Rita.
                Such costs shall include adjustments as necessary for 
                compliance with the requirements of subsection 
                (e)(1)(B).
                    ``(B) Documentation.--An owner of an eligible 
                structure applying for assistance under paragraph (1) 
                shall submit to the Director documentation and such 
                other evidence (including a report completed by a 
                State-licensed, nationally-certified home inspector) as 
                the Director may require to establish the replacement 
                cost of the eligible structure under subparagraph (A).
    ``(d) Cost Sharing.--
            ``(1) Federal share.--Subject to subsection (f) and 
        paragraph (2), the Federal share of the cost of assistance 
        provided under this section for an eligible structure that the 
        Director shall pay to the owner of the eligible structure shall 
        be 80 percent of the replacement cost of the eligible structure 
        as determined under subsection (c)(2).
            ``(2) Maximum amount.--The maximum amount of assistance 
        that may be provided to an owner of an eligible structure under 
        this section for such structure may not exceed $150,000.
            ``(3) Optional state share.--If the owner of an eligible 
        structure in a State is provided assistance under this section, 
        the State may provide to the owner 10 percent of the 
        replacement cost of the eligible structure as determined under 
        subsection (c)(2), but not to exceed $15,000.
    ``(e) Requirements Regarding Future Flood Insurance Coverage and 
Mitigation Actions.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Director may not provide assistance 
        under this section for an eligible structure unless--
                    ``(A) the owner of the property upon which the 
                eligible structure is located has entered into a 
                legally binding agreement with the Director, including 
                such deed restrictions as the Director considers 
                appropriate, to ensure that such owner, and any future 
                owners, will at all times after such assistance is 
                provided under this section with respect to the 
                property, purchase and maintain flood insurance, in 
                perpetuity, for any structures located at any time on 
                the same property on which, at the time of purchase, 
                such eligible structure is located, in an amount at 
                least equal to the lesser of--
                            ``(i) the value of the structure, as 
                        determined by the Director; or
                            ``(ii) the maximum limit of coverage made 
                        available with respect to the particular type 
                        of property under the National Flood Insurance 
                        Program, if such coverage is available; and
                    ``(B) the owner of the property certifies to the 
                Director that any structure constructed, repaired, or 
                reconstructed with such assistance will be constructed, 
                repaired, or reconstructed in accordance with--
                            ``(i) standards established by the 
                        International Code Council in effect at the 
                        time the building permit is issued by the local 
                        government to the owner of the eligible 
                        structure; and
                            ``(ii) any final flood elevations or flood 
                        maps in effect for purposes of the National 
                        Flood Insurance Program at the time the 
                        building permit is issued by the local 
                        government to the owner of the eligible 
                        structure and any advisory flood elevations or 
                        advisory flood insurance rate maps issued by 
                        the Director for purposes of such program 
                        before such building permit is issued.
            ``(2) Waiver authority.--The Director may waive the 
        requirements of paragraph (1)(B) with respect to the repair of 
        an eligible structure if the Director determines that the cost 
        of compliance with such requirements by the owner in repairing 
        the eligible structure outweigh the benefit derived from such 
        compliance pursuant to a substantial damage analysis.
    ``(f)  Prohibition on Duplicative Benefits in Excess of Replacement 
Costs.--Notwithstanding section 312, the Director shall assure that no 
owner of an eligible structure will receive assistance under this 
section that, when combined with other financial assistance received by 
the owner under any program, including section 404 or 408, or from 
insurance or any other source for the purpose of repair, 
reconstruction, or replacement of the eligible structure, is in excess 
of the replacement cost of the eligible structure as determined under 
subsection (c)(2). Before receipt of any assistance for which an owner 
is eligible under this section for an eligible structure, the owner 
shall enter into a legally binding agreement with the Director to repay 
any and all of such assistance that is in excess of the replacement 
cost of the eligible structure as determined under subsection (c)(2).
    ``(g) Verification of Use of Funds and Compliance.--
            ``(1) Documentation; reports.--Within 6 months after the 
        date on which an owner of an eligible structure receives 
        assistance under this section, and every 6 months thereafter 
        until all such assistance is accounted for, the owner shall 
        submit to the Director--
                    ``(A) all receipts and documentation verifying the 
                use of such assistance for the purpose for which it was 
                provided; and
                    ``(B) reports completed by a State-licensed, 
                nationally-certified home inspector verifying 
                compliance by the owner with the requirements of 
                subsection (e)(1)(B) if such requirements are not 
                waived by the Director.
            ``(2) Enforcement.--The Director may suspend assistance 
        under this section, and take any additional action which the 
        Director deems appropriate, with respect to an owner of an 
        eligible structure if the Director determines that the owner is 
        not complying with paragraph (1).
    ``(h) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions 
apply:
            ``(1) Covered disaster area.--The term `covered disaster 
        area' means an area--
                    ``(A) for which a major disaster was declared by 
                the Director pursuant to title IV of the Robert T. 
                Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
                as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita in 
                2005; and
                    ``(B) in which the sale of flood insurance coverage 
                was available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 
                1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) as of--
                            ``(i) August 29, 2005, in the case of an 
                        area for which a declaration referred to in 
                        subparagraph (A) was made as a result of 
                        Hurricane Katrina; or
                            ``(ii) September 23, 2005, in the case of 
                        an area for which a declaration referred to in 
                        subparagraph (A) was made as a result of 
                        Hurricane Rita.
            ``(2) Eligible structure.--The term `eligible structure' 
        means a structure (including a manufactured home) that--
                    ``(A) sustained damage or losses from flooding 
                resulting from Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita in 
                2005;
                    ``(B) is located in a covered disaster area;
                    ``(C) is a residential structure that was used as 
                the primary residence of the owner of the structure as 
                of--
                            ``(i) August 29, 2005, in the case of a 
                        structure damaged by flooding resulting from 
                        Hurricane Katrina; and
                            ``(ii) September 23, 2005, in the case of a 
                        structure damaged by flooding resulting from 
                        Hurricane Rita;
                    ``(D) was covered by an insurance policy for losses 
                caused by wind or windstorm as of--
                            ``(i) August 29, 2005, in the case of a 
                        structure damaged by flooding resulting from 
                        Hurricane Katrina; and
                            ``(ii) September 23, 2005, in the case of a 
                        structure damaged by flooding resulting from 
                        Hurricane Rita;
                    ``(E) is of a type for which coverage was generally 
                made available under the National Flood Insurance 
                Program as of August 29, 2005; and
                    ``(F) is not located in an area that has been 
                identified by the Director as an area having special 
                flood hazards (as such term is used for purposes of 
                section 102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 
                1973 (42 U.S.C. 4012a)) as of August 29, 2005.
            ``(3) Director.--The term `Director' means the Director of 
        the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
    ``(i) Termination.--The Director may not provide any assistance 
under this section except pursuant to an application for such 
assistance submitted to the Director before the expiration of the 180-
day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this section.
    ``(j) Regulations.--The Director may issue any regulations 
necessary to carry out this section.''.

SEC. 4. HAZARD MITIGATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 404(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence by striking ``75'' and inserting 
        ``90''; and
            (2) in the last sentence by striking ``7.5'' and inserting 
        ``15''.
    (b) Property Acquisition and Relocation Assistance.--Section 404(b) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(4) Reduction.--The amount of any assistance that would 
        otherwise be provided to an owner of an eligible structure 
        under section 425(c)(1)(B) shall be reduced by the amount of 
        assistance the owner receives for such structure under such 
        section.''.
    (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall apply with respect to a major disaster declared by the President 
on or after August 24, 2005.
Housing Opportunities and Mitigating Emergencies Act of 2005 - Amernds the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide temporary emergency assistance for primary residences damaged or destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Increases from 75% to 90% the amount the President may contribute toward the cost of cost-effective hazard mitigation measures which substantially reduce the risk of future damage, hardship, loss, or suffering in any area affected by a major disaster. Doubles from 7.5% to 15% of the estimated aggregate federal disaster relief grants to an area the limit on the total amount of such presidential contributions.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gulf of Mexico Restoration and 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) the Gulf of Mexico is a valuable resource of national 
        and international importance, continuously serving the people 
        of the United States and other countries as an important source 
        of food, economic productivity, recreation, beauty, and 
        enjoyment;
            (2) over many years, the resource productivity and water 
        quality of the Gulf of Mexico and its watershed have been 
        diminished by point and nonpoint source pollution resulting 
        largely from the impacts of agricultural runoff, increasing 
        population growth and development in the Gulf of Mexico 
        watershed, and other factors;
            (3) the United States should seek to attain the protection 
        and restoration of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem as a 
        collaborative regional goal of the Gulf of Mexico Program; and
            (4) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency, in consultation with other Federal agencies and State 
        and local authorities, should coordinate the effort to meet 
        those goals.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to restore 
        and protect the Gulf of Mexico;
            (2) to expand Federal support for monitoring, management, 
        and restoration activities in the Gulf of Mexico and its 
        watershed;
            (3) to commit the United States to a comprehensive 
        cooperative program to achieve improved water quality in, and 
        improvements in the productivity of living resources of, the 
        Gulf of Mexico; and
            (4) to establish a Gulf of Mexico Program to serve as a 
        national and international model for the collaborative 
        management of large marine ecosystems.

SEC. 3. GULF OF MEXICO RESTORATION AND PROTECTION.

    Title I of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 
et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating the second section 121 (33 U.S.C. 
        1274) (relating to wet weather watershed pilot projects) as 
        section 122; and
            (2) by inserting after section 122 (as designated by 
        paragraph (1)) the following:

``SEC. 123. GULF OF MEXICO RESTORATION AND PROTECTION.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section;
            ``(1) Gulf of mexico ecosystem.--The term `Gulf of Mexico 
        ecosystem' means the ecosystem of the Gulf of Mexico and its 
        watershed.
            ``(2) Gulf of mexico executive council.--The term `Gulf of 
        Mexico Executive Council' means the formal collaborative 
        Federal, State, local, and private participants in the Program.
            ``(3) Program.--The term `Program' means the Gulf of Mexico 
        Program established by the Administrator in 1988 as a 
        nonregulatory, inclusive partnership to provide a broad 
        geographic focus on the primary environmental issues affecting 
        the Gulf of Mexico.
            ``(4) Program office.--The term `Program Office' means the 
        office established by the Administrator to administer the 
        Program that is reestablished by subsection (b)(1)(A).
    ``(b) Continuation of Gulf of Mexico Program.--
            ``(1) Gulf of mexico program office.--
                    ``(A) Reestablishment.--The Program Office 
                established before the date of enactment of this 
                section by the Administrator is reestablished as an 
                office of the Environmental Protection Agency.
                    ``(B) Requirements.--The Program Office shall be--
                            ``(i) headed by a Director who, by reason 
                        of management experience and technical 
                        expertise relating to the Gulf of Mexico, is 
                        highly qualified to direct the development of 
                        plans and programs on a variety of Gulf of 
                        Mexico issues, as determined by the 
                        Administrator; and
                            ``(ii) located in a State all or a portion 
                        of the coastline of which is on the Gulf of 
                        Mexico.
                    ``(C) Functions.--The Program Office shall--
                            ``(i) coordinate the actions of the 
                        Environmental Protection Agency with the 
                        actions of the appropriate officials of other 
                        Federal agencies and State and local 
                        authorities in developing strategies--
                                    ``(I) to improve the water quality 
                                and living resources in the Gulf of 
                                Mexico ecosystem; and
                                    ``(II) to obtain the support of 
                                appropriate officials;
                            ``(ii) in cooperation with appropriate 
                        Federal, State, and local authorities, assist 
                        in developing and implementing specific action 
                        plans to carry out the Program;
                            ``(iii) coordinate and implement priority 
                        State-led and community-led restoration plans 
                        and projects and facilitate science, research, 
                        modeling, monitoring, data collection, and 
                        other activities that support the Program;
                            ``(iv) implement outreach programs for 
                        public information, education, and 
                        participation to foster stewardship of the 
                        resources of the Gulf of Mexico;
                            ``(v) develop and make available, through 
                        publications, technical assistance, and other 
                        appropriate means, information pertaining to 
                        the environmental quality and living resources 
                        of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem; and
                            ``(vi) serve as the liaison with, and 
                        provide information to, the Mexican members of 
                        the Gulf of Mexico States Accord and Mexican 
                        counterparts of the Environmental Protection 
                        Agency.
    ``(c) Interagency Agreements.--The Administrator may enter into 1 
or more interagency agreements with other Federal agencies to carry out 
this section.
    ``(d) Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--In accordance with the Program, the 
        Administrator may provide grants to nonprofit organizations, 
        State and local governments, colleges, universities, interstate 
        agencies, and individuals to carry out this section for use 
        in--
                    ``(A) monitoring the water quality and living 
                resources of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem;
                    ``(B) researching the effects of natural and human-
                induced environmental changes on the water quality and 
                living resources of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem;
                    ``(C) developing and executing cooperative 
                strategies that address the water quality and living 
                resource needs in the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem;
                    ``(D) developing and implementing locally-based 
                protection and restoration programs or projects within 
                a watershed that complement those strategies, including 
                the creation, restoration, protection, or enhancement 
                of habitat associated with the Gulf of Mexico 
                ecosystem; and
                    ``(E) eliminating or reducing point sources that 
                discharge pollutants that contaminate the Gulf of 
                Mexico ecosystem, including activities to eliminate 
                leaking septic systems and construct connections to 
                local sewage systems.
            ``(2) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of any 
        project or activity carried out using a grant provided under 
        this section shall not exceed 75 percent, as determined by the 
        Administrator.
            ``(3) Administrative costs.--Administrative costs in the 
        form of salaries, overhead, or indirect costs for services 
        provided and charged against programs or projects carried out 
        using funds made available through a grant under this 
        subsection shall not exceed 15 percent of the amount of the 
        grant.
    ``(e) Reports.--
            ``(1) Annual report.--Not later than December 30, 2006, and 
        annually thereafter, the Director of the Program Office shall 
        submit to the Administrator and make available to the public a 
        report that describes--
                    ``(A) each project and activity funded under this 
                section during the previous fiscal year;
                    ``(B) the goals and objectives of those projects 
                and activities; and
                    ``(C) the net benefits of projects and activities 
                funded under this section during previous fiscal years.
            ``(2) Assessment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than April 30, 2007, 
                and every 5 years thereafter, the Administrator, in 
                coordination with the Gulf of Mexico Executive Council, 
                shall complete an assessment, and submit to Congress a 
                comprehensive report on the performance, of the 
                Program.
                    ``(B) Requirements.--The assessment and report 
                described in subparagraph (A) shall--
                            ``(i) assess the overall state of the Gulf 
                        of Mexico ecosystem;
                            ``(ii) compare the current state of the 
                        Gulf of Mexico ecosystem with a baseline 
                        assessment;
                            ``(iii) assess the effectiveness of the 
                        Program management strategies being 
                        implemented, and the extent to which the 
                        priority needs of the region are being met 
                        through that implementation; and
                            ``(iv) make recommendations for the 
                        improved management of the Program, including 
                        strengthening strategies being implemented or 
                        adopting improved strategies.
    ``(f) Budget Item.--The Administrator, in the annual submission to 
Congress of the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall 
include a funding line item request for the Program Office as a 
separate budget line item.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section, to remain available until 
expended--
            ``(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
            ``(2) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
            ``(3) $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 
        2010.''.

Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reestablish the Program Office of the Gulf of Mexico Program as an office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to be headed by a Director. Requires the Office to: (1) coordinate the actions of EPA and of other federal agencies and state and local authorities; (2) assist in developing specific action plans to carry out the program; (3) coordinate and implement priority state- and community-led restoration plans and projects and facilitate activities that support the program; (4) implement outreach programs to foster stewardship of the Gulf's resources; (5) develop and make available information about the environmental quality and living resources of the Gulf; and (6) serve as the liaison with the Mexican members of the Gulf of Mexico States Accord and Mexican counterparts of the EPA.

Authorizes the EPA Administrator to enter into interagency agreements to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to provide grants for use in: (1) monitoring the water quality and living resources of the Gulf ecosystem; (2) researching the effects of environmental changes on such water quality and resources; (3) developing cooperative strategies that address the water quality and needs of Gulf resources; (4) developing locally-based protection and restoration programs or projects within a watershed that complement those strategies; and (5) eliminating or reducing point sources that discharge pollutants that contaminate the Gulf ecosystem.