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This Act may be cited as the ''Chesapeake Bay Science, Education,
and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF NOAA CHESAPEAKE BAY OFFICE.

Section 307 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Authorization Act of 1992 (15 U.S.C. 1511d) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ''(in this
section'' and all that follows and inserting a period;
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
''(2) The Office shall be headed by a Director, who--
''(A) shall have knowledge and experience in
research or resource management efforts in the
Chesapeake Bay; and
''(B) shall be responsible for the administration
and operation of the office and the implementation of
this Act.''; and
(C) by striking paragraph (3);
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking so much as precedes paragraph (1)
and inserting the following:
''(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to focus the
relevant science, research, and resource management capabilities of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as they apply to the
Chesapeake Bay and to utilize the Office to--'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ''Secretary of
Commerce'' and inserting ''Administrator'';
(C) in paragraph (3)--
(i) by striking the matter preceding
subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
''(3) coordinate the programs and activities of the various
organizations within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration in furtherance of such administration's coastal
resource stewardship mission, including--'';
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking
''and'' after the semicolon at the end of
clause (vi), and by inserting after clause
(vii) the following:
''(viii) coastal hazards and climate
change; and''; and
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking
''and'' after the semicolon at the end of
clause (iii), by inserting ''and'' after the
semicolon at the end of clause (iv), and by
adding at the end the following:
''(v) integrated ecosystem assessments;'';
(D) in paragraph (4)--
(i) by striking ''Environmental Protection
Agency'' and inserting ''Chesapeake Executive
Council''; and
(ii) by inserting before the semicolon at
the end the following: ''as appropriate to
further purposes of this section'';
(E) by striking paragraphs (5) and (7);
(F) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph
(5); and
(G) by adding at the end the following:
''(6) perform any functions necessary to support the
programs referred to in paragraph (3).''; and
(3) by striking subsection (c) and all that follows through
the end of the section and inserting the following:
''(c) Program Activities.--
''(1) In general.--The Administrator, through the Director,
shall implement the program activities authorized by this
subsection to support the activity of the Chesapeake Executive
Council and to further the purposes of this section.
''(2) Ensuring scientific and technical merit.--The
Director shall--
''(A) establish and utilize an effective and
transparent mechanism to ensure that projects funded
under this section have undergone appropriate peer
review; and
''(B) provide other appropriate means to determine
that such projects have acceptable scientific and
technical merit for the purpose of achieving maximum
utilization of available funds and resources to benefit
the Chesapeake Bay area.
''(3) Consultation with chesapeake executive council.--The
Director shall, in the implementation of the program activities
authorized under this section, consult with the Chesapeake
Executive Council, to ensure that the activities of the Office
are consistent with the purposes and priorities of the
Chesapeake Bay Agreement and plans developed pursuant to the
Agreement.
''(4) Integrated coastal observations.--
''(A) In general.--The Administrator, through the
Director, may collaborate with scientific and academic
institutions, State and Federal agencies, non-
governmental organizations, and other constituents in
the Chesapeake Bay watershed, to support an integrated
observations system for the Chesapeake Bay consistent
with the purposes of subtitle C of title XII of Public
Law 111-11 (33 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.).
''(B) Specific requirements.--To support the system
referred to in subparagraph (A) and provide a complete
set of environmental information for the Chesapeake
Bay, the Director shall--
''(i) coordinate existing monitoring and
observing activities in the Chesapeake Bay;
''(ii) identify new data collection needs
and deploy new technologies, as appropriate;
''(iii) collect and analyze the scientific
information necessary for the management of
living marine resources and the marine habitat
associated with such resources;
''(iv) manage and interpret the information
described in clause (iii); and
''(v) organize the information described in
clause (iii) into products that are useful to
policy makers, resource managers, scientists,
and the public.
''(C) Chesapeake bay interpretive buoy system.--To
further the development and implementation of the
Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System, the Director
may--
''(i) support the establishment and
implementation of the Captain John Smith
Chesapeake National Historic Trail;
''(ii) delineate key waypoints along the
trail and provide appropriate real-time data
and information for trail users;
''(iii) interpret data and information for
use by educators and students to inspire
stewardship of Chesapeake Bay; and
''(iv) incorporate the Chesapeake Bay
Interpretive Buoy System into the Integrated
Ocean Observing System regional network of
observatories.
''(5) Chesapeake bay watershed education and training
program.--
''(A) In general.--The Administrator, through the
Director, may establish a Chesapeake Bay watershed
education and training program. The program shall--
''(i) continue and expand the Chesapeake
Bay watershed education programs offered by the
Office immediately before the enactment of the
Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and
Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2009;
''(ii) improve the understanding of
elementary and secondary school students and
teachers of the living resources of the
ecosystem of the Chesapeake Bay;
''(iii) provide community education to
improve watershed protection; and
''(iv) meet the educational goals of the
Chesapeake 2000 Agreement.
''(B) Grant program.--The Director may award grants
for the purposes of this paragraph. Grants awarded
under this subparagraph may be used to support
education and training projects that enhance
understanding and assessment of a specific
environmental problem in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
or a goal of the Chesapeake Bay Program, or protect or
restore living resources of the Chesapeake Bay
watershed, including projects that--
''(i) provide classroom education,
including the development and use of distance
learning and other innovative technologies,
related to the Chesapeake Bay watershed;
''(ii) provide watershed educational
experiences in the Chesapeake Bay watershed;
''(iii) provide professional development
for teachers related to the Chesapeake Bay
watershed and the dissemination of pertinent
education materials oriented to varying grade
levels;
''(iv) demonstrate or disseminate
environmental educational tools and materials
related to the Chesapeake Bay watershed;
''(v) demonstrate field methods, practices,
and techniques including assessment of
environmental and ecological conditions and
analysis of environmental problems;
''(vi) build the capacity of organizations
to deliver high quality environmental education
programs; and
''(vii) educate local land use officials
and decision makers on the relationship of land
use to natural resource and watershed
protection.
''(C) Collaboration.--The Director shall implement
the education and training program in collaboration
with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies.
''(6) Coastal and living resources management and habitat
program.--
''(A) In general.--The Administrator, through the
Director, may establish a Chesapeake Bay coastal living
resources management and habitat program to support
coordinated management, protection, characterization,
and restoration of priority Chesapeake Bay habitats and
living resources, including oysters, blue crabs, and
submerged aquatic vegetation.
''(B) Activities.--Under the program, the Director
may, subject to the availability of appropriations,
carry out or enter into grants, contracts, and
cooperative agreements and provide technical assistance
to support--
''(i) native oyster restoration;
''(ii) fish and shellfish aquaculture that
is carried out in accordance with a valid
Federal or State permit;
''(iii) establishment of submerged aquatic
vegetation propagation programs;
''(iv) the development of programs that
protect and restore critical coastal habitats;
''(v) habitat mapping, characterization,
and assessment techniques necessary to
identify, assess, and monitor restoration
actions;
''(vi) application and transfer of applied
scientific research and ecosystem management
tools to fisheries and habitat managers;
''(vii) collection, synthesis, and sharing
of information to inform and influence coastal
and living resource management issues; and
''(viii) other activities that the Director
determines are appropriate to carry out the
purposes of such program.
''(d) Reports.--
''(1) In general.--The Administrator, through the Director,
shall submit a biennial report to the Congress and the
Secretary of Commerce on the activities of the Office and on
progress made in protecting and restoring the living resources
and habitat of the Chesapeake Bay.
''(2) Action plan.--Each such report shall include an
action plan for the 2-year period following submission of the
report, consisting of--
''(A) a list of recommended research, monitoring,
and data collection activities necessary to continue
implementation of the strategy under subsection (b)(2);
and
''(B) recommendations to integrate National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration activities with the
activities of the partners in the Chesapeake Bay
Program to meet the commitments of the Chesapeake 2000
agreement and subsequent agreements.
''(e) Agreements.--
''(1) In general.--The Administrator, through the Director,
may, subject to the availability of appropriations, enter into
and perform such contracts, leases, grants, or cooperative
agreements as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of
this Act.
''(2) Use of other resources.--For purposes related to the
understanding, protection, and restoration of Chesapeake Bay,
the Director may use, with their consent and with or without
reimbursement, the land, services, equipment, personnel, and
facilities of any Department, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States, or of any State, local government, Indian tribal
government, or of any political subdivision thereof.
''(3) Donations.--The Director may accept donations of
funds, other property, and services for use in understanding,
protecting, and restoring the Chesapeake Bay. Donations
accepted under this section shall be considered as a gift or
bequest to or for the use of the United States.
''(f) Definitions.--In this section:
''(1) Administrator.--The term 'Administrator' means the
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
''(2) Chesapeake bay agreement.--The term 'Chesapeake Bay
Agreement' means the formal, voluntary agreements executed to
achieve the goal of restoring and protecting the Chesapeake Bay
ecosystem and the living resources of the Chesapeake Bay
ecosystem and are signed by the Chesapeake Executive Council.
''(3) Chesapeake executive council.--The term 'Chesapeake
Executive Council' means the representatives from the
Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of Maryland, the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Environmental Protection
Agency, the District of Columbia, and the Chesapeake Bay
Commission, who are signatories to the Chesapeake Bay
Agreement, and any future signatories to that agreement.
''(4) Director.--The term 'Director' means the Director of
the Office.
''(5) Office.--The term 'Office' means the Chesapeake Bay
Office established under this section.
''(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section--
''(1) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;
''(2) $18,700,000 for fiscal year 2012;
''(3) $20,570,000 for fiscal year 2013; and
''(4) $22,627,000 for fiscal year 2014.''.

Passed the House of Representatives September 30, 2009.

Attest:

LORRAINE C. MILLER,

Clerk.
Student:
Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992 to revise research, management, and program provisions of the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

States that the Director of the Office shall be responsible for the administration and operation of the Office and implementation of such Act.

Requires the Director to: (1) implement the program activities of the Chesapeake Executive Council; (2) ensure that projects have scientific and technical merit and have undergone appropriate peer review; (3) consult with the Council; and (4) report biennially to Congress and to the Secretary of Commerce regarding activities to protect the Chesapeake Bay.

Authorizes the Director to: (1) collaborate with scientific and academic institutions, state and federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and other constituents to support an integrated observations system for the Chesapeake Bay; (2) support the establishment and implementation of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail; (3) incorporate the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System into the Integrated Ocean Observing System regional network of observatories; (4) establish a Chesapeake Bay watershed education and training program (authorizes related grants); (5) establish a Chesapeake Bay coastal living resources management and habitat program to support management of priority Chesapeake Bay habitats and living resources, including oysters, blue crabs, and submerged aquatic vegetation; and (6) accept donations of funds, property, and services.

Authorizes FY2011- FY2014 appropriations for the Office and related activities.