113 HR 1491 IH: To authorize the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide certain funds to eligible entities for activities undertaken to address the marine debris impacts of the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and for other purposes. U.S. House of Representatives 2013-04-11 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1491 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 11, 2013 Ms. Bonamici (for herself, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Farr, Mr. Honda, Ms. Speier, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Chu, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Heck of Washington, and Ms. DelBene) 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 authorize the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide certain funds to eligible entities for activities undertaken to address the marine debris impacts of the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and for other purposes.

1.

Authority to provide funds

(a)

In general

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may provide funds to an eligible entity impacted by the covered marine debris event to assist such entity with the costs of any activity previously carried out, being carried out, or to be carried out to address the effects of such event. (b)

Funding

The Administrator may provide funds under subsection (a) using any funds provided by the Government of Japan for activities to address the effects of the covered marine debris event. (c)

Definitions

In this section, the following definitions apply: (1)

Covered marine debris event

The term covered marine debris event means the events, including marine debris, resulting from the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami. (2)

Eligible entity

The term eligible entity means any State, local, or tribal government.