II 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 860 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 23, 2009 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation AN ACT To reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, and for other purposes.

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Short title

(a)

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009. (b)

Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Amendment of Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000. Title I—Amendments to the Coral Reef Conservation Act Sec. 101. Expansion of Coral Reef Conservation Program. Sec. 102. Emergency response. Sec. 103. National program. Sec. 104. Report to Congress. Sec. 105. Fund; grants; grounding inventory; coordination. Sec. 106. Clarification of definitions. Sec. 107. Authorization of appropriations. Title II—United States Coral Reef Task Force Sec. 201. United States Coral Reef Task Force. Title III—Department of the Interior Coral Reef Authorities Sec. 301. Amendments relating to Department of the Interior program. Sec. 302. Clarification of definitions.

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Amendment of Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000

Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.).

Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 2009. Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk.