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[H.R. 5776 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5776

To reauthorize and amend the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and 
            Response Grant Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 2016

Mr. Young of Alaska (for himself and Mr. Heck of Washington) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To reauthorize and amend the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and 
            Response Grant Program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Marine Mammal Research and Response 
Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. DATA COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION.

    Section 402 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
1421a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``or 
                entangled'' after ``stranded'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by striking ``strandings,'' and 
                        inserting ``strandings and entanglements, 
                        including unusual mortality events,'';
                            (ii) by inserting ``stranding'' before 
                        ``region''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``marine mammals; and'' 
                        and inserting ``and entangled marine mammals to 
                        allow comparison of the causes of illness and 
                        deaths in stranded and entangled marine mammals 
                        with physical, chemical, and biological 
                        environmental parameters; and''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ``analyses, that 
                would allow comparison of the causes of illness and 
                deaths in stranded marine mammals with physical, 
                chemical, and biological environmental parameters.'' 
                and inserting ``analyses.''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Data Availability.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall develop a program to 
        make information, including any data and metadata, collected 
        under subsection (b) available to researchers, stranding 
        networks, and the public--
                    ``(A) to improve real-time coordination of response 
                to stranding and entanglement events across geographic 
                areas and between stranding coordinators;
                    ``(B) to identify and quickly disseminate 
                information on potential public health risks;
                    ``(C) to facilitate integrated interdisciplinary 
                research;
                    ``(D) to facilitate peer-reviewed publications;
                    ``(E) to archive regional data into one national 
                database for future analyses; and
                    ``(F) for education and outreach activities.
            ``(2) Public access.--The Secretary shall ensure that--
                    ``(A) all information, including data and metadata, 
                collected under subsection (b) is archived in a form 
                that is readily accessible, understandable, and can be 
                easily shared with, the public, as appropriate, through 
                the Marine Mammal Health Map established under section 
                408A; and
                    ``(B) not later than 60 days after the date that 
                any information, including any data and metadata, 
                collected under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of 
                subsection (b), is made readily available to stranding 
                network participants, other qualified scientists, 
                employees of the Federal Government, and the public 
                through the Marine Mammal Health Map and the Integrated 
                Ocean Observation System.
    ``(d) Data Reporting Requirements.--The Secretary shall require 
each stranding network participant to submit to the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, for inclusion in the Marine Mammal 
Health Map established under section 408A the following:
            ``(1) NOAA Form 89-864 (OMB #0648-0178) and NOAA Form 89-
        878 (OMB #0648-0178), or similar successor form, not later than 
        30 days after the date of a response to a stranding or 
        entanglement event.
            ``(2) The information, including any data and metadata, 
        described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b), not 
        later than 30 days after the date that the information is 
        available or updated, as applicable.
            ``(3) The information, including any data and metadata, 
        described in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (b), not 
        later than 30 days after the date that the stranding network 
        responds to a stranding or entanglement event.''.

SEC. 3. STRANDING OR ENTANGLEMENT RESPONSE AGREEMENTS.

    Section 403 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
1421b) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading by inserting ``or entanglement'' 
        before ``response''; and
            (2) in subsection (a), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``or entanglement.''.

SEC. 4. UNUSUAL MORTALITY EVENT ACTIVITY FUNDING.

    (a) Uses of the Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Event Fund.--
Subsection (b) of section 405 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 
1972 (16 U.S.C. 1421d) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Uses.--Amounts in the Fund--
            ``(1) shall be available only for use by the Secretary, in 
        consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and dispersed 
        among claimants based on budgets approved by the Secretary 
        prior to expenditure--
                    ``(A) to make advance, partial, or progress 
                payments under contracts or other funding mechanisms 
                for property, supplies, salaries, services, and travel 
                costs incurred in acting in accordance with the 
                contingency plan issued under section 404(b) or under 
                the direction of an Onsite Coordinator for an unusual 
                mortality event;
                    ``(B) for reimbursing any stranding network 
                participant for costs incurred in the preparation, 
                analysis, and transportation of marine mammal tissues 
                collected with respect to an unusual mortality event, 
                including such transportation, for the Tissue Bank; and
                    ``(C) for care and maintenance of marine mammal 
                seized under section 104(c)(2)(D); and
            ``(2) shall remain available until expended.''.
    (b) Deposits Into the Fund.--Subsection (c) of section 405 of the 
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1421d) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) sums received for marine mammal conservation, 
        including assessment costs, fines, penalties, restitution, 
        natural resource damages, and forfeitures of property for 
        violations of any provision of this Act or other environmental 
        statute and sums received from emergency declaration grants for 
        marine mammal conservation; and
            ``(5) up to $750,000 per fiscal year, as determined by the 
        Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior, from 
        amounts appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this 
        title and other titles of this Act.''.

SEC. 5. LIABILITY.

    Section 406(a) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1421e(a)) is amended by inserting ``or entanglement'' after ``to 
a stranding''.

SEC. 6. NATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL TISSUE BANK AND TISSUE ANALYSIS.

    Section 407 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
1421f) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by striking ``the health of 
        marine mammals'' and inserting ``marine mammal health and 
        mortality and the health of''; and
            (2) in subsection (d), by inserting ``public'' before 
        ``access''.

SEC. 7. JOHN H. PRESCOTT MARINE MAMMAL RESCUE AND RESPONSE GRANT 
              PROGRAM AND RAPID RESPONSE FUND.

    (a) In General.--Section 408 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 
1972 (16 U.S.C. 1421f-1) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 408. JOHN H. PRESCOTT MARINE MAMMAL RESCUE AND RESPONSE GRANT 
              PROGRAM AND RAPID RESPONSE FUND.

    ``(a) John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant 
Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to the availability of 
        appropriations, the Secretary shall conduct a grant program to 
        be known as the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and 
        Response Grant Program (hereinafter in this section referred to 
        as the `Grant Program') to award grants to eligible stranding 
        network participants or stranding network collaborators as 
        described in this subsection.
            ``(2) Purposes.--The purposes of the Grant Program are to 
        provide for--
                    ``(A) the recovery or treatment of sick, injured, 
                or entangled marine mammals;
                    ``(B) marine mammal stranding events that require 
                emergency assistance;
                    ``(C) the collection of data and samples from 
                living or dead stranded marine mammals for scientific 
                research regarding marine mammal health;
                    ``(D) facility operating costs that are directly 
                related to activities described in subparagraph (A), 
                (B), or (C); and
                    ``(E) development of Stranding Network capacity, 
                including training for emergency response, where 
                facilities do not exist or are sparse.
            ``(3) Contract, grant, and cooperative agreement 
        authority.--The Secretary may enter into a contract, grant, or 
        cooperative agreement with any person, as the Secretary 
        determines appropriate, for the purposes described in paragraph 
        (2).
            ``(4) Equitable distribution of funds.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall ensure, to 
                the extent practicable, that funds awarded under the 
                Grant Program are distributed equitably among the 
                stranding regions.
                    ``(B) Preferences.--The Secretary shall give 
                preference to awarding funds under the Grant Program in 
                each stranding region to any facility with an 
                established record of marine mammal rescue and 
                rehabilitation, or of scientific data collection and 
                research on sick, stranded, or entangled marine mammals 
                where such facilities exist.
                    ``(C) Considerations.--In determining priorities 
                among the stranding regions under this paragraph, the 
                Secretary may consider--
                            ``(i) any episodic stranding, entanglement, 
                        or mortality event, except for an unusual 
                        mortality event, that occurred in any stranding 
                        region in the preceding year;
                            ``(ii) any data regarding average annual 
                        stranding, entanglements, and mortality events 
                        per stranding region;
                            ``(iii) the size of the marine mammal 
                        populations inhabiting a geographic area within 
                        a stranding region; and
                            ``(iv) the conservation of threatened or 
                        endangered marine mammal species.
            ``(5) Application.--To apply for a grant under the Grant 
        Program a stranding network participant shall--
                    ``(A) submit an application in such form and manner 
                as the Secretary prescribes; and
                    ``(B) comply with the data reporting requirements 
                of section 402(d).
            ``(6) Consultation.--The Secretary shall consult with the 
        Marine Mammal Commission, a representative from each of the 
        stranding regions, and other individuals who represent public 
        and private organizations that are actively involved in rescue, 
        rehabilitation, release, scientific research, marine 
        conservation, and forensic science regarding stranded marine 
        mammals to develop criteria for awarding grants under the Grant 
        Program.
            ``(7) Limitations.--
                    ``(A) Maximum grant amount.--No grant made under 
                the Grant Program for a single project may exceed 
                $200,000 in any 12-month period.
                    ``(B) Unexpended funds.--Any funds awarded under 
                the Grant Program that are unexpended or unobligated at 
                the end of a 12-month period--
                            ``(i) shall remain available until 
                        expended; and
                            ``(ii) shall not be taken into account for 
                        any other 12-month period for the purposes of 
                        subparagraph (A).
            ``(8) Matching requirement.--The non-Federal share of the 
        costs of an activity conducted with funds awarded under the 
        Grant Program shall be 25 percent of such costs.
            ``(9) Administrative costs and expenses.--Of the amounts 
        available each fiscal year to carry out the Grant Program, the 
        Secretary may expend not more than 6 percent or $80,000, 
        whichever is greater, to pay the administrative costs and 
        expenses related to reviewing and awarding grants under the 
        Grant Program.
    ``(b) John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Rapid Response 
Fund.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is established in the Treasury of 
        the United States an interest-bearing fund to be known as the 
        `John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Rapid Response Fund' 
        (hereinafter in this section referred to as the `Fund').
            ``(2) Use of funds.--Amounts in the Fund shall be available 
        only for use by the Secretary to provide emergency assistance.
            ``(3) Matching requirement.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the non-Federal share of the costs of 
                an activity conducted with amounts from the Fund shall 
                be 25 percent of such costs.
                    ``(B) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the matching 
                requirement under subparagraph (A) for activities to 
                provide emergency assistance.
                    ``(C) In-kind contributions.--The Secretary may 
                apply to the non-Federal share of an activity conducted 
                with amounts from the Fund, the amount of funds and the 
                fair market value of property and services provided by 
                non-Federal sources and used for the activity.
    ``(c) Emergency Assistance Defined.--In this section:
            ``(1) In general.--The term `emergency assistance' means--
                    ``(A) financial assistance provided for a stranding 
                event or entangling event that--
                            ``(i) causes an immediate increase in the 
                        cost of a response, recovery, or rehabilitation 
                        that is greater than the usual or allocated 
                        cost of a response, recovery, or 
                        rehabilitation;
                            ``(ii) is cyclical or endemic; and
                            ``(iii) involves a marine mammal that is 
                        out of the normal habitat for that marine 
                        mammal; or
                    ``(B) financial assistance provided for a stranding 
                event or an entanglement event that the Secretary 
                considers to be an emergency.
            ``(2) Exclusions.--The term `emergency assistance' does not 
        include financial assistance to respond to an unusual mortality 
        event.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
        to carry out the Grant Program $7,000,000 for each of fiscal 
        years 2017 through 2022, to remain available until expended, of 
        which for each fiscal year--
                    ``(A) $6,000,000 may be available to the Secretary 
                of Commerce; and
                    ``(B) $1,000,000 may be available to the Secretary 
                of the Interior.
            ``(2) John h. prescott marine mammal rescue and rapid 
        response fund.--
                    ``(A) Authorization of appropriations.--There is 
                authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $500,000 for 
                each of fiscal years 2016 through 2021.
                    ``(B) Transfer of funds.--In addition to amounts 
                appropriated pursuant to an authorization of 
                appropriations in subparagraph (A), there shall be 
                deposited into the Fund up to $500,000 for each fiscal 
                year (as determined by the Secretary) from amounts 
                appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this 
                title and other titles of this Act.
                    ``(C) Availability of funds.--Amounts in the Fund 
                shall remain available until expended without regard to 
                any law related to the negotiation, award, or 
                administration of any contract, grant, or cooperative 
                agreement.
    ``(e) Acceptance of Donations.--For purposes of carrying out this 
section, the Secretary may solicit, accept, receive, hold, administer, 
and use gifts, devises, and bequests without any further approval or 
administrative action.''.
    (b) Table of Contents Amendment.--The table of contents in the 
first section of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 is amended by 
striking the item related to section 408 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 408. John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant 
                            Program and Rapid Response Fund.''.

SEC. 8. MARINE MAMMAL HEALTH MAP.

    (a) In General.--The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 408 the 
following:

``SEC. 408A. MARINE MAMMAL HEALTH MAP.

    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of the Marine Mammal Research and Response Act of 2016, the 
Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Marine Mammal Commission, shall--
            ``(1) establish a national marine mammal health and 
        stranding observing system referred to as the Marine Mammal 
        Health Map;
            ``(2) incorporate the Marine Mammal Health Map into the 
        National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System 
        established under section 12304 of the Integrated Coastal and 
        Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3603); and
            ``(3) make the Marine Mammal Health Map--
                    ``(A) publically accessible through the Integrated 
                Coastal and Ocean Observation System's Web portal; and
                    ``(B) interoperable with other national data 
                systems or for management or research purposes, as 
                practicable.
    ``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the Marine Mammal Health Map are 
to promote--
            ``(1) interdisciplinary research among individuals with 
        knowledge and experience in marine mammal science, marine 
        mammal veterinary and husbandry practices, and medical science, 
        oceanographers, and other marine scientists;
            ``(2) the timely and sustained dissemination and 
        availability of marine mammal health, stranding, entanglement, 
        and mortality data;
            ``(3) the identification of spatial and temporal patterns 
        of marine mammal mortality, disease, and stranding;
            ``(4) the evaluation of marine mammal health in terms of 
        mortality as well as sublethal marine mammal health impacts;
            ``(5) the improved collaboration and forecasting of marine 
        mammal and larger ecosystem health events;
            ``(6) rapid communication and dissemination of marine 
        mammal strandings that may have implications for human health, 
        such as harmful algal blooms;
            ``(7) the increased accessibility of data in a user 
        friendly visual interface for public education and outreach 
        activities; and
            ``(8) the contribution to an ocean health index which 
        incorporates marine mammal health data.
    ``(c) Requirements.--The Marine Mammal Health Map shall--
            ``(1) integrate in situ, remote, and other marine mammal 
        health, stranding, and mortality data, including visualization 
        and metadata, from persons authorized to collect data on marine 
        mammals, including the stranding network, Federal, State, and 
        tribal governments, private partners, and academia;
            ``(2) be designed to enhance data and information 
        availability, including data sharing between stranding network 
        participants, scientists, and the public across stranding 
        network regions;
            ``(3) be designed to facilitate data and information access 
        across scientific disciplines, scientists, and managers; and
            ``(4) be designed to facilitate public access to national 
        and regional marine mammal health, stranding, entanglement, and 
        mortality data, including visualizations and metadata, through 
        the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System's national 
        and regional data portals.
    ``(d) Procedures and Guidelines.--The Secretary shall implement 
policies, protocols, and standards for--
            ``(1) the reporting requirements for marine mammal health 
        data collected by stranding networks consistent with 
        subsections (c) and (d) of section 402;
            ``(2) the timely transmission of health data from the 
        stranding networks and other appropriate data providers to the 
        Marine Mammal Health Map;
            ``(3) the timely and sustained dissemination and 
        availability to the public of marine mammal health, stranding, 
        entanglement, and mortality data; and
            ``(4) the integration of other marine mammal health, 
        stranding, or other data as the Secretary determines 
        appropriate.
    ``(e) Coordination.--The Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration shall carry out the Marine Mammal Health Map 
in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, the Marine Mammal 
Commission, and the National Ocean Research Leadership Council.
    ``(f) Contributions.--For purposes of carrying out this section, 
the Secretary may solicit, accept, receive, hold, administer, and use 
gifts, devises, and bequests without any further approval or 
administrative action.''.
    (b) Table of Contents Amendment.--The table of contents in the 
first section of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
by section 7(b), is amended further by inserting after the item related 
to section 408 the following:

``Sec. 408A. Marine Mammal Health Map.''.

SEC. 9. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), as amended by section 8(a), is further amended by 
inserting after section 408A the following:

``SEC. 408B. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    ``(a) Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In this section, the 
term `appropriate committees of Congress' means the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee 
on Natural Resources and the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives.
    ``(b) Marine Mammal Health Map Status Report.--Not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of the Marine Mammal Research and 
Response Act of 2016, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, in consultation with the Marine Mammal 
Commission, the Secretary of the Interior, and the National Ocean 
Research Leadership Council, shall submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress a report on the status of the Marine Mammal Health Map. 
Such report shall include the following:
            ``(1) A detailed evaluation of the data made publically 
        available through the Marine Mammal Health Map.
            ``(2) A detailed list of any gaps in data collected 
        pursuant to the Marine Mammal Health Map, a description of the 
        reasons for such gaps, and recommendations to close such gaps.
            ``(3) An analysis of the effectiveness of using the Web 
        site of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System as 
        a tool to collect, organize, visualize, archive, and 
        disseminate marine mammal stranding and health data.
            ``(4) A list of publications, presentations, or other 
        relevant work product resulting from, or in collaboration with, 
        such Marine Mammal Health Map.
            ``(5) A description of emerging marine mammal health 
        concerns and the applicability of such concerns to human 
        health.
            ``(6) An analysis of the feasibility of the Integrated 
        Coastal and Ocean Observation System to be used as an alert 
        during stranding events, entanglement events, and unusual 
        mortality events for the stranding network, Integrated Coastal 
        and Ocean Observation System partners, Marine Mammal Health Map 
        partners, Federal and State agencies, and local and tribal 
        governments.
            ``(7) An evaluation of the use of Marine Mammal Health Map 
        data to predict broader ecosystem events and changes that may 
        impact marine mammal or human health and specific examples of 
        proven or potential uses of Integrated Coastal and Ocean 
        Observation System data for these purposes.
            ``(8) Recommendations for the Marine Mammal Health Map 
        related to--
                    ``(A) filling any identified data gaps;
                    ``(B) data standards that could be used to improve 
                data accessibility, transmission, interoperability, and 
                sharing;
                    ``(C) any other strategies that would contribute to 
                the effectiveness and usefulness of the Marine Mammal 
                Health Map; and
                    ``(D) the funding levels needed to carry out the 
                Marine Mammal Health Map.
    ``(c) Data Gap Analysis.--Not later than 5 years after date that 
the report required by subsection (b) is submitted, and every 5 years 
thereafter, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, in consultation with the Marine Mammal Commission and 
the Secretary of the Interior, shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a data gap analysis. Such analysis shall include 
the following:
            ``(1) An overview of existing participants within the 
        Marine Mammal Stranding Network.
            ``(2) An identification of participant gaps within the 
        Network.
            ``(3) An identification of data and reporting gaps from 
        members of the Network.
            ``(4) An analysis of how stranding and health data is 
        shared and made available to scientists, academics, State, 
        local, and tribal governments, and the public.''.
    ``(d) Rescue and Response Capabilities in the Arctic.--Not later 
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Marine Mammal 
Research and Response Act of 2016, the Administrator of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in consultation with the Marine 
Mammal Commission and the Director of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report on the response capabilities for sick and injured 
marine mammals in the Arctic regions of the United States. Such report 
shall include the following:
            ``(1) A description of all stranding agreements in place in 
        the Arctic regions of the United States, including species 
        covered, response capabilities, facilities, and data collection 
        and analysis capabilities.
            ``(2) A list of State and local government agencies that 
        have personnel trained to respond to strandings in the Arctic 
        regions of the United States.
            ``(3) An assessment of potential response and data 
        collection partners and sources of local information and 
        knowledge, including Alaska Native people and villages.
            ``(4) An analysis of spatial and temporal trends in 
        strandings over time in response to changing environmental 
        conditions in the Arctic regions of the United States and the 
        relationships to other unusual mortality events, including 
        birds and fish.
            ``(5) A description of training and other resource needs to 
        meet emerging response requirements in the Arctic regions of 
        the United States.
            ``(6) An analysis of oiled marine mammal and bird response 
        and rehabilitation capabilities in the Arctic regions of the 
        United States, including equipment, facilities, training, and 
        husbandry capabilities, and an assessment of likely success 
        rates.
            ``(7) Recommendations for future stranding response needs 
        in the Arctic regions of the United States.''.
    (b) Table of Contents Amendment.--The table of contents in the 
first section of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
by section 8(b), is amended further by inserting after the item related 
to section 408A the following:

``Sec. 408B. Reports to Congress.''.

SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 409 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
1421g) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``1993 and 1994;'' and 
        inserting ``2017 through 2022;'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``1993 and 1994;'' and 
        inserting ``2017 through 2022;''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``fiscal year 1993.'' and 
        inserting ``for each of the fiscal years 2017 through 2022.''.

SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 410 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
1421h) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs 
        (7) and (8), respectively;
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) as 
        paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5), respectively;
            (3) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the 
        following:
            ``(1) The term `entangle' or `entanglement' means an event 
        in the wild in which a living or dead marine mammal has gear, 
        rope, line, net, or other material wrapped around or attached 
        to the marine mammal and is--
                    ``(A) on a beach or shore of the United States; or
                    ``(B) in navigable waters of the United States.''; 
                and
            (4) by inserting after paragraph (5), as redesignated, the 
        following:
            ``(6) Stranding region.--The term `stranding region' means 
        a geographic region designated by the Secretary for purposes of 
        administration of this Act.''.
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