Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act

Modifications to the Marine Debris Foundation

(a)

Status of Foundation

Section 111(a) of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 4211(a)) is amended, in the second sentence, by striking organization and inserting corporation. (b)

Board of Directors

(1)

Appointment, vacancies, and removal

Section 112(b) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 4212(b)) is amended—(A)in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—(i)by striking and considering and inserting considering; (ii)by inserting and with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, after by the Board,; and(iii)by inserting and such other criteria as the Under Secretary may establish after subsection (a); (B) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce after the Board; (C)in paragraph (5)—(i)by inserting the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, after Service,; and (ii)by inserting and with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce after EPA Administrator; (D)by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively; and(E)by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:

(2)

Recommendations of Board regarding appointments

For appointments made under paragraph (1) other than the initial appointments, the Board shall submit to the Under Secretary recommendations on candidates for appointment.

(2)

General powers

Section 112(g) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 4212(g)) is amended—(A)in paragraph (1)(A), by striking officers and employees and inserting the initial officers and employees of the Board; and(B)in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking chief operating officer and inserting chief executive officer. (3)

Chief executive officer

Section 112 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 4212) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(h)

Chief executive officer

(1)

Appointment; removal; review

The Board shall appoint and may remove and review the performance of the chief executive officer of the Board.(2)

Powers

The chief executive officer of the Board may appoint, remove, and review the performance of any officer or employee of the Foundation.

(c)

Powers of Foundation

Section 113(c)(1) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 4213(c)(1)) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—(1)by inserting nonprofit before corporation; and (2)by striking acting as a trustee and inserting formed. (d)

Principal office

Section 113 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 4213) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(g)

Principal office

The Board may locate the principal office of the Foundation outside the District of Columbia and is encouraged to locate that office in a coastal State.

(e)

Best practices

Section 113 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 4213), as amended by subsection (d), is further amended by adding at the end the following:

(h)

Best practices

(1)

Tribal government

In this paragraph, the term Tribal government means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).(2)

Best practices

The Foundation shall develop and implement best practices for conducting outreach to Tribal governments and Indian Tribes. (3)

Requirements

The best practices developed under paragraph (2) shall—(A)include a process to support technical assistance and capacity building to improve outcomes; and(B)promote an awareness of programs and grants available under this Act.

(f)

Use of funds

Section 118 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 4218) is amended—(1)in subsection (a)—(A)in paragraph (2), by striking and State and local government agencies and inserting , State and local government agencies, United States and international nongovernmental organizations, regional organizations, and foreign government entities; and(B)in paragraph (3)—(i)in the paragraph heading, by striking

Prohibition

and inserting

Limitation

; and(ii)by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:

(B)

Salaries

The Foundation may use Federal funds described in subparagraph (A) to pay for salaries only during the 24-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall not require reimbursement from the Foundation for any such Federal funds used to pay for such salaries.

; and

(2)in subsection (b)(2), by striking and State and local government agencies and inserting , State and local government agencies, United States and international nongovernmental organizations, regional organizations, and foreign government entities.

Modifications to the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

(a)

Grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and other agreements

Section 3(d) of the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1952(d)) is amended—(1)in the subsection heading, by striking

and contracts

and inserting

contracts, and other agreements

; (2)in paragraph (1), by striking and contracts and inserting , contracts, and other agreements; (3)in paragraph (2)—(A)in subparagraph (B)—(i)by striking part of the and inserting part of a; and (ii)by inserting or (C) after subparagraph (A); and (B)in subparagraph (C), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting and except as provided in subparagraph (B) after subparagraph (A); and (4)by adding at the end the following:

(7)

In-kind contributions

With respect to any project carried out pursuant to a contract or other agreement entered into under paragraph (1) that is not a cooperative agreement or an agreement to provide financial assistance in the form of a grant, the Administrator may contribute on an in-kind basis the portion of the costs of the project that the Administrator determines represents the amount of benefit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration derives from the project.

(b)

Receipt and expenditure of funds; use of resources

Section 3 of the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1952) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(e)

Receipt and expenditure of funds

In order to accomplish the purpose set forth in section 2, the Administrator, acting through the Program, may, only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts, receive and expend funds made available by—(1)any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States;(2)any State, local, or tribal government (or any political subdivision thereof);(3)any foreign government or international organization; (4)any public or private organization; or (5)any individual. (f)

Use of resources

In order to accomplish the purpose set forth in section 2, the Administrator, acting through the Program, may use, with consent, with reimbursement, and subject to the availability of appropriations, the land, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of—(1)any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States;(2)any State, local, or tribal government (or any political subdivision thereof); (3)any foreign government or international organization; (4)any public or private organization; or (5)any individual.