Public Law 108–456
Public Law 108–456, as amended
Public Law 108–456
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115–423
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Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2004
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2004-12-10
Public Law 108–456
[(Public Law 108–456; Approved December 10, 2004)]
[As Amended Through P.L. 115–423, Enacted January 7, 2019]
[Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 108-456. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/]
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AN ACTTo reauthorize the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM AND HYPOXIA AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2004 </heading>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tI/s101" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="101">SEC. 101. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s4001">33 U.S.C. 4001 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SHORT TITLE. </heading>
<content style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle style="-uslm-dtd:quote"><inline style="-uslm-dtd:short-title">Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2004</inline></shortTitle>”.</content>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tI/s102" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="102">SEC. 102. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s4001a">33 U.S.C. 4001a</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">RETENTION OF TASK FORCE. </heading>
<content style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">Section 603 of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 1451 nt) is amended by striking subsection (e). In developing the assessments, reports, and plans under the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998, the Task Force shall consult with the coastal States, Indian tribes, local governments, appropriate industries (including fisheries, agriculture, and fertilizer), academic institutions, and nongovernmental organizations with expertise in coastal zone science and management.</content>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tI/s103" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="103">SEC. 103. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">PREDICTION AND RESPONSE REPORT. </heading>
<content style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">Section 603 of such Act, as amended by section 102, is further amended by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block">
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">“(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report to Congress on Harmful Algal Bloom Impacts. </heading>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Development. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2004, the President, in consultation with the chief executive officers of the States, shall develop and submit to the Congress a report that describes and evaluates the effectiveness of measures described in paragraph (2) that may be utilized to protect environmental and public health from impacts of harmful algal blooms. In developing the report, the President shall consult with the Task Force, the coastal States, Indian tribes, local governments, appropriate industries (including fisheries, agriculture, and fertilizer), academic institutions, and nongovernmental organizations with expertise in coastal zone science and management, and also consider the scientific assessments developed under this Act.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Requirements. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The report shall—</chapeau>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">review techniques for prediction of the onset, course, and impacts of harmful algal blooms including evaluation of their accuracy and utility in protecting environmental and public health and provisions for their development;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">identify innovative research and development methods for the prevention, control, and mitigation of harmful algal blooms and provisions for their development; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">“(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">include incentive-based partnership approaches regarding subparagraphs (A) and (B) where practicable.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Publication and opportunity for comment. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">At least 90 days before submitting the report to the Congress, the President shall cause a summary of the proposed plan to be published in the Federal Register for a public comment period of not less than 60 days.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">“(4) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Federal assistance. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Task Force and to the extent of funds available, shall provide for Federal cooperation with and assistance to the coastal States, Indian tribes, and local governments regarding the measures described in paragraph (2), as requested.”</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection></quotedContent>.</content>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tI/s104" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="104">SEC. 104. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">LOCAL AND REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENTS. </heading>
<content style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">Section 603 of such Act, as amended by section 103, is further amended by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block">
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">“(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Local and Regional Scientific Assessments. </heading>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Task Force and appropriate State, Indian tribe, and local governments, to the extent of funds available, shall provide for local and regional scientific assessments of hypoxia and harmful algal blooms, as requested by States, Indian tribes, and local governments, or for affected areas as identified by the Secretary. If the Secretary receives multiple requests, the Secretary shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that assessments under this subsection cover geographically and ecologically diverse locations with significant ecological and economic impacts from hypoxia or harmful algal blooms. The Secretary shall establish a procedure for reviewing requests for local and regional assessments. The Secretary shall ensure, through consultation with Sea Grant Programs, that the findings of the assessments are communicated to the appropriate State, Indian tribe, and local governments, and to the general public.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Purpose. </heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Local and regional assessments shall examine—</chapeau>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the causes and ecological consequences, and the economic cost, of hypoxia or harmful algal blooms in that area;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">potential methods to prevent, control, and mitigate hypoxia or harmful algal blooms in that area and the potential ecological and economic costs and benefits of such methods; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">“(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">other topics the Task Force considers appropriate.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">“(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Scientific Assessment of Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms. </heading><paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2004 the Task Force shall complete and submit to Congress a scientific assessment of current knowledge about harmful algal blooms in freshwater, such as the Great Lakes and upper reaches of estuaries, including a research plan for coordinating Federal efforts to better understand freshwater harmful algal blooms.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The freshwater harmful algal bloom scientific assessment shall—</chapeau>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">examine the causes and ecological consequences, and the economic costs, of harmful algal blooms with significant effects on freshwater, including estimations of the frequency and occurrence of significant events;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">establish priorities and guidelines for a competitive, peer-reviewed, merit-based interagency research program, as part of the Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) project, to better understand the causes, characteristics, and impacts of harmful algal blooms in freshwater locations; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">“(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">identify ways to improve coordination and to prevent unnecessary duplication of effort among Federal agencies and departments with respect to research on harmful algal blooms in freshwater locations.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="g">“(g) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Scientific Assessments of Hypoxia. </heading><paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not less than once every 5 years the Task Force shall complete and submit to the Congress a scientific assessment of hypoxia in United States coastal waters including the Great Lakes. The first such assessment shall be completed not less than 24 months after the date of enactment of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2004.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The assessments under this subsection shall—</chapeau>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">examine the causes and ecological consequences, and the economic costs, of hypoxia;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">describe the potential ecological and economic costs and benefits of possible policy and management actions for preventing, controlling, and mitigating hypoxia;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">“(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">evaluate progress made by, and the needs of, Federal research programs on the causes, characteristics, and impacts of hypoxia, including recommendations of how to eliminate significant gaps in hypoxia modeling and monitoring data; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">“(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">identify ways to improve coordination and to prevent unnecessary duplication of effort among Federal agencies and departments with respect to research on hypoxia.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="h">“(h) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Scientific Assessments of Harmful Algal Blooms. </heading><paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not less than once every 5 years the Task Force shall complete and submit to Congress a scientific assessment of harmful algal blooms in United States coastal waters. The first such assessment shall be completed not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2004 and shall consider only marine harmful algal blooms. All subsequent assessments shall examine both marine and freshwater harmful algal blooms, including those in the Great Lakes and upper reaches of estuaries.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The assessments under this subsection shall—</chapeau>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">examine the causes and ecological consequences, and economic costs, of harmful algal blooms;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">describe the potential ecological and economic costs and benefits of possible actions for preventing, controlling, and mitigating harmful algal blooms;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">“(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">evaluate progress made by, and the needs of, Federal research programs on the causes, characteristics, and impacts of harmful algal blooms; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">“(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">identify ways to improve coordination and to prevent unnecessary duplication of effort among Federal agencies and departments with respect to research on harmful algal blooms.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">“(i) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">National Scientific Research, Development, Demonstration, and Technology Transfer Plan on Reducing Impacts From Harmful Algal Blooms. </heading><paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2004, the Task Force shall develop and submit to Congress a plan providing for a comprehensive and coordinated national research program to develop and demonstrate prevention, control, and mitigation methods to reduce the impacts of harmful algal blooms on coastal ecosystems (including the Great Lakes), public health, and the economy.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The plan shall—</chapeau>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">establish priorities and guidelines for a competitive, peer reviewed, merit based interagency research, development, demonstration, and technology transfer program on methods for the prevention, control, and mitigation of harmful algal blooms;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">identify ways to improve coordination and to prevent unnecessary duplication of effort among Federal agencies and departments with respect to the actions described in paragraph (1); and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">“(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">include to the maximum extent practicable diverse institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities and those serving large proportions of Hispanics, Native Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, and other underrepresented populations.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Commerce, in conjunction with other appropriate Federal agencies, shall establish a research, development, demonstration, and technology transfer program that meets the priorities and guidelines established under paragraph (2)(A). The Secretary shall ensure, through consultation with Sea Grant Programs, that the results and findings of the program are communicated to State, Indian tribe, and local governments, and to the general public.”</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection></quotedContent>.</content>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tI/s105" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="105">SEC. 105. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. </heading>
<chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">Section 605 of such Act is amended—</chapeau>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tI/s105/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">and</quotedText>” after “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2000,</quotedText>” in the first sentence and in the paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (5);</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tI/s105/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">$23,500,000 for fiscal year 2005, $24,500,000 for fiscal year 2006, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, and $25,500,000 for fiscal year 2008,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2001,</quotedText>” in the first sentence;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tI/s105/3" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">, and $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2008</quotedText>” after “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2001</quotedText>” in paragraph (1);</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tI/s105/4" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">, and $6,500,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be used for the research program described in section 603(f)(2)(B), for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2008</quotedText>” after “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2001</quotedText>” in paragraph (2);</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tI/s105/5" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2001</quotedText>” in paragraph (3) and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2001, and $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2008</quotedText>”;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tI/s105/6" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">blooms;</quotedText>” in paragraph (3) and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">blooms and to carry out section 603(d);</quotedText>”;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tI/s105/7" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">and 2001</quotedText>” in paragraph (4) and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2001, and $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2008</quotedText>”;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tI/s105/8" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="8">(8) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">and</quotedText>” after the semicolon in paragraph (4);</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tI/s105/9" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="9">(9) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2001</quotedText>” in paragraph (5) and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2001, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $5,500,000 for fiscal year 2007, and $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2008</quotedText>”;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tI/s105/10" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="10">(10) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Administration.</quotedText>” in paragraph (5) and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Administration; and</quotedText>”; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tI/s105/11" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="11">(11) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block">
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">“(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">$1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2008 to carry out section 603(e).”</content>
</paragraph></quotedContent>.</content>
</paragraph>
</section>
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MISCELLANEOUS </heading>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="201">SEC. 201. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">AVAILABILITY OF NOAA REAL PROPERTY ON VIRGINIA KEY, FLORIDA. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Commerce may make available to the University of Miami real property under the administrative jurisdiction of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Virginia Key, Florida, for development by the University of a Marine Life Science Center.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201/b" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Manner of Availability.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary may make property available under this section by easement, lease, license, or long-term agreement with the University.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201/c" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Authorized Uses by University.—</heading>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201/c/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Property made available under this section may be used by the University (subject to paragraph (2)) to develop and operate facilities for multidisciplinary environmental and fisheries research, assessment, management, and educational activities.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201/c/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Agreement.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Property made available under this section may not be used by the University (including any affiliate of the University) except in accordance with an agreement with the Secretary that—</chapeau>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201/c/2/A" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">specifies—</chapeau>
<clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201/c/2/A/i" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the conditions for non-Federal use of the property; and</content>
</clause>
<clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201/c/2/A/ii" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the retained Federal interests in the property, including interests in access to and egress from the property by Federal personnel and preservation of existing rights-of-way;</content>
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</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201/c/2/B" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">establishes conditions for joint occupancy of buildings and other facilities on the property by the University and Federal agencies; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201/c/2/C" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">includes provisions that ensure—</chapeau>
<clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201/c/2/C/i" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">that there is no diminishment of existing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration programs and services at Virginia Key; and</content>
</clause>
<clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201/c/2/C/ii" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the availability of the property for planning, development, and construction of future Federal buildings and facilities.</content>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201/c/3" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Termination of availability.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The availability of property under this section shall terminate immediately upon use of the property by the University—</chapeau>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201/c/3/A" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">for any purpose other than as described in paragraph (1); or</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201/c/3/B" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in violation of the agreement under paragraph (2).</content>
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</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201/d" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Use of Facilities by Secretary.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary may—</chapeau>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201/d/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">subject to the availability of funding, enter into an agreement to occupy facilities constructed by the University on property made available under this section; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201/d/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">participate with the University in collaborative research at, or administered through, such facilities.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s201/e" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">No Conveyance of Title.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">This section shall not be construed to convey or authorize conveyance of any interest of the United States in title to property made available under this section.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s202" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="202">SEC. 202. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">CONVEYANCE OF NOAA VESSEL WHITING. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s202/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Commerce shall convey to the Government of Mexico, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel WHITING—</chapeau>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s202/a/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">for use as a hydrographic survey platform in support of activities of the United States-Mexico Charting Advisors Committee; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s202/a/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to enhance coordination and cooperation between the United States and Mexico regarding hydrographic surveying and nautical charting activities in the border waters of both countries in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Pacific Ocean.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s202/b" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Operation and Maintenance.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Government of the United States shall not be responsible or liable for any remediation, maintenance, or operation of a vessel conveyed under this section after the date of the delivery of the vessel to the Government of Mexico.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s202/c" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Deadline.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall seek to complete the conveyance by as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/456/tII/s202/d" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Delivery of Vessel.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall deliver the vessel WHITING pursuant to this section at the vessel’s homeport location of Norfolk, Virginia, at no additional cost to the United States.</content>
</subsection>
</section>