    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 116-337
    116th Congress

    An Act

    To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the
    National Estuary 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 ``Protect and Restore America's
    Estuaries Act''.
    SEC. 2. <>  MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE.

    Section 320(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
    U.S.C. 1330(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ``and Peconic Bay, New
    York'' and inserting ``Peconic Bay, New York; Casco Bay, Maine; Tampa
    Bay, Florida; Coastal Bend, Texas; San Juan Bay, Puerto Rico; Tillamook
    Bay, Oregon; Piscataqua Region, New Hampshire; Barnegat Bay, New Jersey;
    Maryland Coastal Bays, Maryland; Charlotte Harbor, Florida; Mobile Bay,
    Alabama; Morro Bay, California; and Lower Columbia River, Oregon and
    Washington''.
    SEC. 3. PURPOSES OF CONFERENCE.

    Section 320(b)(4) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
    U.S.C. 1330(b)(4)) is amended--
    (1) by striking ``management plan that recommends'' and
    inserting ``management plan that--
    ``(A) recommends''; and
    (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(B) addresses the effects of recurring extreme
    weather events on the estuary, including the
    identification and assessment of vulnerabilities in the
    estuary and the development and implementation of
    adaptation strategies; and
    ``(C) increases public education and awareness of
    the ecological health and water quality conditions of
    the estuary;''.
    SEC. 4. MEMBERS OF CONFERENCE.

    Section 320(c)(5) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
    U.S.C. 1330(c)(5)) is amended by inserting ``nonprofit organizations,''
    after ``educational institutions,''.
    SEC. 5. GRANTS.

    Section 320(g)(4)(C) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
    U.S.C. 1330(g)(4)(C)) is amended--
    (1) in the matter preceding clause (i)--

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    (A) by inserting ``, emerging,'' after ``urgent'';
    and
    (B) by striking ``coastal areas'' and inserting
    ``the estuaries selected by the Administrator under
    subsection (a)(2), or that relate to the coastal
    resiliency of such estuaries'';
    (2) by redesignating clauses (vi) and (vii) as clauses
    (viii) and (ix), respectively, and inserting after clause (v)
    the following:
    ``(vi) stormwater runoff;
    ``(vii) accelerated land loss;''; and
    (3) in clause (viii), as so redesignated, by inserting ``,
    extreme weather,'' after ``sea level rise''.
    SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 320(i)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
    U.S.C. 1330(i)(1)) is amended by inserting ``, and $50,000,000 for each
    of fiscal years 2022 through 2026,'' after ``2021''.

    Approved January 13, 2021.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4044:
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    HOUSE REPORTS: No. 116-288 (Comm. on Transportation and Infrastructure).
    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020):
    Feb. 5, considered and passed House.
    Dec. 31, considered and passed Senate.