16 U.S.C. § 6471 — Coral reef conservation and restoration assistance
submitted 4 years ago by Pub. L. 117-263 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 496 words · no verdicts yet
This section addresses coral reef conservation and restoration assistance. It sets the rules stated in the section.
(a) In general. The Secretary of the Interior may provide scientific and technical help, and—if Congress has provided funds—financial help, to conserve and restore coral reefs. The work must follow all applicable laws for managing resources in Federal, State, and Tribal waters, including the National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy and applicable coral reef action plans under section 205 of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000. (b) Coral Reef Initiative. The Secretary may create a program that gives grants for local management, conservation, and protection of coral reef ecosystems in covered States' coastal areas and Freely Associated States; increases the resources available to National Park Service and National Wildlife Refuge System units for coral-reef work; complements conservation and assistance under this Act and the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000; and provides other technical, scientific, and financial help and conducts work that advances those Acts' purposes. (c) Consultation with Commerce. (1) The Interior Secretary may consult with the Commerce Secretary about coral-reef and coral-reef-ecosystem work in waters managed by the Federal agencies listed in section 203(c)(2) and (3) of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000. (2) The Interior Secretary must consult with the Commerce Secretary when awarding the Susan L. Williams Coral Reef Management Fellowship. (d) Cooperative agreements. If funds are available, the Interior Secretary may make agreements with covered reef managers to fund work in waters those managers control, if the work follows the National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy and supports and improves applicable coral reef action plans. (e) Definitions. (1) “Conservation”, “coral reef”, “covered reef manager”, “covered State”, “National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy”, “restoration”, and “State” have the meanings given in section 216 of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000. (2) “Tribe” and “Tribal” mean Indian Tribes as defined in section 5130 of title 25; this section does not define that term itself.
The Secretary of the Interior may provide scientific expertise and technical assistance, and subject to the availability of appropriations, financial assistance for the conservation and restoration of coral reefs consistent with all applicable laws governing resource management in Federal, State, and Tribal waters, including—
the National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy; and
coral reef action plans in effect under section 205 of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 [16 U.S.C. 6404], as added by this division, as applicable.
The Secretary may establish a Coral Reef Initiative Program—
to provide grant funding to support local management, conservation, and protection of coral reef ecosystems in—
coastal areas of covered States; and
Freely Associated States;
to enhance resource availability of National Park Service and National Wildlife Refuge System management units to implement coral reef conservation and restoration activities;
to complement the other conservation and assistance activities conducted under this Act or the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 [16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.], as amended by section 10001; and
to provide other technical, scientific, and financial assistance and conduct conservation and restoration activities that advance the purposes of this title and the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, as amended by this division.
The Secretary of the Interior may consult with the Secretary of Commerce regarding the conduct of any activities to conserve and restore coral reefs and coral reef ecosystems in waters managed under the jurisdiction of the Federal agencies specified in paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 203(c) of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 [16 U.S.C. 6402(c)(2), (3)], as added by this division.
The Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the Secretary of Commerce to award the Susan L. Williams Coral Reef Management Fellowship under subchapter III of this chapter.
Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with covered reef managers to fund coral reef conservation and restoration activities in waters managed under the jurisdiction of such managers that—
are consistent with the National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy; and
support and enhance the success of coral reef action plans in effect under section 205 of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 [16 U.S.C. 6404], as added by this division.
In this section:
The terms “conservation”, “coral reef”, “covered reef manager”, “covered State”, “National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy”, “restoration”, and “State” have the meanings given those terms in section 216 of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 [16 U.S.C. 6415], as added by this division.
The terms “Tribe” and “Tribal” refer to Indian Tribes (as defined in section 5130 of title 25).
Source credit: (Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title C, § 10021, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3954.)
- 2022Enacted · Pub. L. 117-263 · 136 Stat. 3954
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