33 U.S.C. § 1973 — Agreement with the Marine Debris Foundation

(a) The Secretary may offer an agreement, including a grant or cooperative agreement, under which the Marine Debris Foundation administers the prize competition. (b) The agreement must require: (1) The Foundation must (A) advertise the competition; (B) seek participants; (C) manage competition funds; (D) receive federal and nonfederal money to administer the competition and award cash prizes; (E) raise nonfederal contributions to offset all or part of administrative and prize costs; (F) when designing and awarding the prize, consult appropriate experts from federal and state agencies, conservation and post-consumer-materials organizations, conservation groups, technology companies, research institutions, scientists including marine experts, higher-education institutions, industry, interested stakeholders, polymer-degradation and recycling standards experts, and other experts the Board chooses; (G) develop winner criteria with the Secretary’s consultation and final approval; (H) advise the Secretary about selecting judges under section 1974 using criteria developed with the Secretary’s consultation and final approval; (I) announce one or more winners each year; (J) subject to paragraph (2), award one or more cash prizes every two years of at least $100,000; and (K) protect participants’ trade secrets and confidential business information from unauthorized use or disclosure by the Foundation. (2) The Foundation may award more than one prize in a year only if the initial and additional prizes use only nonfederal money, and the additional amount is set by the Under Secretary after the Secretary is told nonfederal money is available. (3) The Foundation may request and accept federal or nonfederal money for prizes or administration, may accept money in exchange for naming a prize, and may not give a federal agency or nonfederal entity special treatment in exchange for a donation.