Sec. 103. Coastal and Ocean Disaster Grant Program
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The Secretary of Commerce shall use amounts allocated under section 102(b)(2)(B)(i) to make grants to coastal States and Indian tribes impacted by coastal or ocean disasters for the purposes of restoring, mitigating, monitoring, or otherwise managing coastal and ocean natural resources impacted by such disasters. During the 5-fiscal year period beginning with the first fiscal year for which amounts are available for grants under this section, a coastal State or Indian tribe shall be eligible for a grant under this section only if— it is one of the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, or an Indian tribe in such State; or it is determined by the Secretary, in that period, to be a coastal State that has been impacted by a coastal or ocean disaster.
After the end of such 5-fiscal-year period, if the Secretary determines for a fiscal year that there is no coastal State that has been so impacted, the amount allocated for that fiscal year for grants under this section shall be added to the amounts allocated for that fiscal year under section 102(b)(2)(B)(ii) for the National Grant Program for Coastal and Ocean Sustainability and Health. A coastal State or Indian tribe shall not be eligible for a grant under this section if it is receiving assistance under another Federal law for an activity described in section 105(b) conducted for a purpose referred to in subsection (a).