Sec. 102. NOAA marine debris program
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Section 3 of the Marine Debris Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1952 ) is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (4), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in paragraph (5)(C), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: work to develop outreach and education strategies with other Federal agencies to address sources of marine debris; except for discharges of marine debris from vessels, in consultation with the Department of State and other Federal agencies, promote international action, as appropriate, to reduce the incidence of marine debris, including providing technical assistance to expand waste management systems internationally; and in the case of an event determined to be a severe marine debris event under subsection (c)— assist in the cleanup and response required by the severe marine debris event; or conduct such other activity as the Administrator determines is appropriate in response to the severe marine debris event. ; by redesignating subsection
(c)as subsection (d); by inserting after subsection
(b)the following: At the discretion of the Administrator or at the request of the Governor of an affected State, the Administrator shall determine whether there is a severe marine debris event. ; and in subsection (d), as so redesignated— in paragraph (2)(A), by striking subparagraph
(B)and inserting subparagraphs
(B)and
(C); in paragraph (2)(B), by striking may waive all or part of the matching requirement under subparagraph
(A)and inserting may reduce the non-Federal share of project costs under subparagraph
(A)by up to 50 percent ; and by adding at the end of paragraph
(2)the following: Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out under a determination made under subsection
(c)shall be— 100 percent of the cost of the activity, for an activity funded wholly by funds made available by a person, including the government of a foreign country, to the Federal Government for the purpose of responding to a severe marine debris event; or 75 percent of the cost of the activity, for any activity other than an activity funded as described in clause (i). .
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