Sec. 105. Revisions to emergency assistance
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Section 206 of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 6405 ) is amended to read as follows: Upon a determination under subsection
(b)that there is an event of national significance, the appropriate Federal official is authorized to provide support, including emergency grants and contracts, equipment, and technical assistance, to any State, or local government agency with jurisdiction over a coral reef, or any entity contracted to act on behalf of a State or local government agency, for the purposes of— assessing and mitigating the detrimental environmental, economic, subsistence use, and public health effects of the event; respond rapidly to assess, stabilize, repair, recover, or restore a coral reef that is damaged, or that has lost the ability to function as an independent ecosystem; remove or stabilize a vessel grounded on or in the vicinity of a coral reef; and otherwise provide for rapid response to, assessment of, or monitoring of an event of national significance pertaining to a coral reef or coral reef ecosystem. Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the Federal share of the costs of an activity conducted under this section shall not exceed 75 percent of the costs for such activity. In making a calculation of the non-Federal share of the costs of an activity under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall include in such calculation the fair market value of property and services used for the activity. The Secretary may waive the application of subparagraph
(A)if the Secretary finds that such waiver is necessary to support a project that the Secretary has identified as high priority. The Secretary may enter into written agreements with any State in which a coral reef is located regarding the manner in which the activities authorized under this section shall be conducted within the affected State’s waters. All cooperative enforcement agreements in place between the Secretary and a State affected by this title shall be updated to include enforcement of this title where appropriate. In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall assess damages to coral reefs and applicable response and restoration costs in consultation with State officials regarding response and damage assessment actions undertaken for coral reefs within State waters. The Secretary shall make such assessments, including any related data and information, readily available to the public on a public website upon completion of such assessments. At the discretion of the Secretary, or at the request of the Governor of an affected State, an appropriate Federal official shall determine whether a coral event is an event of national significance. In making a determination under paragraph (1), the appropriate Federal official shall consider the severity of the event or disease outbreak or bleaching, its potential to spread, the economic impact, and the geographic scope, including the potential to affect several municipalities, to affect more than one State, or to cross an international boundary. In this section: The term event of national significance means— a coral disease outbreak or coral bleaching event that has had or will likely have a significant detrimental environmental, economic, subsistence use, or public health impact on an affected State; a vessel collision that severely negatively impacts a coral reef ecosystem; an unforeseen or disaster-related circumstance that negatively impacts a coral reef ecosystem, including as a result of human activities; a harmful algal bloom or invasive or nuisance species outbreak that negatively impacts a coral reef ecosystem; or the presence of an unexploded ordnance or similar underwater munitions that harms a coral reef ecosystem. The term coral disease outbreak or coral bleaching event means the occurrence of a coral disease outbreak or coral bleaching as a result of a natural, anthropogenic, or undetermined cause. .
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Revisions to emergency assistance
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