Sec. 3013. Puget Sound coordinated recovery
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Title I of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) (as amended by section 3012) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this section: The term Director means the Director of the Program Office appointed under subsection (b)(2)(A). The term Federal Action Plan means the interim draft report of the Puget Sound Federal Task Force entitled The Puget Sound Federal Task Force Action Plan FY 2017-2021 and accepted by the Puget Sound Federal Task Force on January 18, 2017.
The term International Joint Commission means the International Joint Commission established by the Treaty Relating to the Boundary Waters and Questions Arising Along the Boundary Between the United States and Canada, signed at Washington January 11, 1909 (36 Stat. 2448; TS 548) (commonly known as the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 ). The term Pacific Salmon Commission means the Pacific Salmon Commission established by the United States and Canada under the Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada Concerning Pacific Salmon, signed at Ottawa, January 28, 1985 (TIAS 11091) (commonly known as the Pacific Salmon Treaty ).
The term Program Office means the Puget Sound Recovery National Program Office established by subsection (b)(1). The terms Puget Sound Action Agenda and Action Agenda mean the most recent plan developed by the Puget Sound National Estuary Program Management Conference, in consultation with the Puget Sound Tribal Management Conference, and approved by the Administrator as the comprehensive conservation and management plan for Puget Sound under section 320 (including a plan developed after the date of enactment of this section).
The term Puget Sound Federal Task Force means the Puget Sound Federal Task Force established in 2016 under a memorandum of understanding among 9 Federal agencies. The term Puget Sound National Estuary Program Management Conference means the management conference for Puget Sound convened pursuant to section 320. The term Puget Sound Tribal Management Conference means the 20 treaty Indian tribes of western Washington and the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. The term Salish Sea means the network of coastal waterways on the west coast of North America that includes the Puget Sound, the Strait of Georgia, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
There is established in the Environmental Protection Agency an office, to be known as the Puget Sound Recovery National Program Office , which shall be located in the State of Washington. The Director of the Program Office shall be— appointed by the Administrator; and a career reserved position (as defined in section 3132(a) of title 5, United States Code). The Director shall have leadership and project management experience and shall be highly qualified— to direct the integration of multiple project planning efforts and programs from different agencies and jurisdictions; and to align needs toward implementing a shared Action Agenda with visible and measurable outcomes.
Using amounts made available under subsection (d), the Administrator shall delegate to the Director such authority and provide such staff as may be necessary to carry out this section. The Director shall— coordinate and manage the timely execution of the requirements of this section; coordinate activities related to the restoration and protection of Puget Sound across the Environmental Protection Agency; coordinate and align the activities of the Administrator with the Action Agenda and the Federal Action Plan; promote the efficient use of resources of the Environmental Protection Agency in pursuit of Puget Sound restoration and protection; serve on the Puget Sound Federal Task Force and collaborate with, help coordinate, and carry out activities with other Federal agencies that have responsibilities involving Puget Sound restoration and protection; provide or procure such other advice, technical assistance, research, assessments, monitoring, or other support as is determined by the Director to be necessary or prudent— to most efficiently and effectively fulfill the objectives and priorities of the Action Agenda and the Federal Action Plan, consistent with the best available science; and to ensure the health of the Puget Sound ecosystem; track the progress of the Environmental Protection Agency towards meeting the specified objectives and priorities of the Environmental Protection Agency within the Action Agenda and the Federal Action Plan; carry out the recommendations of the Comptroller General of the United States, as set forth in the report entitled Puget Sound Restoration:
Additional Actions Could Improve Assessments of Progress and dated July 19, 2018; serve as liaison and coordinate activities for the restoration and protection of the Salish Sea with Canadian authorities, the Pacific Salmon Commission, and the International Joint Commission; and carry out such additional duties as the Administrator determines to be necessary and appropriate. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, and every 5 years thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Puget Sound Federal Task Force, shall, in conjunction with the annual budget submission of the President to Congress for the year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, submit to Congress and make available to the public, including on the internet, a financial report that is certified by the head of each agency represented on the Puget Sound Federal Task Force (referred to in this subsection as the report ).
The report shall contain an interagency crosscut budget relating to Puget Sound restoration and protection activities that includes— the proposed funding for any Federal restoration and protection activity to be carried out in the succeeding fiscal year, including any planned interagency or intra-agency transfer, for each of the Federal agencies that carry out restoration and protection activities; the estimated expenditures for Federal restoration and protection activities from the preceding 2 fiscal years, the current fiscal year, and the succeeding fiscal year; and the estimated expenditures for Federal environmental research and monitoring programs from the preceding 2 fiscal years, the current fiscal year, and the succeeding fiscal year.
With respect to activities described in the report, the report shall only describe activities that have funding amounts of greater than $100,000. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit the report to— the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Natural Resources, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Environment and Public Works, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
In addition to any other funds authorized to be appropriated for activities related to Puget Sound, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. Nothing in this section affects, or is intended to affect, any right reserved by treaty between the United States and 1 or more Indian tribes. Nothing in this section affects the requirements and procedures of other Federal law. Actions authorized or carried out under this section shall be consistent with other applicable Federal requirements. .
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