Sec. 4. New York-New Jersey Watershed Restoration Grant Program
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The Secretary shall establish a voluntary grant and technical assistance program, to be known as the New York-New Jersey Watershed Restoration Grant Program , to provide competitive matching grants of varying amounts to State, Tribal and local governments, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and other eligible entities to carry out activities described in section 3(d)(2). The Secretary, in consultation with the agencies, organizations, and other persons referred to in section 3(c), shall develop criteria for the grant program to help ensure that activities funded under this section accomplish one or more of the purposes identified in section 3(d)(2) and advance the implementation of priority actions or needs identified in the Watershed-wide strategy adopted under section 3(b)(2).
The Secretary shall include grant program provisions designed to increase the effectiveness of organizations that work at the nexus of natural resource and community health issues within the New York-New Jersey Watershed by addressing organizational capacity needs. The Department of the Interior share of the cost of a project funded under the grant program shall not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the activity, as determined by the Secretary. The non-Department of the Interior share of the cost of a project funded under the grant program may be provided in cash or in the form of an in-kind contribution of services or materials.
Non-Department of the Interior Federal funds may be used for not more than 25 percent of the total cost of a project funded under the grant program. The Secretary may waive all or part of the matching requirement under section 4(d) if the Secretary determines that— no reasonable means are available through which an applicant can meet the matching requirement; and the probable benefit of the project outweighs the public interest in the matching requirement. The Secretary may enter into an agreement to manage the grant program with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation or a similar organization that offers grant management services.
If the Secretary enters into an agreement under paragraph (1), the organization selected shall— for each fiscal year, receive amounts made available to carry out this section in an advance payment of the entire amounts on October 1 of that fiscal year, or as soon as practicable thereafter; invest and reinvest those amounts for the benefit of the grant program; and otherwise administer the grant program to support partnerships between the public and private sectors in accordance with this Act.
If the Secretary enters into an agreement with the Foundation under paragraph (1), any amounts received by the Foundation under this section shall be subject to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act ( 16 U.S.C. 3701 et seq. ), excluding section 10(a) of that Act ( 16 U.S.C. 3709(a) ).
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