Sec. 10021. Coral reef conservation and restoration assistance
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The Secretary of the Interior may provide scientific expertise and technical assistance, and subject to the availability of appropriations, financial assistance for the conservation and restoration of coral reefs consistent with all applicable laws governing resource management in Federal, State, and Tribal waters, including— the National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy; and coral reef action plans in effect under section 205 of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, as added by this division, as applicable.
The Secretary may establish a Coral Reef Initiative Program— to provide grant funding to support local management, conservation, and protection of coral reef ecosystems in— coastal areas of covered States; and Freely Associated States; to enhance resource availability of National Park Service and National Wildlife Refuge System management units to implement coral reef conservation and restoration activities; to complement the other conservation and assistance activities conducted under this Act or the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, as amended by section 10001; and to provide other technical, scientific, and financial assistance and conduct conservation and restoration activities that advance the purposes of this title and the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, as amended by this division.
The Secretary of the Interior may consult with the Secretary of Commerce regarding the conduct of any activities to conserve and restore coral reefs and coral reef ecosystems in waters managed under the jurisdiction of the Federal agencies specified in paragraphs
(2)and
(3)of section 203(c) of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, as added by this division. The Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the Secretary of Commerce to award the Susan L. Williams Coral Reef Management Fellowship under subtitle D. Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with covered reef managers to fund coral reef conservation and restoration activities in waters managed under the jurisdiction of such managers that— are consistent with the National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy; and support and enhance the success of coral reef action plans in effect under section 205 of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, as added by this division. In this section: The terms conservation , coral reef , covered reef manager , covered State , National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy , restoration , and State have the meanings given those terms in section 216 of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, as added by this division. The terms Tribe and Tribal refer to Indian Tribes (as defined in section 102 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 ( 25 U.S.C. 5130 )).
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