Sec. 3. Amendments to National Estuarine Research Reserve System
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Not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall have initiated the designation process for not less than 5 new National Estuarine Research Reserves in the System. Not later than 8 years after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall designate not less than 5 new National Estuarine Research Reserves in the System. In making each designation under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall prioritize nominated estuarine areas that will promote the following with respect to the System:
The presence of a National Estuarine Research Reserve in each coastal State. Full representation of biogeographic regions to ensure research in areas with distinct biodiversity or estuarine geography. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report regarding the status of ongoing efforts to achieve the requirements under this subsection. Section 315(c) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1461(c) ) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
(3)through
(5)as paragraphs
(4)through (6), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(2)the following: the establishment of coordinated long-term data monitoring and methods throughout the System for tracking the impacts of climate change and other stressors on estuarine systems, including impacts on lake levels and sea levels; . Section 315(e)(1) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1461(f)(1) ) is amended— in subparagraph (A)— in clause (ii), by inserting and maintaining after constructing ; and in clause (iii), by inserting research, monitoring, stewardship, training, and after conducting ; and in subparagraph (B)— by striking research and and inserting research, ; and by inserting , stewardship, education, and training after monitoring . Section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1461 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall coordinate System-wide programs and activities in the System, including— the centralized management and dissemination of data from System observation and monitoring networks; employment, through a grant program, of the collaborative research model on coastal research and management priorities to be conducted at National Estuarine Research Reserves, focused on the priorities determined by the Secretary; use of National Estuarine Research Reserves as living laboratories and as preferred locations for placements for fellowship and research positions for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and establishing the Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Research Fellowship Program to address key coastal management questions and the coastal research and management priorities of the System and its place-based sites to help scientists and communities understand the coastal challenges that may influence future policy and management strategies. Each National Estuarine Research Reserve shall establish and maintain place-based program elements commensurate with available funding that include— a research, monitoring, and observation network that detects environmental change and informs suitable adaptation and mitigation strategies to address coastal hazards and environmental change; living laboratories and preferred places for research on environmental change detection and development of adaptation strategies to the impacts of such change; education, outreach, training, and interpretive programs that communicate the value and changing dynamics of coastal systems; stewardship programs that provide science-based tools, habitat management, and restoration and that provide resources and information to inform coastal management; coastal training programs that provide technical assistance to coastal communities, resource managers, and coastal decisionmakers; identifying priority land for acquisition to enhance ecosystem and community resilience to the negative effects of climate change; the lands and facilities that support such accessible research, monitoring, stewardship, education, and coastal training activities; and the engagement of a wide variety of community members, including Tribal nations, Indigenous communities, and Historic Heritage communities to inform the programs above. Except as otherwise explicitly provided in a management plan of a National Estuarine Research Reserve, any activity allowed at the time the National Estuarine Research Reserve is designated may be allowed to continue, including, as applicable— commercial and recreational fishing; hunting; and cultural uses. . Section 318(a)(2) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1464(a)(2) ) is amended to read as follows: for grants under section 315, $47,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029. . The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq. ) is amended— in section 304 ( 16 U.S.C. 1453 )— by redesignating paragraphs
(13)through
(18)as paragraphs
(14)through (19), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(12)the following: The term National Estuarine Research Reserve means a national estuarine reserve designated under section 315. ; in section 312(c)(1) ( 16 U.S.C. 1458(c)(1) ), by striking national estuarine reserve established under section 315 of this title and inserting National Estuarine Research Reserve ; and in section 315 ( 16 U.S.C. 1461 )— in subsection (a), by striking a national estuarine reserve each place it appears and inserting a National Estuarine Research Reserve ; in subsection (b)— in the heading, by striking and inserting National Estuarine Reserves ; and National Estuarine Research Reserves by striking a national estuarine reserve and inserting a National Estuarine Research Reserve ; in subsection (e), by striking national estuarine reserve each place it appears and inserting National Estuarine Research Reserve ; in subsection (f), by striking national estuarine reserve each place it appears and inserting National Estuarine Research Reserve ; and in subsection (g), by striking national estuarine reserves each place it appears and inserting National Estuarine Research Reserves . In this section: The term coastal State has the meaning given the term coastal state in section 304 of title III of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1453 ), as applicable to such title. The term National Estuarine Research Reserve means a national estuarine reserve designated under section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1461 ). The term Secretary has the meaning given the term in section 304 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1453 ). The term System means the National Estuarine Research Reserve System established by section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1461 ).
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