Sec. 603. Other harmful algal bloom matters
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Section 9(g) of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 33 U.S.C. 4010 ) is amended— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the following new sentence: The appropriate Federal official may waive the non-Federal share requirements of the preceding sentence if such official determines no reasonable means are available through which the recipient of the Federal share is able to satisfy the non-Federal share requirement. ; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
The appropriate Federal official may enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants with States, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Native Hawaiian organizations, local governments, or other entities to pay for or reimburse costs incurred by such entities for the purposes of supporting the determination of, and assessing the environmental, economic, social, subsistence use, and public health effects of, a harmful algal bloom or hypoxia event of national significance. ; in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A), by inserting a leadership official of an affected Indian Tribe, the executive official of the District of Columbia, or the executive official of an affected territory or possession of the United States, after State, ; and in subparagraph (B), by striking consider and all that follows through boundary. and inserting consider factors such as the following:
The risk to public health and the potential severity of the detrimental environmental effects of the harmful algal bloom or hypoxia event, as indicated by any of the following: Data on shellfish or water quality obtained through sampling programs, including baseline data, and regulatory or advisory thresholds established to explain management actions related to the event. Toxin levels in fish, marine mammals, seabirds, shellfish, or water during the event. Toxic aerosols produced during the event, including potential human exposures to toxic aerosols.
Reports of human or animal illnesses or mortalities during the event. Any closures of fishing or shellfish harvesting locations or recreational public waters, including beaches, during the event. The duration and spatial extent of the event. Impacts to habitats or ecosystems associated with the event. The potential economic, social, and subsistence impacts associated with the harmful algal bloom or hypoxia event, including to fisheries and aquaculture, recreation and tourism, monitoring and management, social or cultural resource use, and event response activities, assessed in comparison with historical data from when a State or region did not experience such an event, as possible, as indicated by any of the following:
Increases in public health expenditures. Losses to commercial fisheries and aquaculture industries, recreation and tourism, real estate, and other impacted industries or businesses. Increases in monitoring and management expenditures, including costs incurred for event response and clean-up (such as for beach clean-up following an influx of biomass or a fish-kill) by public or private sectors. Impacts to subsistence resources, including nutritional, cultural, and economic effects on subsistence communities.
The relative magnitude of the impacts described in clause
(ii)in relation to past occurrences of harmful algal bloom or hypoxia events that occur on a recurrent or annual basis. The geographic scope of the harmful algal bloom or hypoxia event, including the potential of the event to affect several municipalities, to affect more than one State, or to cross an international boundary. ; in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ). The term Native Hawaiian organization has the meaning given that term in section 6207 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7517 ) and includes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The term Tribal organization has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ). ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030, to remain available until expended. . Section 128 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 ( 33 U.S.C. 610 note) is amended— by redesignating subsection
(e)as subsection (f); and by inserting after subsection
(d)the following new subsection: In carrying out the demonstration program under subsection (a), the Secretary may enter into agreements with water and irrigation districts located in the focus areas described in subsections
(c)and
(d)for the use or sale of any new technologies developed under the program to expedite the removal of harmful algal blooms in such areas. .
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