Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act”.
Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act
A BILL
To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Modifications to the Marine Debris Foundation
Status of Foundation— Section 111(a) of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 4211(a)) is amended, in the second sentence, by striking “organization” and inserting “corporation”.
Board of Directors—
in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting “and such other criteria as the Under Secretary may establish” after “subsection (a)”;
in paragraph (5), by inserting “the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development,” after “Service,”;
by redesignating subparagraphs (2) through (5) as subparagraphs (3) through (6), respectively; and
by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
“(2) Recommendations of Board regarding appointments—For appointments made under paragraph (1) other than the initial appointments, the Board shall submit to the Under Secretary recommendations on candidates for appointment.”
in paragraph (1)(A), by striking “officers and employees” and inserting “the initial officers and employees of the Board”; and
in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking “chief operating officer” and inserting “chief executive officer”.
Chief executive officer— Section 112 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 4212) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(h) Chief executive officer
“(1) Appointment; removal; review—The Board shall appoint and may remove and review the performance of the chief executive officer of the Board.
“(2) Powers—The chief executive officer of the Board may appoint, remove, and review the performance of any officer or employee of the Foundation.”
Powers of Foundation— Section 113(c)(1) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 4213(c)(1)) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—
by inserting “nonprofit” before “corporation”; and
by striking “acting as a trustee” and inserting “formed”.
Principal office— Section 113 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 4213) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(g) Principal office—The Board may locate the principal office of the Foundation outside the District of Columbia and is encouraged to locate that office in a coastal State.”
in subsection (a)—
in paragraph (2), by striking “and State and local government agencies” and inserting “, State and local government agencies, United States and international nongovernmental organizations, regional organizations, and foreign government entities”; and
in paragraph (3)—
in the paragraph heading, by striking “Prohibition” and inserting “Limitation”; and
by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
“(B) Salaries—The Foundation may use Federal funds described in subparagraph (A) to pay for salaries only during the 24-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall not require reimbursement from the Foundation for any such Federal funds used to pay for such salaries.”
in subsection (b)(2), by striking “and State and local government agencies” and inserting “, State and local government agencies, United States and international nongovernmental organizations, regional organizations, and foreign government entities”.
Sec. 3 Modifications to the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and other agreements— Section 3(d) of the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1952(d)) is amended—
in the subsection heading, by striking “and contracts” and inserting “contracts, and other agreements”;
in paragraph (1), by striking “and contracts” and inserting “, contracts, and other agreements”;
in paragraph (2)—
in subparagraph (B)—
by striking “part of the” and inserting “part of a”; and
by inserting “or (C)” after “subparagraph (A)”; and
in subparagraph (C), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting “and except as provided in subparagraph (B)” after “subparagraph (A)”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(7) In-kind contributions—With respect to any project carried out pursuant to a contract or other agreement entered into under paragraph (1) that is not a cooperative agreement or an agreement to provide financial assistance in the form of a grant, the Administrator may contribute on an in-kind basis the portion of the costs of the project that the Administrator determines represents the amount of benefit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration derives from the project.”
Receipt and expenditure of funds; use of resources— Section 3 of the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1952) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(e) Receipt and expenditure of funds—In order to accomplish the purpose set forth in section 2, the Administrator, acting through the Program, may receive and, only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts, expend funds made available by—
“(1) any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States;
“(2) any State, local, or tribal government (or any political subdivision thereof);
“(3) any foreign government or international organization;
“(4) any public or private organization; or
“(5) any individual.
“(f) Use of resources—In order to accomplish the purpose set forth in section 2, the Administrator, acting through the Program, may use, with consent, with reimbursement, and subject to the availability of appropriations, the land, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of—
“(1) any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States;
“(2) any State, local, or tribal government (or any political subdivision thereof);
“(3) any foreign government or international organization;
“(4) any public or private organization; or
“(5) any individual.”
Sec. 4 Best practices
Section 113 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 4213) (as amended by section 2(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(h) Best practices
“(1) Tribal government—In this paragraph, the term Tribal government means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).
“(2) Best practices—The Foundation shall develop and implement best practices for conducting outreach to Tribal governments and Indian Tribes.
“(3) Requirements—The best practices developed under paragraph (2) shall—
“(A) include a process to support technical assistance and capacity building to improve outcomes; and
“(B) promote an awareness of programs and grants available under this Act.”