---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 34.702"
title: "31"
number: "34.702"
heading: "Allocation of funds—Centers of Excellence Research Grants Program."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/34.702"
---

# §34.702. Allocation of funds—Centers of Excellence Research Grants Program.


An equal share of funds will be available to each Gulf Coast State to carry out eligible activities. The duties of a Gulf Coast State will be carried out by the following entities:

- (a) In Alabama, the Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council, or such administrative agent as it may designate.
- (b) **In Florida, the Florida Institute of Oceanography.**
- (c) In Louisiana, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board of Louisiana, through the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana.
- (d) **In Mississippi, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.**
- (e) **In Texas, the Office of the Governor or an appointee of the Office of the Governor.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 77243, Dec. 14, 2015, unless otherwise noted.