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22 119THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION H. R. 2620
55 To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of
66 the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to
77 improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National
88 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.
99 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1010 APRIL3, 2025
1111 Ms. B
1212 ONAMICI(for herself, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, and Mr. MOYLAN) introduced
1313 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation
1414 and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Re-
1515 sources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
1616 each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
1717 tion of the committee concerned
1818 A BILL
1919 To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the admin-
2020 istration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend
2121 the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration
2222 of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic
2323 and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.
2424 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
2525 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2626 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2727 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Save Our Seas 2.0 4
2828 Amendments Act’’. 5
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3232 SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO THE MARINE DEBRIS PROGRAM 1
3333 OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOS-2
3434 PHERIC ADMINISTRATION. 3
3535 (a) I
3636 NGENERAL.—The Marine Debris Act (Public 4
3737 Law 109–449) is amended— 5
3838 (1) by inserting before section 3 the following: 6
3939 ‘‘Subtitle A—NOAA And Coast 7
4040 Guard Programs’’; and 8
4141 (2) by redesignating sections 3 through 6 as 9
4242 sections 101 through 104, respectively. 10
4343 (b) G
4444 RANTS, COOPERATIVEAGREEMENTS, CON-11
4545 TRACTS, ANDOTHERAGREEMENTS.—Section 101(d) of 12
4646 the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1952(d)), as redesig-13
4747 nated by this Act, is amended— 14
4848 (1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘AND 15
4949 CONTRACTS’’ and inserting ‘‘CONTRACTS, AND 16
5050 OTHER AGREEMENTS’’; 17
5151 (2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and con-18
5252 tracts’’ and inserting ‘‘, contracts, and other agree-19
5353 ments’’; 20
5454 (3) in paragraph (2)— 21
5555 (A) in subparagraph (B)— 22
5656 (i) by striking ‘‘part of the’’ and in-23
5757 serting ‘‘part of a’’; and 24
5858 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or (C)’’ after ‘‘sub-25
5959 paragraph (A)’’; and 26
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6363 (B) in subparagraph (C) in the matter pre-1
6464 ceding clause (i) by inserting ‘‘and except as 2
6565 provided in subparagraph (B)’’ after ‘‘subpara-3
6666 graph (A)’’; and 4
6767 (4) by adding at the end the following: 5
6868 ‘‘(7) I
6969 N-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS .—With respect 6
7070 to any project carried out pursuant to a contract or 7
7171 other agreement entered into under paragraph (1) 8
7272 that is not a cooperative agreement or an agreement 9
7373 to provide financial assistance in the form of a 10
7474 grant, the Under Secretary may contribute on an in- 11
7575 kind basis the portion of the costs of the project that 12
7676 the Under Secretary determines represents the 13
7777 amount of benefit the National Oceanic and Atmos-14
7878 pheric Administration derives from the project.’’. 15
7979 SEC. 3. MODIFICATIONS TO THE MARINE DEBRIS FOUNDA-16
8080 TION. 17
8181 (a) I
8282 NGENERAL.—Subtitle B of title I of the Save 18
8383 Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 116–224) is transferred 19
8484 to appear after section 104 of the Marine Debris Act 20
8585 (Public Law 109–449), as redesignated by this Act. 21
8686 (b) S
8787 TATUS OFFOUNDATION.—Section 111(a) of the 22
8888 Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109–449), as transferred 23
8989 by this Act, is amended, in the second sentence, by strik-24
9090 ing ‘‘organization’’ and inserting ‘‘corporation’’. 25
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9494 (c) PURPOSES.—Section 111(b) of the Marine Debris 1
9595 Act (Public Law 109–449), as transferred and redesig-2
9696 nated by this Act, is amended— 3
9797 (1) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘Indian 4
9898 Tribes,’’ after ‘‘Tribal governments,’’; and 5
9999 (2) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘title II’’ and 6
100100 inserting ‘‘subtitle C’’. 7
101101 (d) B
102102 OARD OFDIRECTORS.— 8
103103 (1) A
104104 PPOINTMENT, VACANCIES, AND RE-9
105105 MOVAL.—Section 112(b) of the Marine Debris Act 10
106106 (Public Law 109–449), as transferred by this Act, 11
107107 is amended— 12
108108 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 13
109109 through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (6) re-14
110110 spectively; 15
111111 (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 16
112112 redesignated, the following: 17
113113 ‘‘(1) R
114114 ECOMMENDATIONS OF BOARD REGARD -18
115115 ING APPOINTMENTS .—For appointments made 19
116116 under paragraph (2), the Board shall submit to the 20
117117 Under Secretary recommendations on candidates for 21
118118 appointment.’’; 22
119119 (C) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, in 23
120120 the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— 24
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124124 (i) by striking ‘‘and considering’’ and 1
125125 inserting ‘‘considering’’; and 2
126126 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and with the ap-3
127127 proval of the Secretary of Commerce,’’ 4
128128 after ‘‘by the Board,’’; 5
129129 (D) by amending paragraph (3), as redes-6
130130 ignated, to read as follows: 7
131131 ‘‘(3) T
132132 ERMS.—Any Director appointed under 8
133133 paragraph (2) shall be appointed for a term of 6 9
134134 years.’’; 10
135135 (E) in paragraph (4)(A), as redesignated, 11
136136 by inserting ‘‘with the approval of the Secretary 12
137137 of Commerce’’ after ‘‘the Board’’; and 13
138138 (F) in paragraph (6), as redesignated— 14
139139 (i) by inserting ‘‘the Administrator of 15
140140 the United States Agency for International 16
141141 Development,’’ after ‘‘Service,’’; and 17
142142 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and with the ap-18
143143 proval of the Secretary of Commerce’’ after 19
144144 ‘‘EPA Administrator’’. 20
145145 (2) G
146146 ENERAL POWERS.—Section 112(g) of the 21
147147 Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109–449), as trans-22
148148 ferred by this Act, is amended— 23
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152152 (A) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ‘‘offi-1
153153 cers and employees’’ and inserting ‘‘the initial 2
154154 officers and employees’’; and 3
155155 (B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i) by striking ‘‘its 4
156156 chief operating officer’’ and inserting ‘‘the chief 5
157157 executive officer of the Foundation’’. 6
158158 (3) C
159159 HIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER .—Section 112 7
160160 of the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109–449), as 8
161161 transferred by this Act, is amended by adding at the 9
162162 end the following: 10
163163 ‘‘(h) C
164164 HIEFEXECUTIVEOFFICER.— 11
165165 ‘‘(1) A
166166 PPOINTMENT; REMOVAL; REVIEW.—The 12
167167 Board shall appoint and review the performance of, 13
168168 and may remove, the chief executive officer of the 14
169169 Foundation. 15
170170 ‘‘(2) P
171171 OWERS.—The chief executive officer of 16
172172 the Foundation may appoint, remove, and review the 17
173173 performance of any officer or employee of the Foun-18
174174 dation.’’. 19
175175 (e) P
176176 OWERS OFFOUNDATION.—Section 113(c)(1) of 20
177177 the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109–449), as trans-21
178178 ferred by this Act, is amended in the matter preceding 22
179179 subparagraph (A)— 23
180180 (1) by inserting ‘‘nonprofit’’ before ‘‘corpora-24
181181 tion’’; and 25
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185185 (2) by striking ‘‘acting as a trustee’’ and insert-1
186186 ing ‘‘formed’’. 2
187187 (f) P
188188 RINCIPALOFFICE.—Section 113 of the Marine 3
189189 Debris Act (Public Law 109–449), as transferred by this 4
190190 Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: 5
191191 ‘‘(g) P
192192 RINCIPALOFFICE.—The Board shall locate the 6
193193 principal office of the Foundation in the National Capital 7
194194 Region, as such term is defined in section 2674(f)(2) of 8
195195 title 10, United States Code, or a coastal shoreline com-9
196196 munity.’’. 10
197197 (g) B
198198 ESTPRACTICES; RULE OFCONSTRUCTION.— 11
199199 Section 113 of the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109– 12
200200 449), as transferred by this Act and amended by sub-13
201201 section (e), is further amended by adding at the end the 14
202202 following: 15
203203 ‘‘(h) B
204204 ESTPRACTICES.— 16
205205 ‘‘(1) I
206206 N GENERAL.—The Foundation shall de-17
207207 velop and implement best practices for conducting 18
208208 outreach to Indian Tribes and Tribal Governments. 19
209209 ‘‘(2) R
210210 EQUIREMENTS.—The best practices de-20
211211 veloped under paragraph (1) shall— 21
212212 ‘‘(A) include a process to support technical 22
213213 assistance and capacity building to improve out-23
214214 comes; and 24
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218218 ‘‘(B) promote an awareness of programs 1
219219 and grants available under this Act. 2
220220 ‘‘(i) R
221221 ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 3
222222 may be construed— 4
223223 ‘‘(1) to satisfy any requirement for government- 5
224224 to-government consultation with Tribal Govern-6
225225 ments; or 7
226226 ‘‘(2) to affect or modify any treaty or other 8
227227 right of any Tribal Government.’’. 9
228228 (h) A
229229 UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 10
230230 118(a) of the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109–449), 11
231231 as transferred by this Act, is amended— 12
232232 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and 13
233233 $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2025’’ after ‘‘through 14
234234 2024’’; and 15
235235 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and State 16
236236 and local government agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘, 17
237237 State and local government agencies, regional orga-18
238238 nizations, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and 19
239239 foreign governments’’. 20
240240 (i) R
241241 EAUTHORIZATION.—Section 9(a) of the Marine 21
242242 Debris Act (Public Law 109–449) is amended by striking 22
243243 ‘‘for’’ the first place it appears and all that follows through 23
244244 ‘‘carrying out’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 24
245245 2018 through 2029 for carrying out’’. 25
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249249 SEC. 4. TRANSFERS. 1
250250 (a) S
251251 AVEOURSEAS2.0 ACT.—Subtitle C of title I 2
252252 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 116–224) is 3
253253 transferred to appear after section 119 of the Marine De-4
254254 bris Act (Public Law 109–449) as transferred and redes-5
255255 ignated by this Act. 6
256256 (b) M
257257 ARINEDEBRISACT.—The Marine Debris Act 7
258258 (Public Law 109–449) is amended— 8
259259 (1) by transferring sections 7, 8, 9 (as amend-9
260260 ed), and 10 to appear after section 127, as trans-10
261261 ferred by this Act, and redesignated as sections 131, 11
262262 132, 133, and 134, respectively; and 12
263263 (2) by inserting before section 131, as so trans-13
264264 ferred and redesignated, the following: 14
265265 ‘‘Subtitle D—Administration’’. 15
266266 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 16
267267 (a) I
268268 NGENERAL.—Section 131 of the Marine Debris 17
269269 Act (Public Law 109–449), as transferred and redesig-18
270270 nated by this Act, is amended— 19
271271 (1) by striking paragraph (1); 20
272272 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 21
273273 (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), (11), 22
274274 (12), and (13), respectively; 23
275275 (3) by inserting before paragraph (5), as so re-24
276276 designated, the following: 25
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280280 ‘‘(1) CIRCULAR ECONOMY .—The term ‘circular 1
281281 economy’ has the meaning given such term in sec-2
282282 tion 2 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 3
283283 116–224). 4
284284 ‘‘(2) C
285285 OASTAL SHORELINE COMMUNITY .—The 5
286286 term ‘coastal shoreline community’ means a city or 6
287287 county directly adjacent to the open ocean, major es-7
288288 tuaries, or the Great Lakes. 8
289289 ‘‘(3) EPA
290290 ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘EPA 9
291291 Administrator’ has the meaning given such term in 10
292292 section 2 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 11
293293 116–224). 12
294294 ‘‘(4) I
295295 NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 13
296296 has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the 14
297297 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 15
298298 Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).’’; 16
299299 (4) by inserting before paragraph (11), as so 17
300300 redesignated, the following: 18
301301 ‘‘(9) N
302302 ONPROFIT ORGANIZATION .—The term 19
303303 ‘nonprofit organization’ has the meaning given such 20
304304 term in section 2 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act 21
305305 (Public Law 116–224). 22
306306 ‘‘(10) P
307307 OST-CONSUMER MATERIALS MANAGE -23
308308 MENT.—The term ‘post-consumer materials manage-24
309309 ment’ has the meaning given such term in section 2 25
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313313 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 116– 1
314314 224).’’; 2
315315 (5) by inserting after paragraph (13), as so re-3
316316 designated, the following: 4
317317 ‘‘(14) T
318318 RIBAL GOVERNMENT .—The term ‘Tribal 5
319319 Government’ means the recognized governing body 6
320320 of any Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, band, nation, 7
321321 pueblo, village, community, component band, or com-8
322322 ponent reservation, individually identified (including 9
323323 parenthetically) in the list published most recently as 10
324324 of the date of the enactment of the Save Our Seas 11
325325 2.0 Amendments Act pursuant to section 104 of the 12
326326 Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 13
327327 (25 U.S.C. 5131). 14
328328 ‘‘(15) T
329329 RIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘Trib-15
330330 al organization’ has the meaning given the term in 16
331331 section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-17
332332 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 18
333333 ‘‘(16) U
334334 NDER SECRETARY .—The term ‘Under 19
335335 Secretary’ has the meaning given such term in sec-20
336336 tion 2 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 21
337337 116–224).’’; and 22
338338 (6) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated— 23
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342342 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 1
343343 (C), and (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and 2
344344 (E); and 3
345345 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 4
346346 the following: 5
347347 ‘‘(B) Indian Tribe;’’. 6
348348 (b) T
349349 RANSFER.— 7
350350 (1) I
351351 N GENERAL.—Section 2(7) of the Save Our 8
352352 Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 116–224) is transferred to 9
353353 section 131 of the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 10
354354 109–449), inserted after paragraph (7) (as redesig-11
355355 nated), and redesignated as paragraph (8). 12
356356 (2) R
357357 EDESIGNATION.—Section 2 of the Save 13
358358 Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 116–224) is amended 14
359359 by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (11) as 15
360360 paragraphs (7) through (10), respectively. 16
361361 (c) N
362362 ON-FEDERALFUNDS.—Paragraph (8)(D) of 17
363363 section 131 of the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109– 18
364364 449), as transferred and redesignated by this Act, is 19
365365 amended by striking ‘‘(as defined in section 4 of the In-20
366366 dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 21
367367 (25 U.S.C. 5304))’’. 22
368368 SEC. 6. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 23
369369 (a) I
370370 NGENERAL.—Sections 1 and 2 of the Marine 24
371371 Debris Act, sections 101, 102, and 104 of the Marine De-25
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375375 bris Act, as redesignated by this Act, and section 133 of 1
376376 the Marine Debris Act, as transferred and so redesignated 2
377377 by this Act, are amended by striking ‘‘Administrator’’ and 3
378378 inserting ‘‘Under Secretary’’. 4
379379 (b) S
380380 ECTION103.—Section 103 of the Marine Debris 5
381381 Act is amended by— 6
382382 (1) striking ‘‘Administrator of the National 7
383383 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’’ and in-8
384384 serting ‘‘Under Secretary’’; 9
385385 (2) striking ‘‘Administrator of the Environ-10
386386 mental Protection Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘EPA Ad-11
387387 ministrator’’; and 12
388388 (3) in subsection (e)(3) by striking ‘‘section 3’’ 13
389389 and inserting ‘‘section 101’’. 14
390390 (c) S
391391 ECTION123.—Section 123 of the Marine Debris 15
392392 Act, as transferred and so redesignated by this Act, is 16
393393 amended by striking ‘‘title I’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle B’’. 17
394394 (d) S
395395 ECTION133.—Section 133 of the Marine Debris 18
396396 Act, as transferred and so redesignated by this Act, is 19
397397 amended by striking ‘‘sections 3, 5, and 6’’ and inserting 20
398398 ‘‘sections 101, 103, and 104’’. 21
399399 (e) S
400400 ECTION134.—Section 134 of the Marine Debris 22
401401 Act, as transferred and so redesignated by this Act, is 23
402402 amended by striking ‘‘Administrator of the Environmental 24
403403 Protection Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘EPA Administrator’’. 25
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407407 (f) TRIBALGOVERNMENT.—Subtitle A of the Marine 1
408408 Debris Act, as designated in this Act, is amended by strik-2
409409 ing ‘‘tribal government’’ and inserting ‘‘Tribal Govern-3
410410 ment’’. 4
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