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2-Calendar No. 40
32 119THCONGRESS
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54 STSESSION S. 216
6-[Report No. 119–12]
75 To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of
86 the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to
97 improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National
108 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.
119 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
1210 JANUARY23, 2025
1311 Mr. S
1412 ULLIVAN(for himself and Mr. WHITEHOUSE) introduced the following
1513 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce,
1614 Science, and Transportation
17-A
18-PRIL8, 2025
19-Reported by Mr. C
20-RUZ, without amendment
2115 A BILL
2216 To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the admin-
2317 istration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend
2418 the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration
2519 of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic
2620 and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.
2721 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
2822 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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32-SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
33-This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Save Our Seas 2.0 2
34-Amendments Act’’. 3
35-SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO THE MARINE DEBRIS PROGRAM 4
36-OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOS-5
37-PHERIC ADMINISTRATION. 6
23+SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
24+This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Save Our Seas 2.0 4
25+Amendments Act’’. 5
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29+SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO THE MARINE DEBRIS PROGRAM 1
30+OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOS-2
31+PHERIC ADMINISTRATION. 3
3832 (a) I
39-NGENERAL.—The Marine Debris Act (Public 7
40-Law 109–449) is amended— 8
41-(1) by inserting before section 3 the following: 9
42-‘‘Subtitle A—NOAA And Coast 10
43-Guard Programs’’; and 11
44-(2) by redesignating sections 3 through 6 as 12
45-sections 101 through 104, respectively. 13
33+NGENERAL.—The Marine Debris Act (Public 4
34+Law 109–449) is amended— 5
35+(1) by inserting before section 3 the following: 6
36+‘‘Subtitle A—NOAA And Coast 7
37+Guard Programs’’; and 8
38+(2) by redesignating sections 3 through 6 as 9
39+sections 101 through 104, respectively. 10
4640 (b) G
47-RANTS, COOPERATIVEAGREEMENTS, CON-14
48-TRACTS, ANDOTHERAGREEMENTS.—Section 101(d) of 15
49-the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1952(d)), as redesig-16
50-nated by this Act, is amended— 17
51-(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘AND 18
52-CONTRACTS’’ and inserting ‘‘CONTRACTS, AND 19
53-OTHER AGREEMENTS’’; 20
54-(2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and con-21
55-tracts’’ and inserting ‘‘, contracts, and other agree-22
56-ments’’; 23
57-(3) in paragraph (2)— 24
58-(A) in subparagraph (B)— 25
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62-(i) by striking ‘‘part of the’’ and in-1
63-serting ‘‘part of a’’; and 2
64-(ii) by inserting ‘‘or (C)’’ after ‘‘sub-3
65-paragraph (A)’’; and 4
66-(B) in subparagraph (C) in the matter pre-5
67-ceding clause (i) by inserting ‘‘and except as 6
68-provided in subparagraph (B)’’ after ‘‘subpara-7
69-graph (A)’’; and 8
70-(4) by adding at the end the following: 9
41+RANTS, COOPERATIVEAGREEMENTS, CON-11
42+TRACTS, ANDOTHERAGREEMENTS.—Section 101(d) of 12
43+the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1952(d)), as redesig-13
44+nated by this Act, is amended— 14
45+(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘AND 15
46+CONTRACTS’’ and inserting ‘‘CONTRACTS, AND 16
47+OTHER AGREEMENTS’’; 17
48+(2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and con-18
49+tracts’’ and inserting ‘‘, contracts, and other agree-19
50+ments’’; 20
51+(3) in paragraph (2)— 21
52+(A) in subparagraph (B)— 22
53+(i) by striking ‘‘part of the’’ and in-23
54+serting ‘‘part of a’’; and 24
55+(ii) by inserting ‘‘or (C)’’ after ‘‘sub-25
56+paragraph (A)’’; and 26
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60+(B) in subparagraph (C) in the matter pre-1
61+ceding clause (i) by inserting ‘‘and except as 2
62+provided in subparagraph (B)’’ after ‘‘subpara-3
63+graph (A)’’; and 4
64+(4) by adding at the end the following: 5
7165 ‘‘(7) I
72-N-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS .—With respect 10
73-to any project carried out pursuant to a contract or 11
74-other agreement entered into under paragraph (1) 12
75-that is not a cooperative agreement or an agreement 13
76-to provide financial assistance in the form of a 14
77-grant, the Under Secretary may contribute on an in- 15
78-kind basis the portion of the costs of the project that 16
79-the Under Secretary determines represents the 17
80-amount of benefit the National Oceanic and Atmos-18
81-pheric Administration derives from the project.’’. 19
82-SEC. 3. MODIFICATIONS TO THE MARINE DEBRIS FOUNDA-20
83-TION. 21
66+N-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS .—With respect 6
67+to any project carried out pursuant to a contract or 7
68+other agreement entered into under paragraph (1) 8
69+that is not a cooperative agreement or an agreement 9
70+to provide financial assistance in the form of a 10
71+grant, the Under Secretary may contribute on an in- 11
72+kind basis the portion of the costs of the project that 12
73+the Under Secretary determines represents the 13
74+amount of benefit the National Oceanic and Atmos-14
75+pheric Administration derives from the project.’’. 15
76+SEC. 3. MODIFICATIONS TO THE MARINE DEBRIS FOUNDA-16
77+TION. 17
8478 (a) I
85-NGENERAL.—Subtitle B of title I of the Save 22
86-Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 116–224) is transferred 23
87-to appear after section 104 of the Marine Debris Act 24
88-(Public Law 109–449), as redesignated by this Act. 25
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92-(b) STATUS OFFOUNDATION.—Section 111(a) of the 1
93-Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109–449), as transferred 2
94-by this Act, is amended, in the second sentence, by strik-3
95-ing ‘‘organization’’ and inserting ‘‘corporation’’. 4
96-(c) P
97-URPOSES.—Section 111(b) of the Marine Debris 5
98-Act (Public Law 109–449), as transferred and redesig-6
99-nated by this Act, is amended— 7
100-(1) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘Indian 8
101-Tribes,’’ after ‘‘Tribal governments,’’; and 9
102-(2) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘title II’’ and 10
103-inserting ‘‘subtitle C’’. 11
79+NGENERAL.—Subtitle B of title I of the Save 18
80+Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 116–224) is transferred 19
81+to appear after section 104 of the Marine Debris Act 20
82+(Public Law 109–449), as redesignated by this Act. 21
83+(b) S
84+TATUS OFFOUNDATION.—Section 111(a) of the 22
85+Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109–449), as transferred 23
86+by this Act, is amended, in the second sentence, by strik-24
87+ing ‘‘organization’’ and inserting ‘‘corporation’’. 25
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91+(c) PURPOSES.—Section 111(b) of the Marine Debris 1
92+Act (Public Law 109–449), as transferred and redesig-2
93+nated by this Act, is amended— 3
94+(1) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘Indian 4
95+Tribes,’’ after ‘‘Tribal governments,’’; and 5
96+(2) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘title II’’ and 6
97+inserting ‘‘subtitle C’’. 7
10498 (d) B
105-OARD OFDIRECTORS.— 12
99+OARD OFDIRECTORS.— 8
106100 (1) A
107-PPOINTMENT, VACANCIES, AND RE-13
108-MOVAL.—Section 112(b) of the Marine Debris Act 14
109-(Public Law 109–449), as transferred by this Act, 15
110-is amended— 16
111-(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 17
112-through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (6) re-18
113-spectively; 19
114-(B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 20
115-redesignated, the following: 21
101+PPOINTMENT, VACANCIES, AND RE-9
102+MOVAL.—Section 112(b) of the Marine Debris Act 10
103+(Public Law 109–449), as transferred by this Act, 11
104+is amended— 12
105+(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 13
106+through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (6) re-14
107+spectively; 15
108+(B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 16
109+redesignated, the following: 17
116110 ‘‘(1) R
117-ECOMMENDATIONS OF BOARD REGARD -22
118-ING APPOINTMENTS .—For appointments made 23
119-under paragraph (2), the Board shall submit to the 24
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123-Under Secretary recommendations on candidates for 1
124-appointment.’’; 2
125-(C) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, in 3
126-the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— 4
127-(i) by striking ‘‘and considering’’ and 5
128-inserting ‘‘considering’’; and 6
129-(ii) by inserting ‘‘and with the ap-7
130-proval of the Secretary of Commerce,’’ 8
131-after ‘‘by the Board,’’; 9
132-(D) by amending paragraph (3), as redes-10
133-ignated, to read as follows: 11
111+ECOMMENDATIONS OF BOARD REGARD -18
112+ING APPOINTMENTS .—For appointments made 19
113+under paragraph (2), the Board shall submit to the 20
114+Under Secretary recommendations on candidates for 21
115+appointment.’’; 22
116+(C) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, in 23
117+the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— 24
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121+(i) by striking ‘‘and considering’’ and 1
122+inserting ‘‘considering’’; and 2
123+(ii) by inserting ‘‘and with the ap-3
124+proval of the Secretary of Commerce,’’ 4
125+after ‘‘by the Board,’’; 5
126+(D) by amending paragraph (3), as redes-6
127+ignated, to read as follows: 7
134128 ‘‘(3) T
135-ERMS.—Any Director appointed under 12
136-paragraph (2) shall be appointed for a term of 6 13
137-years.’’; 14
138-(E) in paragraph (4)(A), as redesignated, 15
139-by inserting ‘‘with the approval of the Secretary 16
140-of Commerce’’ after ‘‘the Board’’; and 17
141-(F) in paragraph (6), as redesignated— 18
142-(i) by inserting ‘‘the Administrator of 19
143-the United States Agency for International 20
144-Development,’’ after ‘‘Service,’’; and 21
145-(ii) by inserting ‘‘and with the ap-22
146-proval of the Secretary of Commerce’’ after 23
147-‘‘EPA Administrator’’. 24
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151-(2) GENERAL POWERS.—Section 112(g) of the 1
152-Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109–449), as trans-2
153-ferred by this Act, is amended— 3
154-(A) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ‘‘offi-4
155-cers and employees’’ and inserting ‘‘the initial 5
156-officers and employees’’; and 6
157-(B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i) by striking ‘‘its 7
158-chief operating officer’’ and inserting ‘‘the chief 8
159-executive officer of the Foundation’’. 9
129+ERMS.—Any Director appointed under 8
130+paragraph (2) shall be appointed for a term of 6 9
131+years.’’; 10
132+(E) in paragraph (4)(A), as redesignated, 11
133+by inserting ‘‘with the approval of the Secretary 12
134+of Commerce’’ after ‘‘the Board’’; and 13
135+(F) in paragraph (6), as redesignated— 14
136+(i) by inserting ‘‘the Administrator of 15
137+the United States Agency for International 16
138+Development,’’ after ‘‘Service,’’; and 17
139+(ii) by inserting ‘‘and with the ap-18
140+proval of the Secretary of Commerce’’ after 19
141+‘‘EPA Administrator’’. 20
142+(2) G
143+ENERAL POWERS.—Section 112(g) of the 21
144+Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109–449), as trans-22
145+ferred by this Act, is amended— 23
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149+(A) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ‘‘offi-1
150+cers and employees’’ and inserting ‘‘the initial 2
151+officers and employees’’; and 3
152+(B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i) by striking ‘‘its 4
153+chief operating officer’’ and inserting ‘‘the chief 5
154+executive officer of the Foundation’’. 6
160155 (3) C
161-HIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER .—Section 112 10
162-of the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109–449), as 11
163-transferred by this Act, is amended by adding at the 12
164-end the following: 13
156+HIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER .—Section 112 7
157+of the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109–449), as 8
158+transferred by this Act, is amended by adding at the 9
159+end the following: 10
165160 ‘‘(h) C
166-HIEFEXECUTIVEOFFICER.— 14
161+HIEFEXECUTIVEOFFICER.— 11
167162 ‘‘(1) A
168-PPOINTMENT; REMOVAL; REVIEW.—The 15
169-Board shall appoint and review the performance of, 16
170-and may remove, the chief executive officer of the 17
171-Foundation. 18
163+PPOINTMENT; REMOVAL; REVIEW.—The 12
164+Board shall appoint and review the performance of, 13
165+and may remove, the chief executive officer of the 14
166+Foundation. 15
172167 ‘‘(2) P
173-OWERS.—The chief executive officer of 19
174-the Foundation may appoint, remove, and review the 20
175-performance of any officer or employee of the Foun-21
176-dation.’’. 22
168+OWERS.—The chief executive officer of 16
169+the Foundation may appoint, remove, and review the 17
170+performance of any officer or employee of the Foun-18
171+dation.’’. 19
177172 (e) P
178-OWERS OFFOUNDATION.—Section 113(c)(1) of 23
179-the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109–449), as trans-24
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183-ferred by this Act, is amended in the matter preceding 1
184-subparagraph (A)— 2
185-(1) by inserting ‘‘nonprofit’’ before ‘‘corpora-3
186-tion’’; and 4
187-(2) by striking ‘‘acting as a trustee’’ and insert-5
188-ing ‘‘formed’’. 6
173+OWERS OFFOUNDATION.—Section 113(c)(1) of 20
174+the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109–449), as trans-21
175+ferred by this Act, is amended in the matter preceding 22
176+subparagraph (A)— 23
177+(1) by inserting ‘‘nonprofit’’ before ‘‘corpora-24
178+tion’’; and 25
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182+(2) by striking ‘‘acting as a trustee’’ and insert-1
183+ing ‘‘formed’’. 2
189184 (f) P
190-RINCIPALOFFICE.—Section 113 of the Marine 7
191-Debris Act (Public Law 109–449), as transferred by this 8
192-Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: 9
185+RINCIPALOFFICE.—Section 113 of the Marine 3
186+Debris Act (Public Law 109–449), as transferred by this 4
187+Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: 5
193188 ‘‘(g) P
194-RINCIPALOFFICE.—The Board shall locate the 10
195-principal office of the Foundation in the National Capital 11
196-Region, as such term is defined in section 2674(f)(2) of 12
197-title 10, United States Code, or a coastal shoreline com-13
198-munity.’’. 14
189+RINCIPALOFFICE.—The Board shall locate the 6
190+principal office of the Foundation in the National Capital 7
191+Region, as such term is defined in section 2674(f)(2) of 8
192+title 10, United States Code, or a coastal shoreline com-9
193+munity.’’. 10
199194 (g) B
200-ESTPRACTICES; RULE OFCONSTRUCTION.— 15
201-Section 113 of the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109– 16
202-449), as transferred by this Act and amended by sub-17
203-section (e), is further amended by adding at the end the 18
204-following: 19
195+ESTPRACTICES; RULE OFCONSTRUCTION.— 11
196+Section 113 of the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109– 12
197+449), as transferred by this Act and amended by sub-13
198+section (e), is further amended by adding at the end the 14
199+following: 15
205200 ‘‘(h) B
206-ESTPRACTICES.— 20
201+ESTPRACTICES.— 16
207202 ‘‘(1) I
208-N GENERAL.—The Foundation shall de-21
209-velop and implement best practices for conducting 22
210-outreach to Indian Tribes and Tribal Governments. 23
203+N GENERAL.—The Foundation shall de-17
204+velop and implement best practices for conducting 18
205+outreach to Indian Tribes and Tribal Governments. 19
211206 ‘‘(2) R
212-EQUIREMENTS.—The best practices de-24
213-veloped under paragraph (1) shall— 25
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217-‘‘(A) include a process to support technical 1
218-assistance and capacity building to improve out-2
219-comes; and 3
220-‘‘(B) promote an awareness of programs 4
221-and grants available under this Act. 5
207+EQUIREMENTS.—The best practices de-20
208+veloped under paragraph (1) shall— 21
209+‘‘(A) include a process to support technical 22
210+assistance and capacity building to improve out-23
211+comes; and 24
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216+and grants available under this Act. 2
222217 ‘‘(i) R
223-ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 6
224-may be construed— 7
225-‘‘(1) to satisfy any requirement for government- 8
226-to-government consultation with Tribal Govern-9
227-ments; or 10
228-‘‘(2) to affect or modify any treaty or other 11
229-right of any Tribal Government.’’. 12
218+ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 3
219+may be construed— 4
220+‘‘(1) to satisfy any requirement for government- 5
221+to-government consultation with Tribal Govern-6
222+ments; or 7
223+‘‘(2) to affect or modify any treaty or other 8
224+right of any Tribal Government.’’. 9
230225 (h) A
231-UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 13
232-118(a) of the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109–449), 14
233-as transferred by this Act, is amended— 15
234-(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and 16
235-$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2025’’ after ‘‘through 17
236-2024’’; and 18
237-(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and State 19
238-and local government agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘, 20
239-State and local government agencies, regional orga-21
240-nizations, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and 22
241-foreign governments’’. 23
226+UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 10
227+118(a) of the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109–449), 11
228+as transferred by this Act, is amended— 12
229+(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and 13
230+$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2025’’ after ‘‘through 14
231+2024’’; and 15
232+(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and State 16
233+and local government agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘, 17
234+State and local government agencies, regional orga-18
235+nizations, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and 19
236+foreign governments’’. 20
242237 (i) R
243-EAUTHORIZATION.—Section 9(a) of the Marine 24
244-Debris Act (Public Law 109–449) is amended by striking 25
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248-‘‘for’’ the first place it appears and all that follows through 1
249-‘‘carrying out’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2
250-2018 through 2029 for carrying out’’. 3
251-SEC. 4. TRANSFERS. 4
238+EAUTHORIZATION.—Section 9(a) of the Marine 21
239+Debris Act (Public Law 109–449) is amended by striking 22
240+‘‘for’’ the first place it appears and all that follows through 23
241+‘‘carrying out’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 24
242+2018 through 2029 for carrying out’’. 25
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246+SEC. 4. TRANSFERS. 1
252247 (a) S
253-AVEOURSEAS2.0 ACT.—Subtitle C of title I 5
254-of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 116–224) is 6
255-transferred to appear after section 119 of the Marine De-7
256-bris Act (Public Law 109–449) as transferred and redes-8
257-ignated by this Act. 9
248+AVEOURSEAS2.0 ACT.—Subtitle C of title I 2
249+of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 116–224) is 3
250+transferred to appear after section 119 of the Marine De-4
251+bris Act (Public Law 109–449) as transferred and redes-5
252+ignated by this Act. 6
258253 (b) M
259-ARINEDEBRISACT.—The Marine Debris Act 10
260-(Public Law 109–449) is amended— 11
261-(1) by transferring sections 7, 8, 9 (as amend-12
262-ed), and 10 to appear after section 127, as trans-13
263-ferred by this Act, and redesignated as sections 131, 14
264-132, 133, and 134, respectively; and 15
265-(2) by inserting before section 131, as so trans-16
266-ferred and redesignated, the following: 17
267-‘‘Subtitle D—Administration’’. 18
268-SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 19
254+ARINEDEBRISACT.—The Marine Debris Act 7
255+(Public Law 109–449) is amended— 8
256+(1) by transferring sections 7, 8, 9 (as amend-9
257+ed), and 10 to appear after section 127, as trans-10
258+ferred by this Act, and redesignated as sections 131, 11
259+132, 133, and 134, respectively; and 12
260+(2) by inserting before section 131, as so trans-13
261+ferred and redesignated, the following: 14
262+‘‘Subtitle D—Administration’’. 15
263+SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 16
269264 (a) I
270-NGENERAL.—Section 131 of the Marine Debris 20
271-Act (Public Law 109–449), as transferred and redesig-21
272-nated by this Act, is amended— 22
273-(1) by striking paragraph (1); 23
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277-(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 1
278-(5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), (11), 2
279-(12), and (13), respectively; 3
280-(3) by inserting before paragraph (5), as so re-4
281-designated, the following: 5
282-‘‘(1) C
283-IRCULAR ECONOMY .—The term ‘circular 6
284-economy’ has the meaning given such term in sec-7
285-tion 2 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 8
286-116–224). 9
265+NGENERAL.—Section 131 of the Marine Debris 17
266+Act (Public Law 109–449), as transferred and redesig-18
267+nated by this Act, is amended— 19
268+(1) by striking paragraph (1); 20
269+(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 21
270+(5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), (11), 22
271+(12), and (13), respectively; 23
272+(3) by inserting before paragraph (5), as so re-24
273+designated, the following: 25
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277+‘‘(1) CIRCULAR ECONOMY .—The term ‘circular 1
278+economy’ has the meaning given such term in sec-2
279+tion 2 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 3
280+116–224). 4
287281 ‘‘(2) C
288-OASTAL SHORELINE COMMUNITY .—The 10
289-term ‘coastal shoreline community’ means a city or 11
290-county directly adjacent to the open ocean, major es-12
291-tuaries, or the Great Lakes. 13
282+OASTAL SHORELINE COMMUNITY .—The 5
283+term ‘coastal shoreline community’ means a city or 6
284+county directly adjacent to the open ocean, major es-7
285+tuaries, or the Great Lakes. 8
292286 ‘‘(3) EPA
293-ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘EPA 14
294-Administrator’ has the meaning given such term in 15
295-section 2 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 16
296-116–224). 17
287+ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘EPA 9
288+Administrator’ has the meaning given such term in 10
289+section 2 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 11
290+116–224). 12
297291 ‘‘(4) I
298-NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 18
299-has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the 19
300-Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 20
301-Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).’’; 21
302-(4) by inserting before paragraph (11), as so 22
303-redesignated, the following: 23
292+NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 13
293+has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the 14
294+Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 15
295+Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).’’; 16
296+(4) by inserting before paragraph (11), as so 17
297+redesignated, the following: 18
304298 ‘‘(9) N
305-ONPROFIT ORGANIZATION .—The term 24
306-‘nonprofit organization’ has the meaning given such 25
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310-term in section 2 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act 1
311-(Public Law 116–224). 2
299+ONPROFIT ORGANIZATION .—The term 19
300+‘nonprofit organization’ has the meaning given such 20
301+term in section 2 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act 21
302+(Public Law 116–224). 22
312303 ‘‘(10) P
313-OST CONSUMER MATERIALS MANAGE -3
314-MENT.—The term ‘post-consumer materials manage-4
315-ment’ has the meaning given such term in section 2 5
316-of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 116– 6
317-224).’’; 7
318-(5) by inserting after paragraph (13), as so re-8
319-designated, the following: 9
304+OST CONSUMER MATERIALS MANAGE -23
305+MENT.—The term ‘post-consumer materials manage-24
306+ment’ has the meaning given such term in section 2 25
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310+of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 116– 1
311+224).’’; 2
312+(5) by inserting after paragraph (13), as so re-3
313+designated, the following: 4
320314 ‘‘(14) T
321-RIBAL GOVERNMENT .—The term ‘Tribal 10
322-Government’ means the recognized governing body 11
323-of any Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, band, nation, 12
324-pueblo, village, community, component band, or com-13
325-ponent reservation, individually identified (including 14
326-parenthetically) in the list published most recently as 15
327-of the date of the enactment of the Save Our Seas 16
328-2.0 Amendments Act pursuant to section 104 of the 17
329-Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 18
330-(25 U.S.C. 5131). 19
315+RIBAL GOVERNMENT .—The term ‘Tribal 5
316+Government’ means the recognized governing body 6
317+of any Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, band, nation, 7
318+pueblo, village, community, component band, or com-8
319+ponent reservation, individually identified (including 9
320+parenthetically) in the list published most recently as 10
321+of the date of the enactment of the Save Our Seas 11
322+2.0 Amendments Act pursuant to section 104 of the 12
323+Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 13
324+(25 U.S.C. 5131). 14
331325 ‘‘(15) T
332-RIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘Trib-20
333-al organization’ has the meaning given the term in 21
334-section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-22
335-cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 23
326+RIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘Trib-15
327+al organization’ has the meaning given the term in 16
328+section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-17
329+cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 18
336330 ‘‘(16) U
337-NDER SECRETARY .—The term ‘Under 24
338-Secretary’ has the meaning given such term in sec-25
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342-tion 2 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 1
343-116–224).’’; and 2
344-(6) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated— 3
345-(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 4
346-(C), and (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and 5
347-(E); and 6
348-(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 7
349-the following: 8
350-‘‘(B) Indian Tribe;’’. 9
331+NDER SECRETARY .—The term ‘Under 19
332+Secretary’ has the meaning given such term in sec-20
333+tion 2 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 21
334+116–224).’’; and 22
335+(6) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated— 23
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339+(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 1
340+(C), and (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and 2
341+(E); and 3
342+(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 4
343+the following: 5
344+‘‘(B) Indian Tribe;’’. 6
351345 (b) T
352-RANSFER.— 10
346+RANSFER.— 7
353347 (1) I
354-N GENERAL.—Section 2(7) of the Save Our 11
355-Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 116–224) is transferred to 12
356-section 131 of the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 13
357-109–449), inserted after paragraph (7) (as redesig-14
358-nated), and redesignated as paragraph (8). 15
348+N GENERAL.—Section 2(7) of the Save Our 8
349+Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 116–224) is transferred to 9
350+section 131 of the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 10
351+109–449), inserted after paragraph (7) (as redesig-11
352+nated), and redesignated as paragraph (8). 12
359353 (2) R
360-EDESIGNATION.—Section 2 of the Save 16
361-Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 116–224) is amended 17
362-by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (11) as 18
363-paragraphs (7) through (10), respectively. 19
354+EDESIGNATION.—Section 2 of the Save 13
355+Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 116–224) is amended 14
356+by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (11) as 15
357+paragraphs (7) through (10), respectively. 16
364358 (c) N
365-ON-FEDERALFUNDS.—Paragraph (8)(D) of 20
366-section 131 of the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109– 21
367-449), as transferred and redesignated by this Act, is 22
368-amended by striking ‘‘(as defined in section 4 of the In-23
369-dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 24
370-(25 U.S.C. 5304))’’. 25
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374-SEC. 6. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 1
359+ON-FEDERALFUNDS.—Paragraph (8)(D) of 17
360+section 131 of the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109– 18
361+449), as transferred and redesignated by this Act, is 19
362+amended by striking ‘‘(as defined in section 4 of the In-20
363+dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 21
364+(25 U.S.C. 5304))’’. 22
365+SEC. 6. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 23
375366 (a) I
376-NGENERAL.—Sections 1 and 2 of the Marine 2
377-Debris Act, sections 101, 102, and 104 of the Marine De-3
378-bris Act, as redesignated by this Act, and section 133 of 4
379-the Marine Debris Act, as transferred and so redesignated 5
380-by this Act, are amended by striking ‘‘Administrator’’ and 6
381-inserting ‘‘Under Secretary’’. 7
367+NGENERAL.—Sections 1 and 2 of the Marine 24
368+Debris Act, sections 101, 102, and 104 of the Marine De-25
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372+bris Act, as redesignated by this Act, and section 133 of 1
373+the Marine Debris Act, as transferred and so redesignated 2
374+by this Act, are amended by striking ‘‘Administrator’’ and 3
375+inserting ‘‘Under Secretary’’. 4
382376 (b) S
383-ECTION103.—Section 103 of the Marine Debris 8
384-Act is amended by— 9
385-(1) striking ‘‘Administrator of the National 10
386-Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’’ and in-11
387-serting ‘‘Under Secretary’’; 12
388-(2) striking ‘‘Administrator of the Environ-13
389-mental Protection Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘EPA Ad-14
390-ministrator’’; and 15
391-(3) in subsection (e)(3) by striking ‘‘section 3’’ 16
392-and inserting ‘‘section 101’’. 17
377+ECTION103.—Section 103 of the Marine Debris 5
378+Act is amended by— 6
379+(1) striking ‘‘Administrator of the National 7
380+Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’’ and in-8
381+serting ‘‘Under Secretary’’; 9
382+(2) striking ‘‘Administrator of the Environ-10
383+mental Protection Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘EPA Ad-11
384+ministrator’’; and 12
385+(3) in subsection (e)(3) by striking ‘‘section 3’’ 13
386+and inserting ‘‘section 101’’. 14
393387 (c) S
394-ECTION123.—Section 123 of the Marine Debris 18
388+ECTION123.—Section 123 of the Marine Debris 15
389+Act, as transferred and so redesignated by this Act, is 16
390+amended by striking ‘‘title I’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle B’’. 17
391+(d) S
392+ECTION133.—Section 133 of the Marine Debris 18
395393 Act, as transferred and so redesignated by this Act, is 19
396-amended by striking ‘‘title I’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle B’’. 20
397-(d) S
398-ECTION133.—Section 133 of the Marine Debris 21
399-Act, as transferred and so redesignated by this Act, is 22
400-amended by striking ‘‘sections 3, 5, and 6’’ and inserting 23
401-‘‘sections 101, 103, and 104’’. 24
394+amended by striking ‘‘sections 3, 5, and 6’’ and inserting 20
395+‘‘sections 101, 103, and 104’’. 21
402396 (e) S
403-ECTION134.—Section 134 of the Marine Debris 25
404-Act, as transferred and so redesignated by this Act, is 26
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408-amended by striking ‘‘Administrator of the Environmental 1
409-Protection Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘EPA Administrator’’. 2
410-(f) T
411-RIBALGOVERNMENT.—Subtitle A of the Marine 3
412-Debris Act, as designated in this Act, is amended by strik-4
413-ing ‘‘tribal government’’ and inserting ‘‘Tribal Govern-5
414-ment’’. 6
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419-119
420-TH
421-CONGRESS
422-1
423-ST
424-S
425-ESSION
426-
427-S. 216
428-[Report No. 119–12]
429-A BILL
430-To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve
431-the administration of the Marine Debris Founda-
432-tion, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve
433-the administration of the Marine Debris Program
434-of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
435-istration, and for other purposes.
436-A
437-PRIL
438-8, 2025
439-Reported without amendment
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397+ECTION134.—Section 134 of the Marine Debris 22
398+Act, as transferred and so redesignated by this Act, is 23
399+amended by striking ‘‘Administrator of the Environmental 24
400+Protection Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘EPA Administrator’’. 25
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404+(f) TRIBALGOVERNMENT.—Subtitle A of the Marine 1
405+Debris Act, as designated in this Act, is amended by strik-2
406+ing ‘‘tribal government’’ and inserting ‘‘Tribal Govern-3
407+ment’’. 4
408+Æ
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