Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 83 — Coral Reef Conservation
§ 6408. Emergency assistance
Statutory text
In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under section 6414 of this title, the Administrator may provide emergency assistance to any covered State or coral reef stewardship partnership to respond to immediate harm to coral reefs or coral reef ecosystems arising from any of the exigent circumstances described in subsection (b).
Coral reef exigent circumstances
The Administrator shall develop a list of, and criteria for, circumstances that pose an exigent threat to coral reefs, including—
new and ongoing outbreaks of disease;
new and ongoing outbreaks of invasive or nuisance species;
new and ongoing coral bleaching events;
natural disasters;
industrial or mechanical incidents, such as vessel groundings, hazardous spills, or coastal construction accidents; and
such other circumstances as the Administrator determines appropriate.
Annual report on exigent circumstances
On February 1 of each year, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report that—
describes locations with exigent circumstances described in subsection (b) that were considered but declined for emergency assistance, and the rationale for the decision; and
with respect to each instance in which emergency assistance under this section was provided—
the location and a description of the exigent circumstances that prompted the emergency assistance, the entity that received the assistance, and the current and expected outcomes from the assistance;
a description of activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that were curtailed as a result of providing the emergency assistance; and
an assessment of whether further action is needed to restore the affected coral reef, recommendations for such restoration, and a cost estimate to implement such recommendations.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000
Pub. L. 106–562 title II § 209 · 114 Stat. 2794
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 6408
(Pub. L. 106–562, title II, § 209, as added Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title C, § 10001(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3940.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 106–562, title II, § 209, as added Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title C, § 10001(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3940.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 209. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) In General.— There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this title $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004, which may remain available until expended. (b) Administration.— Of the amounts appropriated under subsection (a), not more than the lesser of $1,000,000 or 10 percent of the amounts appropriated, may be used for program administration or for overhead costs incurred by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the Department of Commerce and assessed as an administrative charge. (c) Coral Reef Conservation Program.— From the amounts appropriated under subsection (a), there shall be made available to the Secretary $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 for coral reef conservation activities under section 204. (d) National Coral Reef Activities.— From the amounts appropriated under subsection (a), there shall be made available to the Secretary $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 for activities under section 207.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 6408, Pub. L. 106–562, title II, § 209, , 114 Stat. 2805, authorized appropriations, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title C, § 10001(a), , 136 Stat. 3931.
Credits
(Pub. L. 106–562, title II, § 209, as added Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title C, § 10001(a), , 136 Stat. 3940.)