,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ecff  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #i1        
#bjai,mr4 ,brown of ,maryland 7for      
himself1 ,mr4 ,sarbanes1 and ,mr4 ,scott
 of ,virginia7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
the ,commerce1 acting through the       
,administrator of the ,national ,oceanic
 and ,atmospheric ,administration1 to   
provide grants supporting research on   
the conservation1 restoration1 or       
management of oysters in the ,chesapeake
 ,bay4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may 
be cited as the ,chesapeake ,bay ,oyster
 ,research ,act4  #b4 ,sense of         
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that the ,chesapeake ,bay ,office of the
 ,national ,oceanic and ,atmospheric    
,administration shall be the primary    
representative of the ,administration in
 the ,chesapeake ,bay4  #c4 ,grants for 
researching oysters in the ,chesapeake  

,bay  7a7 ,establishment ,the ,secretary
 of the ,commerce1 acting through the   
,administrator of the ,national ,oceanic
 and ,atmospheric ,administration1 shall
 establish a grant program 7in this     
section referred to as the ,program7    
under which the ,secretary shall award  
grants to eligible entities for the     
purpose of conducting research on the   
conservation1 restoration1 or management
 of oysters in the ,chesapeake ,bay4    
7b7 ,application ,to be eligible to     
receive a grant under this section1 an  
eligible entity shall submit to the     
,secretary an application at such time1 
in such manner1 and containing such     
information as the ,secretary may       
require4  7c7 ,allocation of grant funds
  7#a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary shall
 award a grant under the ,program to    
eligible entities that submit an        
application under subsection 7b74  7#b7 
,matching requirement  7,a7 ,in general 
,except as provided in subparagraph     
7,b71 the total amount of ,federal      

funding received under the ,program by  
an eligible entity may not exceed #he   
percent of the total cost of the        
research project for which the funding  
was awarded4 ,for the purposes of this  
subparagraph1 the non-,federal share of 
project costs may be provided by in-kind
 contributions and other noncash        
support4  7,b7 ,waiver ,the ,secretary  
may waive all or part of the requirement
 in subparagraph 7,a7 if the ,secretary 
determines that no reasonable means are 
available through which an eligible     
entity applying for a grant under this  
section can meet such requirement and   
the probable benefit of such research   
project outweighs the public interest in
 such requirement4  7d7 ,definitions ,in
 this ,act1 the following definitions   
apply3 7#a7 ,academic community ,the    
term academic community means faculty1  
researchers1 professors1 and            
representatives of ,state-accredited    
colleges and universities4  7#b7        
,eligible entity ,the term eligible     

entity means a member of the academic   
community1 the seafood industry1 a      
relevant nonprofit organization1 or a   
relevant ,state agency1 that is         
proposing or conducting a research      
project on the conservation1            
restoration1 or management of oysters in
 the ,chesapeake ,bay developed through 
consultation with a member of the       
academic community1 a member of the     
seafood industry1 a relevant nonprofit  
organization1 or a relevant ,state      
agency4  7#c7 ,nonprofit organization   
,the term nonprofit organization means  
an organization described in section    
#eja7;c77#c7 of the ,internal ,revenue  
,code of #aihf and exempt from tax under
 section #eja7;a7 of such ,code4  7#d7  
,seafood industry ,the term seafood     
industry means shellfish growers1       
shellfish harvesters1 commercial        
fishermen1 and recreational fishermen4  
7#e7 ,secretary ,the term ,secretary    
means the ,secretary of the ,commerce1  
acting through the ,administrator of the

 ,national ,oceanic and ,atmospheric    
,administration4  7e7 ,authorization of 
appropriations ,there is authorized to  
be appropriated to the ,secretary       
#b1jjj1jjj for each of the fiscal years 
#bjbj through #bjbe to carry out this   
section4