#aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,in   
the ,house of ,representatives1 ,u4 ,s41
  ,december #c1 #bjbj  ,,amendment3     
,that the bill from the ,senate 7,s4    
#acdb7 entitled ,an ,act to require the 
,under ,secretary for ,oceans and       
,atmosphere to update periodically the  
environmental sensitivity index products
 of the ,national ,oceanic and          
,atmospheric ,administration for each   
coastal area of the ,great ,lakes1 and  
for other purposes41 do pass with the   
following ,strike out all after the     
enacting clause and insert3  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,great ,lakes ,environmental            
,sensitivity ,index ,act of #bjbj4  #b4 
,update to environmental sensitivity    
index products of ,national ,oceanic and
 ,atmospheric ,administration for ,great
 ,lakes  7a7 ,update required for       
environmental sensitivity index products
 for ,great ,lakes ,not later than #ahj 
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,under ,secretary for    

,oceans and ,atmosphere shall commence  
updating the environmental sensitivity  
index products of the ,national ,oceanic
 and ,atmospheric ,administration for   
each coastal area of the ,great ,lakes4 
7b7 ,periodic updates for environmental 
sensitivity index products generally    
,subject to the availability of         
appropriations and the priorities set   
forth in subsection 7c71 the ,under     
,secretary shall-- 7#a7 periodically    
update the environmental sensitivity    
index products of the ,administration2  
and  7#b7 endeavor to do so not less    
frequently than once every #g years4    
7c7 ,priorities ,when prioritizing      
geographic areas to update environmental
 sensitivity index products1 the ,under 
,secretary shall consider--  7#a7 the   
age of existing environmental           
sensitivity index products for the      
areas2  7#b7 the occurrence of extreme  
events1 be it natural or man-made1 which
 have significantly altered the         
shoreline or ecosystem since the last   

update2  7#c7 the natural variability of
 shoreline and coastal environment2 and 
7#d7 the volume of vessel traffic and   
general vulnerability to spilled        
pollutants4  7d7 ,environmental         
sensitivity index product defined ,in   
this section1 the term environmental    
sensitivity index product means a map or
 similar tool that is utilized to       
identify sensitive shoreline1 coastal or
 offshore1 resources prior to an oil    
spill event in order to set baseline    
priorities for protection and plan      
cleanup strategies1 typically including 
information relating to shoreline type1 
biological resources1 and human use     
resources4  7e7 ,funding ,funds to carry
 out the activities under this section  
shall be derived from amounts authorized
 to be appropriated for the ,under      
,secretary that are enacted after the   
date of the enactment of this ,act4     
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