,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gigc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ab1 #bjbd,mr4
 ,gimenez 7for himself and ,ms4         
,wasserman ,schultz7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,commerce to establish a grant program  
to support the restoration of coral     
reefs in ,south ,florida4  #a4 ,south   
,florida coral reef restoration grant   
program  7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary
 shall establish a grant program to     
award amounts to eligible entities--    
7#a7 to carry out coral reef restoration
 activities in ,south ,florida2 or  7#b7
 to reimburse such eligible entities for
 amounts spent by such eligible entities
 to carry out coral reef restoration    
activities in ,south ,florida within the
 #e years preceding the date on which   
such eligible entities are awarded a    
grant under this section4  7b7          
,applications ,to be eligible for a     

grant under this section1 an eligible   
entity shall submit to the ,secretary an
 application in such form1 at such time1
 and containing such information as the 
,secretary determines appropriate4  7c7 
,grant amount limitation ,the ,secretary
 may not award any single eligible      
entity more than #a1jjj1jjj under this  
section in a single fiscal year4  7d7   
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to the 
,secretary to carry out this section    
#e1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years     
#bjbd through #bjbh4  7e7 ,definitions  
,in this section3 7#a7 ,coral reef      
restoration activity ,the term coral    
reef restoration activity means--  7,a7 
the sexual propagation of coral to      
increase diversity of genetic-based     
resiliency in support of coral          
restoration2 and  7,b7 the evacuation1  
rehabilitation1 and re-deployment of    
coral fragments4  7#b7 ,eligible entity 
,the term eligible entity-- 7,a7 means--
  7i7 a ,state2  7ii7 a local           

municipality2  7iii7 a nonprofit        
organization2 and  7iv7 a               
nongovernmental organization2 and  7,b7 
includes the ,mote ,marine ,laboratory4 
7#c7 ,nonprofit organization ,the term  
nonprofit organization means an         
organization--  7,a7 described in       
section #eja7;c77#c7 of the ,internal   
,revenue ,code of #aifh2 and  7,b7      
exempt from taxation under section      
#eja7;a7 of such ,code4  7#d7 ,secretary
 ,the term ,secretary means the         
,secretary of ,commerce1 acting through 
the ,administrator of the ,national     
,oceanic and ,atmospheric               
,administration4  7#e7 ,south ,florida  
,the term ,south ,florida means--  7,a7 
all land and water within the           
administrative boundaries of the ,south 
,florida ,water ,management ,district2  
7,b7 regional coastal waters1 including 
,biscayne ,bay1 the ,caloosahatchee     
,estuary1 ,florida ,bay1 ,indian ,river 
,lagoon1 and ,st4 ,lucie ,river         
,estuary2 and  7,c7 the ,florida ,reef  

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