33 U.S.C. § 1131 : US Code - Section 1131: Authorization of appropriations

Search 33 U.S.C. § 1131 : US Code - Section 1131: Authorization of appropriations

(a) Authorization
(1) In general
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to
carry out this subchapter -
(A) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
(B) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
(C) $77,500,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(D) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(E) $82,500,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
(F) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.
(2) Priority activities
In addition to the amounts authorized under paragraph (1),
there are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years
2003 through 2008 -
(A) $5,000,000 for competitive grants for university research
on the biology and control of zebra mussels and other important
aquatic nonnative species;
(B) $5,000,000 for competitive grants for university research
on oyster diseases, oyster restoration, and oyster-related
human health risks;
(C) $5,000,000 for competitive grants for university research
on the biology, prevention, and forecasting of harmful algal
blooms, including Pfiesteria piscicida; and
(D) $3,000,000 for competitive grants for fishery extension
activities conducted by sea grant colleges or sea grant
institutes to enhance, and not supplant, existing core program
funding.
(b) Limitations
(1) Administration
There may not be used for administration of programs under this
subchapter in a fiscal year more than 5 percent of the lesser of -

(A) the amount authorized to be appropriated under this
subchapter for the fiscal year; or
(B) the amount appropriated under this subchapter for the
fiscal year.
(2) Use for other offices or programs
Sums appropriated under the authority of subsection (a)(2) of
this section shall not be available for administration of this
subchapter by the National Sea Grant Office, for any other
Administration or department program, or for any other
administrative expenses.
(c) Distribution of funds
In any fiscal year in which the appropriations made under
subsection (a)(1) of this section exceed the amounts appropriated
for fiscal year 2003 for the purposes described in such subsection,
the Secretary shall distribute any excess amounts (except amounts
used for the administration of the sea grant program) to any
combination of the following:
(1) sea grant programs, according to their rating under section
1123(d)(3)(A) of this title;
(2) national strategic investments authorized under section
1123(b)(4) of this title;
(3) a college, university, institution, association, or
alliance for activities that are necessary for it to be
designated as a sea grant college or sea grant institute; and
(4) a sea grant college or sea grant institute designated after
November 26, 2002, but not yet evaluated under section
1123(d)(3)(A) of this title.
(d) Availability of sums
Sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall remain available
until expended.
(e) Reversion of unobligated amounts
The amount of any grant, or portion of a grant, made to a person
under any section of this subchapter that is not obligated by that
person during the first fiscal year for which it was authorized to
be obligated or during the next fiscal year thereafter shall revert
to the Secretary. The Secretary shall add that reverted amount to
the funds available for grants under the section for which the
reverted amount was originally made available.