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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-573
CHESAPEAKE BAY SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND
ECOSYSTEM ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2021
NOVEMBER 16, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 3540]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3540) to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Office of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other
purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do
pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem
Enhancement Act of 2021.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration's Chesapeake Bay Office should be the primary representative of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRA-
TION CHESAPEAKE BAY OFFICE.
Section 307 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authoriza-
tion Act of 1992 (15 U.S.C. 1511d) is amended-
(1) in subsection (a)-
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking (in this section and all that follows and
inserting a period;
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
(2) The Office shall be headed by a Director, who-
(A) shall have knowledge and experience in research or resource manage-
ment efforts in the Chesapeake Bay; and
(B) shall be responsible for the administration and operation of the office and
the implementation of this section.; and
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