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INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-574
KEEPING ECOSYSTEMS LIVING AND PRODUCTIVE ACT
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
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 4458]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4458) to establish a grant program within the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to award grants to eligi-
ble entities for the purpose of carrying out projects on the conserva-
tion, restoration, or management of kelp forest ecosystems, 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 Keeping Ecosystems Living and Productive Act or
the KELP Act.
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR CONSERVING, RECOVERING, AND MAINTAINING KELP FOREST ECO-
SYSTEMS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.-The Administrator shall establish a grant program under
which the Administrator shall award grants to eligible entities described in sub-
section (b) to carry out projects relating to the conservation, restoration, or manage-
ment of kelp forest ecosystems.
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.-To be eligible for a grant under this section, an entity
shall-
(1) be a member of the fishing industry, an institution of higher education,
a nonprofit organization, an Indian Tribe, or a State agency;
(2) propose or be conducting a project relating to the conservation, restoration,
or management of kelp forest ecosystems developed through consultation with
any of the other entities described in paragraph (1); and
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