An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 111-463 to ensure that program evaluations assess whether the implementation of a comprehensive conservation and management plan is achieving its stated goals; (2) enhance public education on the connections between air, land, and water and the potential impacts on estuarine health; (3) strike the existing statutory priority list for estuaries to clarify that existing and proposed management conferences enter or remain in the program on a competitive basis, and (4) remove individuals from the list of approved recipients for grants under this program.

1. 1

   Change 1: Rewrites page 4, lines 13–15

   ReplacesPrinted page

   Removes page 4, lines 13–15 of the printed bill. See that page

   Inserted: (E) increases public education and awareness with respect to--

   Inserted: (i) the ecological health of the estuary;

   Inserted: (ii) the water quality conditions of the estuary; and

   Inserted: (iii) ocean, estuarine, land, and atmospheric connections and interactions;

   Original wording

   Page 4, strike lines 13 through 15 and insert the following:

2. 2

   Change 2: Inserts “the implementation of” before “the plan”

   InsertsPage 8, line 15Printed page

   …[inserted: the implementation of ]the plan…

   Original wording

   Page 8, line 15, insert “the implementation of” before “the plan”.

3. 3

   Change 3: Inserts “the implementation of” before “a comprehensive”

   InsertsPage 8, line 22Printed page

   …[inserted: the implementation of ]a comprehensive…

   Original wording

   Page 8, line 22, insert “the implementation of” before “a comprehensive”.

4. 4

   Change 4: Inserts “, including monitoring activities,” after “activities”

   InsertsPage 10, line 25Printed page

   …activities[inserted: , including monitoring activities,]…

   Original wording

   Page 10, line 25, insert “, including monitoring activities,” after “activities”.

5. 5

   Change 5: Inserts new text on page 11, line 18

   InsertsPrinted page

   Inserted: (1) Recipients.--Section 320(h)(1) of such Act (as redesignated by subsection (d) of this section) is amended by striking "other public" and all that follows before the period at the end and inserting "and other public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, and organizations".

   Original wording

   Page 11, after line 18, insert the following:

6. 6

   Change 6: Replaces “(1) In general.--” with “(2) Effects of probationary status.--”

   ReplacesPage 11, line 19Printed page

   [struck: (1) In general.--][inserted: (2) Effects of probationary status.--]

   Original wording

   Page 11, line 19, strike “(1) In general.--” and insert “(2) Effects of probationary status.--”.

7. 7

   Change 7: Inserts “further” before “amended”

   InsertsPage 11, line 21Printed page

   …[inserted: further ]amended…

   Original wording

   Page 11, line 21, insert “further” before “amended”.

8. 8

   Change 8: Replaces “(2)” with “(3)”

   ReplacesPage 12, line 17Printed page

   [struck: (2)][inserted: (3)]

   Original wording

   Page 12, line 17, strike “(2)” and insert “(3)”.

9. 9

   Change 9: Inserts new text on page 15, line 8

   InsertsPrinted page

   Inserted: (i) Convening of Conference.--Section 320(a)(2) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(a)(2)) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by striking "(2) Convening of conference.--" and all that follows through "In any case" and inserting the following:

   Inserted: "(2) Convening of conference.--In any case"; and

   Inserted: (2) by striking subparagraph (B).

   Original wording

   Page 15, after line 8, insert the following:

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As printed