S.Amdt. 5279

SA 5279. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 5194 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill H.R. 5376, to
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Strike section 40001 and insert the following:

SEC. 40001. INVESTING IN COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND CLIMATE
RESILIENCE.

(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise
available, there is appropriated to the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration for fiscal year 2022, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$2,100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026,
to provide funding through direct expenditure, contracts,
grants, cooperative agreements, or technical assistance to
coastal states (as defined in paragraph (4) of section 304 of
the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453(4))),
the District of Columbia, Tribal Governments, nonprofit
organizations, local governments, and institutions of higher
education (as defined in subsection (a) of section 101 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))), for the
conservation, restoration, and protection of coastal and
marine habitats, resources, Pacific salmon, and other marine
fisheries, to enable coastal communities to prepare for
extreme storms and other changing climate conditions, and for
projects that support natural resources that sustain coastal
and marine resource dependent communities, marine fishery and
marine mammal stock assessments, and for related
administrative expenses.
(b) Tribal Government Defined.--In this section, the term
``Tribal Government'' means the recognized governing body of
any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo,
village, community, component band, or component reservation,
individually identified (including parenthetically) in the
list published most recently as of the date of enactment of
this subsection pursuant to section 104 of the Federally
Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).
(c) Improving Coast Guard Housing, Medical, and Child Care
Facilities.--In addition to amounts otherwise available,
there is appropriated to the Coast Guard for fiscal year
2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, $500,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2026, for the improvement of Coast Guard
operations through the procurement, construction,
improvement, or repair of Coast Guard housing, medical
facilities, and child care facilities, including procurement,
construction, improvement, or repair to improve the
resilience of such facilities with respect to extreme storms
and other changing climate conditions.
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