134 STAT. 5120 PUBLIC LAW 116–337—JAN. 13, 2021 Public Law 116–337 116th Congress An Act To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect and Restore America’s Estuaries Act’’. SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. Section 320(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘and Peconic Bay, New York’’ and inserting ‘‘Peconic Bay, New York; Casco Bay, Maine; Tampa Bay, Florida; Coastal Bend, Texas; San Juan Bay, Puerto Rico; Tillamook Bay, Oregon; Piscataqua Region, New Hampshire; Barnegat Bay, New Jersey; Maryland Coastal Bays, Maryland; Charlotte Harbor, Florida; Mobile Bay, Alabama; Morro Bay, California; and Lower Columbia River, Oregon and Wash- ington’’. SEC. 3. PURPOSES OF CONFERENCE. Section 320(b)(4) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(b)(4)) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘management plan that recommends’’ and inserting ‘‘management plan that— ‘‘(A) recommends’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(B) addresses the effects of recurring extreme weather events on the estuary, including the identification and assessment of vulnerabilities in the estuary and the development and implementation of adaptation strategies; and ‘‘(C) increases public education and awareness of the ecological health and water quality conditions of the estuary;’’. SEC. 4. MEMBERS OF CONFERENCE. Section 320(c)(5) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(c)(5)) is amended by inserting ‘‘nonprofit organiza- tions,’’ after ‘‘educational institutions,’’. SEC. 5. GRANTS. Section 320(g)(4)(C) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)(4)(C)) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding clause (i)— State listing. Protect and Restore America’s Estuaries Act. 33 USC 1251 note. Jan. 13, 2021 [H.R. 4044] VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:52 Mar 19, 2021 Jkt 019139 PO 00337 Frm 00001 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL337.116 PUBL337 dkrause on LAP5T8D0R2PROD with PUBLAWS 134 STAT. 5121 PUBLIC LAW 116–337—JAN. 13, 2021 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4044: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 116–288 (Comm. on Transportation and Infrastructure). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020): Feb. 5, considered and passed House. Dec. 31, considered and passed Senate. Æ (A) by inserting ‘‘, emerging,’’ after ‘‘urgent’’; and (B) by striking ‘‘coastal areas’’ and inserting ‘‘the estu- aries selected by the Administrator under subsection (a)(2), or that relate to the coastal resiliency of such estuaries’’; (2) by redesignating clauses (vi) and (vii) as clauses (viii) and (ix), respectively, and inserting after clause (v) the fol- lowing: ‘‘(vi) stormwater runoff; ‘‘(vii) accelerated land loss;’’; and (3) in clause (viii), as so redesignated, by inserting ‘‘, extreme weather,’’ after ‘‘sea level rise’’. SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Section 320(i)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(i)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026,’’ after ‘‘2021’’. Approved January 13, 2021. VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:52 Mar 19, 2021 Jkt 019139 PO 00337 Frm 00002 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6580 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL337.116 PUBL337 dkrause on LAP5T8D0R2PROD with PUBLAWS