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16 U.S.C. § 6451 — Establishment
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There is established a task force to lead, coordinate, and strengthen Federal Government actions to better preserve, conserve, and restore coral reef ecosystems, to be known as the “United States Coral Reef Task Force” (in this subchapter referred to as the “Task Force”).
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There is established a task force to lead, coordinate, and strengthen Federal Government actions to better preserve, conserve, and restore coral reef ecosystems, to be known as the “United States Coral Reef Task Force” (in this subchapter referred to as the “Task Force”).
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**(a) In general** Subject to the availability of appropriations, the head of any Federal agency with a representative serving on the United States Coral Reef Task Force established by [section 6451 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6451&num=0&edition=prelim), may, individually or in cooperation with one or more agencies, carry out a program to award prizes competitively under [section 3719 of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3719&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Purposes** Any program carried out under this section shall be for the purpose of stimulating innovation to advance the ability of the United States to understand, research, or monitor coral reef ecosystems, or to develop management or adaptation options to preserve, sustain, and restore coral reef ecosystems.
**(c) Priority programs** Priority shall be given to establishing programs under this section that address communities, environments, or industries that are in distress as a result of the decline or degradation of coral reef ecosystems, including—
(1) scientific research and monitoring that furthers the understanding of causes behind coral reef decline and degradation and the generally slow recovery following disturbances, including changing ocean chemistry, temperature-related bleaching, disease, and their associated impacts on coral physiology;
(2) the development of monitoring or management options for communities or industries that are experiencing significant financial hardship;
(3) the development of adaptation options to alleviate economic harm and job loss caused by damage to coral reef ecosystems;
(4) the development of measures to help vulnerable communities or industries, with an emph
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In this chapter:
(1) **Administrator** — The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(2) **Alaska Native Corporation** — The term “Alaska Native Corporation” has the meaning given the term “Native Corporation” in [section 1602 of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1602&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Appropriate congressional committees** — The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.
(4) **Conservation** — The term “conservation” means the use of methods and procedures necessary to preserve or sustain native corals and associated species as diverse, viable, and self-perpetuating coral reef ecosystems with minimal impacts from invasive species, including—
(A) all activities associated with resource management, such as monitoring, assessment, protection, restoration, sustainable use, management of habitat, and maintenance or augmentation of genetic diversity;
(B) mapping;
(C) scientific expertise and technical assistance in the development and implementation of management strategies for marine protected areas and marine resources required by Federal law;
(D) law enforcement;
(E) conflict resolution initiatives;
(F) community outreach and education; and
(G) promotion of safe and ecologically sound navigation and anchoring.
(5) **Coral** — The term “coral” means species of the phylum Cnidaria, including—
(A) all species of the orders Antipatharia (black corals), Scleractinia (stony corals), Alcyonacea (soft corals, organ pipe corals, gorgonians), and Helioporacea (blue coral), of the class
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 6451
1 So in original. A closing parenthesis probably should precede
the period.
(B) Federal agencies specified
A Federal agency specified in this subpara-
graph is one of the following:
(i) The National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration.
(ii) The National Park Service.
(iii) The United States Fish and Wildlife
Service.
(iv) The Office of Insular Affairs.
(14) Institution of higher education
The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’
has the meaning given that term in section
1001 of title 20.
(15) Interested stakeholder groups
The term ‘‘interested stakeholder groups’’
means any of the following with interest in an
applicable coral reef or ecologically signifi-
cant unit of a coral reef:
(A) A business.
(B) A commercial or recreational fisher-
man.
(C) A recreationalist.
(D) A Federal, State, Tribal, or local gov-
ernment unit with related jurisdiction.
(E) An institution of higher education (as
such term is defined in section 1001(a) of
title 20.1
(F) A nongovernmental organization.
(16) National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy
The term ‘‘National Coral Reef Resilience
Strategy’’ means the National Coral Reef Re-
silience Strategy in effect under section 6403
of this title.
(17) Native entity
The term ‘‘Native entity’’ means any of the
following:
(A) An Indian Tribe (as defined in section
5304 of title 25).
(B) An Alaska Native Corporation.
(C) The Department of Hawaiian Home
Lands.
(D) The Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
(E) A Native Hawaiian organization (as de-
fined in section 7517 of title 20).
(18) Nonprofit organization
The term ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means
any corporation, trust, association, coopera-
tive, or other organization, not including an
institution of higher education
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