Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections
16 U.S.C. § 6481 — Susan L. Williams National Coral Reef Management Fellowship
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **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).
(2) **Fellow** — The term “fellow” means a National Coral Reef Management Fellow.
(3) **Fellowship** — The term “fellowship” means the National Coral Reef Management Fellowship established in subsection (c).
(4) **Covered Native entity** — The term “covered Native entity” has the meaning given the term in [section 6415 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6415&num=0&edition=prelim), as added by this division.
(5) **Covered State** — The term “covered State” has the meaning given the term in [section 6415 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6415&num=0&edition=prelim), as added by this division.
(6) **Native entity** — The term “Native entity” has the meaning given the term in [section 6415 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6415&num=0&edition=prelim), as added by this division.
(7) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Commerce.
**(b) Establishment of fellowship program**
(1) **In general** — There is established a National Coral Reef Management Fellowship Program.
(2) **Purposes** — The purposes of the fellowship are—
(A) to encourage future leaders of the United States to develop additional coral reef management capacity in States and local communities with coral reefs;
(B) to provide management agencies of covered States and covered Native entities with highly qualified candidat
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 16 U.S.C. § 6481
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.
Original supplied file — preserved unchanged
Download original Markdown file
File SHA-256: fb9b95caea87354114b38cf9f9f47eb2cd671790f375db5b3610591c493638e3. The original may include catalog metadata, neighboring provisions, or embedded records outside this collection's scope. Search shows only the selected federal record. Historical editions and unverified snapshots are not a statement of current law.
Authority boundary: historical or unconfirmed source not current law verified.
Open the recorded source website ↗
Record provenance
Stable record: federal_law:legal_authorities:record_usc_f73d5372f038565f0c505156
Source file: Laws/federal/codes/united-states-code/title-16/section-6481-susan-l-williams-national-coral-reef-management-fellowship--0aea2e822c.md
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: 992e5fce267c5841d174494e60db5e4f58c0df5d3f60f36677f02b70922e506a
Source location: Title 16, Chapter 83A, § 6481; chapter-83a-coral-reef-conservation-management-and-assistance.md
Stored source content
**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **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).
(2) **Fellow** — The term “fellow” means a National Coral Reef Management Fellow.
(3) **Fellowship** — The term “fellowship” means the National Coral Reef Management Fellowship established in subsection (c).
(4) **Covered Native entity** — The term “covered Native entity” has the meaning given the term in [section 6415 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6415&num=0&edition=prelim), as added by this division.
(5) **Covered State** — The term “covered State” has the meaning given the term in [section 6415 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6415&num=0&edition=prelim), as added by this division.
(6) **Native entity** — The term “Native entity” has the meaning given the term in [section 6415 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6415&num=0&edition=prelim), as added by this division.
(7) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Commerce.
**(b) Establishment of fellowship program**
(1) **In general** — There is established a National Coral Reef Management Fellowship Program.
(2) **Purposes** — The purposes of the fellowship are—
(A) to encourage future leaders of the United States to develop additional coral reef management capacity in States and local communities with coral reefs;
(B) to provide management agencies of covered States and covered Native entities with highly qualified candidates whose education and work experience meet the specific needs of each covered State or covered Native entity; and
(C) to provide fellows with professional experience in management of coastal and coral reef resources.
**(c) Fellowship awards**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall award a fellowship in accordance with this subsection.
(2) **Term of fellowship** — A fellowship awarded under this subsection shall be for a term of not more than 2 years.
(3) **Qualifications** — The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall award a fellowship to individuals who have demonstrated—
(A) an intent to pursue a career in marine services and outstanding potential for such a career;
(B) leadership potential, actual leadership experience, or both;
(C) possession of a college or graduate degree in biological science, a college or graduate degree in resource management with experience that correlates with aptitude and interest for marine management, or both;
(D) proficient writing and speaking skills; and
(E) such other attributes as the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, considers appropriate.
**(d) Matching requirement**
(1) **In general** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), the non-Federal share of the costs of a fellowship under this section shall be 25 percent of such costs.
(2) **Waiver of matching requirement** — The Secretary may waive the application of paragraph (1) to a fellowship if the Secretary finds that such waiver is necessary to support a project that the Secretary has identified as a high priority.
Cross-references
Connections may be documented source relationships, shared citations or nearby passages. Each explains its basis; a connection alone does not establish applicability to your situation.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
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
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 16 U.S.C. § 6415
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
For the purposes of this chapter, the term—
**(a)** “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior;
**(b)** “Native” means a citizen of the United States who is a person of one-fourth degree or more Alaska Indian (including Tsimshian Indians not enrolled in the Metlaktla 11 So in original. Probably should be “Metlakatla”. Indian Community) Eskimo, or Aleut blood, or combination thereof. The term includes any Native as so defined either or both of whose adoptive parents are not Natives. It also includes, in the absence of proof of a minimum blood quantum, any citizen of the United States who is regarded as an Alaska Native by the Native village or Native group of which he claims to be a member and whose father or mother is (or, if deceased, was) regarded as Native by any village or group. Any decision of the Secretary regarding eligibility for enrollment shall be final;
**(c)** “Native village” means any tribe, band, clan, group, village, community, or association in Alaska listed in sections 1610 and 1615 of this title, or which meets the requirements of this chapter, and which the Secretary determines was, on the 1970 census enumeration date (as shown by the census or other evidence satisfactory to the Secretary, who shall make findings of fact in each instance), composed of twenty-five or more Natives;
**(d)** “Native group” means any tribe, band, clan, village, community, or village association of Natives in Alaska composed of less than twenty-five Natives, who comprise a majority of the residents of the locality;
**(e)** “Public lands” means all Federal lands and interests therein located in Alaska except: (1) the smallest practicable tract, as determined by the Secretary, enclosing land actually used in connection with the administration of any Federal instal
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 43 U.S.C. § 1602
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
Page 2595
TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 6481
(2) coral reef action plans in effect under sec-
tion 205 of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of
2000 [16 U.S.C. 6404], as added by this division,
as applicable.
(b) Coral Reef Initiative
The Secretary may establish a Coral Reef Ini-
tiative Program—
(1) to provide grant funding to support local
management, conservation, and protection of
coral reef ecosystems in—
(A) coastal areas of covered States; and
(B) Freely Associated States;
(2) to enhance resource availability of Na-
tional Park Service and National Wildlife Ref-
uge System management units to implement
coral reef conservation and restoration activi-
ties;
(3) to complement the other conservation
and assistance activities conducted under this
Act or the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000
[16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.], as amended by section
10001; and
(4) to provide other technical, scientific, and
financial assistance and conduct conservation
and restoration activities that advance the
purposes of this title and the Coral Reef Con-
servation Act of 2000, as amended by this divi-
sion.
(c) Consultation with the Department of Com-
merce
(1) Coral reef conservation and restoration ac-
tivities
The Secretary of the Interior may consult
with the Secretary of Commerce regarding the
conduct of any activities to conserve and re-
store coral reefs and coral reef ecosystems in
waters managed under the jurisdiction of the
Federal agencies specified in paragraphs (2)
and (3) of section 203(c) of the Coral Reef Con-
servation Act of 2000 [16 U.S.C. 6402(c)(2), (3)],
as added by this division.
(2) Award of Coral Reef Management Fellow-
ship
The Secretary of the Interior shall consult
with the Secretary of Commerce to award the
Susan L. Williams Coral Reef Manag
Source: Supplied 2024 U.S. Code historical extraction · 16 U.S.C. § 6481
Stored review status: historical_2024_not_currentness_verified. Same stored citation; legal effect and authority still require review.