NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION fisheries disaster assistance For an additional amount for “Fisheries Disaster Assistance”, $300,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, which shall only be for activities authorized under section 12005 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136): Provided, That the amount provided under this heading in this Act shall only be allocated to States of the United States bordering the Atlantic, Pacific, or Arctic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, or the Great Lakes, as well as Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and federally recognized Tribes in any of the Nation’s coastal States and territories, 134 STAT. 1910 and federally recognized Tribes in any of the Nation’s Great Lakes States with fisheries on the Tribe’s reservation or ceded or usual and accustomed territory: Provided further, That each State and territory in the preceding proviso, except those States only bordering the Great Lakes, shall receive an amount equal to not less than 1 percent of the amount provided under this heading in this Act and not greater than, from amounts provided under either section 12005 of Public Law 116–136 or amounts provided under this heading in this Act, that State or territory’s total annual average revenue from commercial fishing operations, aquaculture firms, the seafood supply chain, and charter fishing businesses: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this heading in this Act, $30,000,000 shall be for coronavirus related fishing impacts for Tribal fishery participants referenced in the first proviso: Provided further, That the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in consultation with Tribes referenced in the first proviso, shall develop an application and distribution process to disburse funds to all eligible impacted Tribes in a manner that takes into account economic, subsistence, and ceremonial impacts to Tribes and that ensures timely distribution of funds: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this heading in this Act, $15,000,000 shall be for all coronavirus related fishing impacts to non-tribal commercial, aquaculture, processor, and charter fishery participants in States of the United States bordering the Great Lakes: Provided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.