PROTECTION OF TROPICAL FORESTS AND CORAL REEFS.

SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF TROPICAL FORESTS AND CORAL REEFS. (a) In General.—Section 802 of the Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2431), as renamed by section 2(a), is amended— (1) in subsections (a)(1), (a)(6), (b)(1), (b)(3), and (b)(4), by striking “tropical forests” each place it appears and inserting “tropical forests and coral reef ecosystems”; (2) in subsection (a)(2)(C), by striking “far-flung”; (3) in subsection (a)(7), by striking “tropical forests is critical to the protection of tropical forests” and inserting “tropical forests and coral reef ecosystems is critical to the protection of such areas”; and (4) in subsection (b)(2)— (A) by striking “tropical forests” the first place it appears and inserting “tropical forests and coral ecosystems”; (B) by striking “tropical forests” the second place it appears and inserting “areas”; and (C) by striking “tropical forests” the third place it appears and inserting “tropical forests and coral reef ecosystems”. (b) Amendments Related to Definitions.—Section 803 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2431a) is amended— (1) in paragraph (5)— (A) in the heading, by striking “tropical forest” and inserting “tropical forest or coral reef”; (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “tropical forest” and inserting “tropical forest or coral reef”; and (C) in subparagraph (B)— (i) by striking “tropical forest” and inserting “tropical forest or coral reef”; and (ii) by striking “tropical forests” and inserting “tropical forests or coral reefs”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: “(10) 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), Gorgonacea (horny corals), Stolonifera (organpipe corals and others), and Coenothecalia (blue coral), of the class Anthoza; and “(B) all species of the order Hydrocorallina (fire corals and hydrocorals) of the class Hydrozoa. “(11) Coral reef.—The term ‘coral reef’ means any reef or shoal composed primarily of coral. “(12) Coral reef ecosystem.—The term ‘coral reef ecosystem’ means any coral reef and any coastal marine ecosystem surrounding, or directly related to, a coral reef and important to maintaining the ecological integrity of that coral reef, such as seagrasses, mangroves, sandy seabed communities, and immediately adjacent coastal areas.” .