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§ 2908. Funding

(a) Authorization of appropriations
(1) Estuary habitat restoration projects
There is authorized to be appropriated for carrying out and providing technical assistance for estuary habitat restoration projects—
(A) to the Secretary, $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012;
(B) to the Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service), $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012;
(C) to the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the Department of Commerce, $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012;
(D) to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012; and
(E) to the Secretary of Agriculture, $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
Such sums shall remain available until expended.
(2) Monitoring
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the Department of Commerce for the acquisition, maintenance, and management of monitoring data on restoration projects carried out under this chapter and other information compiled under section 2906 of this title, $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2012. Such sums shall remain available until expended.
(b) Set-aside for administrative expenses of the Council
Not to exceed 3 percent of the amounts appropriated for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(1) of this section or $1,500,000, whichever is greater, may be used by the Secretary for administration and operation of the Council.
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