National estuary program

(a) In general Section 320 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking and Pensacola and Perdido Bays, Florida and inserting Pensacola and Perdido Bays, Florida; and Mississippi Sound, Mississippi; and (2) in subsection (i)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 2026 and inserting 2031. (b) Ineligibility with respect to fiscal years 2026 and 2027 With respect to the amendment made by subsection (a)(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not use for the implementation of that amendment, including, with respect to Mississippi Sound, Mississippi, convening a management conference, developing or carrying out a comprehensive conservation and management plan, or providing grants under section 320 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330)— (1) any amounts appropriated to carry out the national estuary program under that section for fiscal year 2026; or (2) unless the total amount appropriated to carry out that program for fiscal year 2027 is at least $850,000 more than the total amount appropriated to carry out that program for fiscal year 2024, any amounts appropriated to carry out that program for fiscal year 2027.

(a) In general Section 320 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking and Pensacola and Perdido Bays, Florida and inserting Pensacola and Perdido Bays, Florida; and Mississippi Sound, Mississippi; and (2) in subsection (i)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 2026 and inserting 2031. (b) Ineligibility with respect to fiscal years 2026 and 2027 With respect to the amendment made by subsection (a)(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not use for the implementation of that amendment, including, with respect to Mississippi Sound, Mississippi, convening a management conference, developing or carrying out a comprehensive conservation and management plan, or providing grants under section 320 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330)— (1) any amounts appropriated to carry out the national estuary program under that section for fiscal year 2026; or (2) unless the total amount appropriated to carry out that program for fiscal year 2027 is at least $850,000 more than the total amount appropriated to carry out that program for fiscal year 2024, any amounts appropriated to carry out that program for fiscal year 2027.