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[120 STAT. 3653]
PUBLIC LAW 109-000—MMMM. DD, 2006
[120 STAT. 3653]

PUBLIC LAW 109–479—JAN. 12, 2007

120 STAT. 3653

tidelands described in the settlement agreement, owned, leased or otherwise subject to harvest by those persons or entities that qualify as growers. (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the Interior. (5) SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘settlement agreement’’ means the settlement agreement entered into by and between the Tribes, commercial shellfish growers, the State of Washington and the United States, to resolve certain disputes between and among them regarding implementation of the Tribes’ treaty right to take shellfish from certain covered tidelands owned, leased or otherwise subject to harvest by the growers. (6) TRIBES.—The term ‘‘Tribes’’ means the following federally recognized Tribes that executed the settlement agreement: Tulalip, Stillaguamish, Sauk Suiattle, Puyallup, Squaxin Island, Makah, Muckleshoot, Upper Skagit, Nooksack, Nisqually, Skokomish, Port Gamble S’Klallam, Lower Elwha Klallam, Jamestown S’Klallam, and Suquamish Tribes, the Lummi Nation, and the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. (7) SPECIAL HOLDING ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘Special Holding Account’’ means the Puget Sound Shellfish Settlement Special Holding Account established by this section. (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated $23,500,000 to carry out this section— (A) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; (B) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2010; and (C) $6,500,000 for fiscal year 2011.

TITLE VIII—TSUNAMI WARNING AND EDUCATION

Tsunami Warning and Education Act.

SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Tsunami Warning and Education Act’’. SEC. 802. DEFINITIONS.

33 USC 3201 note.

33 USC 3201.

In this title: (1) The term ‘‘Administration’’ means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. SEC. 803. PURPOSES.

33 USC 3202.

The purposes of this title are— (1) to improve tsunami detection, forecasting, warnings, notification, outreach, and mitigation to protect life and property in the United States; (2) to enhance and modernize the existing Pacific Tsunami Warning System to increase coverage, reduce false alarms, and increase the accuracy of forecasts and warnings, and to expand detection and warning systems to include other vulnerable States and United States territories, including the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico areas;

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