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112 STAT. 3450 PUBLIC LAW 105-383—NOV. 13, 1998 (1) $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1999, $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2000, and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 may be used to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out research and assessment activities, including procurement of necessary research equipment, at research laboratories of the National Ocean Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service; (2) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $5,500,000 for fiscal year 2000, and $5,500,000 for fiscal year 2001 may be used to carry out the Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) project under the Coastal Ocean Program established under section 201(c) of Public Law 102-567; (3) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 may be used by the National Ocean Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out a peer-reviewed research project on management measures that can be taken to prevent, reduce, control, and mitigate harmful algal blooms; (4) $5,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 may be used to carry out Federal and State annual monitoring and analysis activities for harmful algal blooms administered by the National Ocean Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and (5) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $3,750,000 for fiscal year 2000, and $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 may be used for activities related to research and monitoring on hypoxia by the National Ocean Service and the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 16 USC 1451 SEC. 606. PROTECTION OF STATES' RIGHTS. (a) Nothing in this title shall be interpreted to adversely affect existing State regulatory or enforcement power which has been granted to any State through the Clean Water Act or Coastal Zone Msmagement Act of 1972. (b) Nothing in this title shall be interpreted to expand the regulatory or enforcement power of the Federal Government which has been delegated to any State through the Clean Water Act or Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. Approved November 13, 1998. LEGISLATIVE fflSTORY—H.R. 2204 (S. 1259): HOUSE REPORTS: No. 105-236 (Comm. on Transportation and Infrastructure). SENATE REPORTS: No. 105-246 accompanying S. 1259 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 143 (1997): Oct. 21, considered and passed House. Vol. 144 (1998): Oct. 12, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 1259. Oct. 15, House concurred in Senate amendment with an amendment. Oct. 21, Senate concurred in House amendment.