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To provide grants and cooperative agreements to help identify, determine sources of, assess, reduce, and prevent marine debris and its adverse impacts on the marine environment and navigation safety within the coastal United States, territories, and Freely Associated States. Awards that are made under this program from annual appropriations, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Supplemental Appropriations Act, Inflation Reduction Act, and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021) will remove marine debris from coastal habitats, including through interception technologies; explore non-regulatory incentives to reduce the quantity and impacts of derelict fishing gear, abandoned and derelict vessels, and other large debris; support regional coordination among marine debris practitioners, states, and tribes; conduct outreach and education activities aimed at preventing marine debris; develop interagency plans to respond to “severe marine debris events” and other natural disasters; assess debris composition, volume, and trajectory in different marine and coastal ecosystems; conduct research and development on marine debris impacts and distribution; and estimate the potential impacts of marine debris on coastal resources, habitats, and economies.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
For more information on each of these data sources, please see the
About the data page.
FY2020 Marine Debris Removal; $1,298,805; 10 projects supported. FY2020 Marine Debris Prevention; $1,372,308; 13 projects supported.
FY2021 Marine Debris Removal; $1,765,018; 10 projects supported. FY2021 Marine Debris Research; $1,431,780; 5 projects supported.
Fiscal Year 2022: FY2022 Marine Debris Removal; $1,995,000; 6 projects supported. FY2022 Marine Debris Prevention; $1,658,642; 8 projects supported.
FY23 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: 11 large-scale marine debris removal projects supported, $66,163,270; 2 interception technology projects supported, $1,016,825; and 1 award to support removal of marine debris in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, $1,200,000. FY23 Marine Debris Program base appropriations: 3 marine debris prevention awards supported, $341,605; 1 award to support International Coastal Cleanup, $300,000.
Fiscal Year 2024: For BIL, 9 large-scale marine debris removal projects supported for over $20.4M and 4 interception technology projects supported for over $2.6M. One $2.25M IRA award to Pinellas County, FL to conduct a marine debris removal competition. One $6.3M award to NFWF. One BIL award to support removal of marine debris in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, $1,200,000. Several base awards to the University of New Hampshire.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
