Section, Pub. L. 94–265, title III, § 315, as added Pub. L. 109–479, title I, § 113(a), Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3601, related to regional coastal disaster assistance, transition, and recovery program.

Pub. L. 109–479, title I, § 115, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3604, provided that the Secretary of Commerce would establish an assistance program for the Gulf of Mexico commercial and recreational fishing industry and provided for allocation and use of funds for the program, with $17,500,000 appropriated for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 to carry out this section.