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1 (1) establish and maintain a list of those State 



2 shellfish growing and harvesting areas where shell- 



3 fish harvesting is conditional or prohibited; 



4 (2) determine the causes of those conditions 



5 and prohibitions; and 



6 (3) evaluate the potential for removing those 



7 conditions and prohibitions. 



8 (b) Cooperative Agreements.— The Secretary of 



9 Commerce may enter into cooperative agreements A\ith 



10 States for developing and implementing restoration pro- 



11 grams for shellfish growing and harvesting areas listed 



1 2 under subsection (a)(1). 



13 SEC. 11. definitions. 



14 For the purpose of this Act, the term — 



15 (1) "Conference" means the Interstate Shellfish 



16 Sanitation Conference; 



17 (2) "Program" means the National Shellfish 



18 Safety Program established under section 3; 



19 (3) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health 



20 and Human Services; 



21 (4) "shellfish"— 



22 (A) means any species of moUuscan bi- 



23 valves; 



24 (B) includes oysters, clams, mussels, and 



25 scallops (except scallop abductor muscles); and 



