1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Oceans and Coastal Security Improvements Act of 2024 . 2. Improvements to National Oceans and Coastal Security Act (a) References Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this section an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to or a repeal of a provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a provision of the National Oceans and Coastal Security Act ( 16 U.S.C. 7501 et seq. ). (b) Definitions Section 902 ( 16 U.S.C. 7501 ) is amended to read as follows: 902. Definitions In this title: (1) Administrator Except as otherwise specifically provided, the term Administrator means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2) Blue carbon benefits The term blue carbon benefits means the carbon sequestered and stored by coastal and marine ecosystems, including salt marshes, mangroves, and seagrasses. (3) Coastal county The term coastal county has the meaning given the term by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the document entitled NOAA’s List of Coastal Counties for the Bureau of the Census (or similar successor document). (4) Coastal Indian Tribe The term coastal Indian Tribe means an Indian Tribe with respect to which the following is located, in whole or in part, within a coastal State: (A) Land held by the Indian Tribe— (i) in fee