; (2) technical merit; (3) achievability, expertise, and track record; and (4) equity and community impacts. (e) Requirements A grant or cooperative agreement under subsection (a) shall be for an amount and term determined appropriate by the Secretary. 304. Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029. B Working waterfronts preservation 311. Working waterfront access protection grant program (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Boat The term boat means a watercraft that is not built in a shipyard, and is typically of the type suitable or intended for personal use or for use in a fishery. (2) Boatbuilding industry The term boatbuilding industry means an industry primarily engaged in building boats. (3) Coastal waters The term coastal waters means— (A) in the Great Lakes area, the waters within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States consisting of the Great Lakes, their connecting waters, harbors, roadsteads, and estuary-type areas such as bays, shallows, and marshes; and (B) in other areas, those waters, adjacent to the shorelines, which contain a measurable quantity or percentage of sea water, including sounds, bays, lagoons, bayous, ponds, and estuaries. (4) Eligible entity The term eligible entity means— (A) the government of a coastal State; (B) a unit of local government within a coastal State; (C) a nonprofit organization that the Secretary determines is appropriate to receive a grant under subsection (b); or (D) a participant in the commercial fishing industry, the mariculture industry, or the for-hire recreational fishing industry. (5) Eligible project The term eligible project means a project— (A) to— (i) make improvements to real property that is a working waterfront area located in a coastal State and owned by an eligible entity, including— (I) the construction or repair of wharfs or related facilities