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Union Calendar No. 254

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 1965

[Report No. 104–521]

To reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 29, 1995

Mr. SAXTON (for himself, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. FARR, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr.

STUDDS, Mr. HORN, Mr. TORKILDSEN, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania,

Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. LOBIONDO,

Mr. DE LA GARZA, Mr. KLUG, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. REED, Mr. SPENCE,

Mr. FROST, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. TORRES, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island,

Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. BEILENSON, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr.

GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. FILNER, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. PALLONE, Mr.

BERMAN, Mr. GOSS, Mr. JOHNSTON of Florida, Mr. CARDIN, Mr.

MEEHAN, Mr. LANTOS, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. BALDACCI,

Ms. FURSE, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr. SHAYS, Mr.

STUPAK, Mr. MANTON, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. HOYER, Mr. GILMAN,

Mr. GEJDENSON, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. FLAKE, Mr.

KENNEDY of Massachusetts, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO ́, Mr. ENGEL, Mr.

EHLERS, Mr. FORBES, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. SPRATT,

Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. ZIMMER, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. QUINN,

Mr. WALSH, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. LAZIO of

New York, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mrs. KELLY, Ms. WOOLSEY,

Mr. NADLER, Mr. MINETA, Mr. FRISA, Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania, and

Mr. DEFAZIO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Resources

APRIL 16, 1996

Additional sponsors: Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mrs. SEASTRAND, Mr.

WYDEN, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. BLUTE, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. STARK, Mrs.

MALONEY, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. HEFNER,

Mr. SANFORD, Mr. MARTINI, Mr. OWENS, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. MATSUI, Mr.

TORRICELLI, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. DIXON, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. PETERSON

of Florida, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. LONGLEY, Mr. HASTINGS
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of Florida, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. RIGGS, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. ROSE, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr. BORSKI, Mr.

BACHUS, Mr. WATT of North Carolina, Mr. BONIOR, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr.

FOLEY, Mrs. KENNELLY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr.

SHAW, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. VENTO, Mr. MORAN, Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. LAFALCE,

Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. BILIRAKIS, and Mr.

MCHUGH

APRIL 16, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 29, 1995]

A BILL

To reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972,

and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coastal Zone Manage5 ment Reauthorization Act of 1996’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF

7 STATE COASTAL PROGRAMS.

8 (a) REAUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.—Section 305(a)

9 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C.

10 1454(a)) is amended—

11 (1) by striking ‘‘1991, 1992, and 1993’’ and in12 serting ‘‘1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999’’; and

13 (2) by striking ‘‘two’’ and inserting ‘‘four’’.
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1 (b) TERMINATION OF PROGRAM.—

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 305 of the Coastal

3 Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1454) is

4 amended—

5 (A) by striking subsection (a);

6 (B) by striking ‘‘(b)’’; and

7 (C) by amending the heading to read as fol8 lows:

9 ‘‘SUBMITTAL OF STATE PROGRAM FOR APPROVAL’’.

10 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section

11 308(b)(2)(B) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of

12 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1457(b)(2)(B)) is amended—

13 (A) in clause (iv) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the

14 semicolon;

15 (B) by striking clause (v); and

16 (C) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause

17 (v).

18 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall take

19 effect on October 1, 1999.

20 SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE FOR COASTAL ZONE

21 ENHANCEMENT.

22 Section 309(b) of the Coastal Zone Management Act

23 of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456b(b)) is amended—

24 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Subject to’’; and

25 (2) by adding at the end the following new para26 graph:
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1 ‘‘(2)(A) In addition to any amounts provided under

2 section 306, and subject to the availability of appropria3 tions, the Secretary may make grants under this subsection

4 to States for implementing program changes approved by

5 the Secretary in accordance with section 306(e).

6 ‘‘(B) Grants under this paragraph to implement a pro7 gram change may not be made in any fiscal year after the

8 second fiscal year that begins after the approval of that

9 change by the Secretary.’’.

10 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR

11 GRANTS.

12 Section 318 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of

13 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1464) is amended—

14 (1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 318.’’ and all that follows

15 through subsection (a) and inserting the following:

16 ‘‘SEC. 318. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated

17 to the Secretary, to remain available until expended—

18 ‘‘(1) for grants under sections 306, 306A, and

19 309—

20 ‘‘(A) $46,200,000 for fiscal year 1996;

21 ‘‘(B) $47,600,000 for fiscal year 1997;

22 ‘‘(C) $49,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;

23 ‘‘(D) $50,500,000 for fiscal year 1999; and

24 ‘‘(E) $52,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; and

25 ‘‘(2) for grants under section 315—
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1 ‘‘(A) $4,300,000 for fiscal year 1996;

2 ‘‘(B) $4,400,000 for fiscal year 1997;

3 ‘‘(C) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 1998;

4 ‘‘(D) $4,600,000 for fiscal year 1999; and

5 ‘‘(E) $4,700,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’;

6 (2) by striking subsection (b); and

7 (3) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) in

8 order as subsections (b) and (c).

9 SEC. 5. COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND.

10 (a) AUTHORIZATION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EX11 PENSES.—Section 308(b)(2)(A) of the Coastal Zone Man12 agement Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456a(b)(2)(A)) is amended

13 to read as follows:

14 ‘‘(A) Expenses incident to the administration of

15 this title, in an amount not to exceed for each of fiscal

16 years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 the higher

17 of—

18 ‘‘(i) $4,000,000; or

19 ‘‘(ii) 8 percent of the total amount appro20 priated under this title for the fiscal year.’’.

21 (b) AUTHORIZATION FOR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

22 GRANTS.—Section 308(b)(2)(B)(v) of the Coastal Zone

23 Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456a(b)(2)(B)(v)) is

24 amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(v) program development grants as author2 ized by section 305, in an amount not to exceed

3 $500,000 for fiscal year 1996, and $200,000 for

4 each of fiscal years 1997, 1998, and 1999; and’’.

5 SEC. 6. MATCHING REQUIREMENT.

6 Section 315(e)(3) of the Coastal Zone Management Act

7 of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1461(e)(3)) is amended by adding at

8 the end the following new subparagraph:

9 ‘‘(C) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B), fi10 nancial assistance under this subsection provided from

11 amounts recovered as natural resource damages may be

12 used to pay 100 percent of the costs of activities carried

13 out with the assistance.’’.

Union Calendar No. 254

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 1965

[Report No. 104–521]

A BILL

To reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act

of 1972, and for other purposes.

APRIL 16, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and