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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2046

To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants

to coastal States for development of State coastal zone management

program changes to support adoption of procedures and policies to evaluate and facilitate siting of certain aquaculture facilities in the coastal

zone, and to establish in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a marine aquaculture development program to be known as the

Nantucket Program.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 17, 1995

Mr. REED introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Resources

A BILL

To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to

authorize grants to coastal States for development of

State coastal zone management program changes to support adoption of procedures and policies to evaluate and

facilitate siting of certain aquaculture facilities in the

coastal zone, and to establish in the National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration a marine aquaculture

development program to be known as the Nantucket

Program.

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Aquaculture Employ3 ment Investment Act’’.

4 SEC. 2. AQUACULTURE IN THE COASTAL ZONE.

5 Section 309(a) of the Coastal Zone Management Act

6 of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456b(a)) is amended by adding at

7 the end the following new paragraph:

8 ‘‘(9) Adoption of procedures and policies to

9 evaluate and facilitate the siting of public and pri10 vate aquaculture facilities in the coastal zone which

11 will enable States to formulate, administer, and im12 plement strategic plans for marine aquaculture.’’.

13 SEC. 3. THE NANTUCKET PROGRAM.

14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—There is estab15 lished within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad16 ministration a marine aquaculture development program

17 to be known as the Nantucket Program (in this section

18 referred to as the ‘‘Program’’). The purpose of the Pro19 gram is to expand coastal economic opportunities through

20 activities that provide job training, technical assistance,

21 and employment opportunities in marine aquaculture,

22 transplant, and relay operations.

23 (b) GRANTS.—

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of

25 appropriations, the Secretary of Commerce (in this

26 section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall provide
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1 grants under the Program to eligible coastal commu2 nities to develop marine aquaculture training and

3 support activities that contribute to achieving the

4 purpose of the Program set forth in subsection (a).

5 (2) GRANT ELIGIBILITY.—A coastal community

6 shall be an eligible coastal community under para7 graph (1) if the Secretary determines that the com8 munity meets the criteria issued under paragraph

9 (3).

10 (3) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.—The Secretary

11 shall issue guidelines and criteria for determining

12 whether a coastal community is an eligible coastal

13 community under paragraph (1).

14 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For

15 grants under subsection (b) there are authorized to be ap16 propriated to the Secretary $6,000,000 for each of fiscal

17 years 1996, 1997, and 1998.

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