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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1965

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

A BILL

To reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972,

and for other purposes.
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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 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR DE7 VELOPMENT OF STATE COASTAL PROGRAMS.

8 Section 305(a) of the Coastal Zone Management Act

9 of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1454(a)) is amended—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘1991, 1992, and 1993’’ and in11 serting ‘‘1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999’’; and

12 (2) by striking ‘‘two’’ and inserting ‘‘four’’.

13 SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE FOR COASTAL

14 ZONE ENHANCEMENT.

15 Section 309(b) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 1456b(b)) is

16 amended—

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

18 (2) by adding at the end the following new

19 paragraph:

20 ‘‘(2)(A) Following the approval of program changes

21 by the Secretary in accordance with section 306(e) and

22 subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary

23 may make grants under this subsection to States for im24 plementing the changes.
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1 ‘‘(B) Grants may be made under this paragraph to

2 implement a program change only in the first 2 full fiscal

3 years following the approval of the change by the Sec4 retary.’’.

5 SEC. 4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF NATIONAL ES6 TUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE BOUNDARIES.

7 Section 315(e) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 1461(e)) is

8 amended by adding at the end the following new para9 graph:

10 ‘‘(4) Financial assistance under paragraph (1)(B) for

11 research may be used for research activities conducted

12 outside the boundaries of a national estuarine reserve if

13 such activities support research conducted within the

14 boundaries of the reserve.’’.

15 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

16 (a) STATE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.—Sec17 tion 318(a)(1) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 1464(a)(1)) is

18 amended to read as follows:

19 ‘‘(1) for grants under section 305, to remain

20 available until expended, $750,000 for each of the

21 fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,

22 and 2002;’’.

23 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT,

24 AND COASTAL ZONE ENHANCEMENT GRANTS.—Section
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1 318(a)(2) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1464(a)(2)) is amended

2 to read as follows:

3 ‘‘(2) for grants under sections 306, 306A, and

4 309, to remain available until expended—

5 ‘‘(A) $64,064,000 for fiscal year 1996;

6 ‘‘(B) $65,583,000 for fiscal year 1997;

7 ‘‘(C) $70,493,000 for fiscal year 1998;

8 ‘‘(D) $73,312,000 for fiscal year 1999;

9 and

10 ‘‘(E) $76,244,000 for each of the fiscal

11 years 2000, 2001, and 2002;’’.

12 (c) NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESERVE GRANTS.—Sec13 tion 318(a)(3) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1464(a)(3)) is

14 amended to read as follows:

15 ‘‘(3) for grants under section 315, to remain

16 available until expended—

17 ‘‘(A) $7,148,000 for fiscal year 1996;

18 ‘‘(B) $7,286,000 for fiscal year 1997;

19 ‘‘(C) $7,394,000 for fiscal year 1998;

20 ‘‘(D) $7,519,000 for fiscal year 1999; and

21 ‘‘(E) $7,644,000 for each of the fiscal

22 years 2000, 2001, and 2002;’’.

23 (d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE

24 EXPENSES.—Section 318(a)(4) of such Act (16 U.S.C.

25 1464(a)(4)) is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(4) for activities under section 310 and for ad2 ministrative expenses incident to the administration

3 of this title, to remain available until expended,

4 $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996, 1997,

5 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.’’.

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