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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1317 

To improve the resilience of the built and natural environment to natural 

disasters and climate change using, among other measures, natural and 

nature-based features, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 22, 2019 

Mr. ROUDA (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, 

Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. 

CARBAJAL, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, and Ms. MENG) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, 

Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Financial Services, and 

Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To improve the resilience of the built and natural environment to natural disasters and climate change using, 

among other measures, natural and nature-based features, 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 Communities 

5 Adaptation Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis4 trator’’ means the Administrator of the National 

5 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

6 (2) COASTAL STATE.—The term ‘‘coastal 

7 State’’— 

8 (A) means a State of the United States in, 

9 or bordering on, the Atlantic, Pacific, or Arctic 

10 Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Long Island 

11 Sound, or one or more of the Great Lakes; and 

12 (B) includes the District of Columbia, 

13 Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the 

14 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is15 lands, the Trust Territories of the Pacific Is16 lands, and American Samoa. 

17 (3) NATURAL FEATURE.—The term ‘‘natural 

18 feature’’ means a feature that is created through the 

19 action of physical, geological, biological, and chem20 ical processes over time. 

21 (4) NATURE-BASED FEATURE.—The term ‘‘na22 ture-based feature’’ means a feature that is created 

23 by human design, engineering, and construction to 

24 provide risk reduction in coastal areas by acting in 

25 concert with natural processes. 


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1 (5) NONSTRUCTURAL MEASURE.—The term 

2 ‘‘nonstructural measure’’ means an action, including 

3 a modification in public policy, management prac4 tice, regulation, or pricing policy, that reduces harm5 ful consequences of flooding, but does not create a 

6 structural barrier to floodwaters. 

7 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

8 the Secretary of Commerce. 

9 SEC. 3. RESEARCH AND GRANTS TO IMPROVE RESILIENCE 

10 OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT. 

11 (a) DEFINITION OF WINDSTORM.—Section 203(4) of 

12 the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act of 2004 

13 (42 U.S.C. 15702(4)) is amended to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(4) WINDSTORM.—The term ‘windstorm’ 

15 means any storm with a damaging or destructive 

16 wind component, including— 

17 ‘‘(A) a hurricane; 

18 ‘‘(B) a tropical storm; 

19 ‘‘(C) a northeaster; 

20 ‘‘(D) a tornado; 

21 ‘‘(E) a thunderstorm; and 

22 ‘‘(F) any water induced forces from waves, 

23 flood, storm surge, or rainfall related to a storm 

24 described in subparagraphs (A) through (E).’’. 


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1 (b) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND

2 TECHNOLOGY.—Section 204(b) of the National Wind3 storm Impact Reduction Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 

4 15703(b)) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘buildings’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘buildings, structures,’’; and 

7 (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol8 lows: 

9 ‘‘(2) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND

10 TECHNOLOGY.—In addition to the lead agency re11 sponsibilities described under paragraph (1), the Di12 rector of the National Institute of Standards and 

13 Technology shall— 

14 ‘‘(A) carry out research and development 

15 to improve the resilience and responsiveness of 

16 buildings, structures, and lifelines to wind17 storms, including by recommending for the de18 sign, construction, and retrofit of buildings, 

19 structures, and lifelines— 

20 ‘‘(i) model building codes; 

21 ‘‘(ii) voluntary design standards; and 

22 ‘‘(iii) best practices; 

23 ‘‘(B) award grants on a competitive basis 

24 for research and development for the purpose 

25 described in subparagraph (A); 


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1 ‘‘(C) in coordination with other relevant 

2 entities, provide research and guidance related 

3 to windstorms and other climate change or ex4 treme weather to standards developing organi5 zations for their consideration in the develop6 ment of design standards and building codes; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(D) conduct public outreach and edu9 cation and training programs related to this 

10 chapter for design and construction profes11 sionals.’’. 

12 (c) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—Section 

13 204(b)(3) of the National Windstorm Impact Reduction 

14 Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 15703(b)(3)) is amended to read 

15 as follows: 

16 ‘‘(3) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—The 

17 Director of the National Science Foundation, in co18 ordination with the heads of other Federal agencies 

19 conducting related activities, shall support research, 

20 including multidisciplinary research— 

21 ‘‘(A) on engineering and the atmospheric 

22 sciences to improve the understanding of the 

23 behavior of windstorms and their impact on 

24 buildings, structures, and lifelines; 


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1 ‘‘(B) on the impact of economic and social 

2 factors on windstorm risk reduction measures; 

3 ‘‘(C) to improve the resilience of buildings, 

4 structures, and lifelines to windstorms; and 

5 ‘‘(D) to improve the responsiveness of 

6 buildings, structures, and lifelines after a wind7 storm.’’. 

8 (d) DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVEL9 OPMENT.—Section 204(b) of the National Windstorm Im10 pact Reduction Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 15703(b)) is 

11 amended by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(6) DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

13 DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary of the Department 

14 of Housing and Urban Development shall promote 

15 the adoption of windstorm preparedness and mitiga16 tion measures for manufactured HUD code housing 

17 units.’’. 

18 (e) INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON

19 WINDSTORM IMPACT REDUCTION.—Section 204(e)(2)(A) 

20 of the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act of 2004 

21 (42 U.S.C. 15703(e)(2)(A)) is amended— 

22 (1) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in23 serting a semicolon; and 

24 (2) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(vi) the Department of Housing and 

2 Urban Development; and’’. 

3 SEC. 4. BUILT TO LAST STAMP. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to afford the public a di5 rect and tangible way to contribute to funding for shore6 line risk and climate change adaptation, the United States 

7 Postal Service shall issue a semipostal (referred to in this 

8 section as the ‘‘Built to Last Stamp’’) in accordance with 

9 subsection (b). 

10 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The provisions of section 416 

11 of title 39, United States Code, shall apply as practicable 

12 with respect to the Built to Last Stamp, subject to the 

13 following: 

14 (1) DESIGN.—The Built to Last Stamp shall 

15 depict such design as the Postal Service, in consulta16 tion with the Secretary, considers appropriate. 

17 (2) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—Subject to 

18 subsection (d)(3) of that section, the amounts be19 coming available from the sale of the Built to Last 

20 Stamp shall be deposited in the Built to Last Stamp 

21 Fund under subsection (c) of this section. 

22 (c) BUILT TO LAST STAMP FUND.— 

23 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

24 the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be 

25 known as the Built to Last Stamp Fund. 


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1 (2) ASSETS.—The Built to Last Stamp Fund 

2 shall consist of the following: 

3 (A) Amounts deposited under subsection 

4 (b)(2). 

5 (B) Such amounts as are appropriated or 

6 otherwise made available to the fund. 

7 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts in the Built to 

8 Last Stamp Fund shall remain available to the Sec9 retary to carry out sections 5 and 6 of this Act until 

10 expended. 

11 SEC. 5. PRIZE COMPETITIONS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may carry out a 

13 program to award prizes competitively under section 24 

14 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 

15 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719), for the purpose described in sub16 section (b). 

17 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose described in this sub18 section is to stimulate innovation to advance coastal risk 

19 reduction and resilience measures as follows: 

20 (1) Natural features, including dunes, reefs, 

21 and wetlands. 

22 (2) Nature-based features, including beach 

23 nourishment, dune restoration, wetland and other 

24 coastal habitat restoration, and living shoreline con25 struction. 


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1 (3) Nonstructural measures, including flood 

2 proofing of structures, flood warning systems, and 

3 elevated development. 

4 SEC. 6. CATALOG OF RESEARCH ON APPLICABLE COASTAL 

5 RISK REDUCTION AND RESILIENCE MEAS6 URES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

8 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting 

9 through the Administrator, shall— 

10 (1) identify all Department of Commerce re11 search activities regarding applicable coastal risk re12 duction and resilience measures; 

13 (2) consult with the heads of other Federal 

14 agencies to identify what activities, if any, those 

15 Federal agencies are conducting regarding applicable 

16 coastal risk reduction and resilience measures; 

17 (3) evaluate the effectiveness of the activities 

18 identified under paragraphs (1) and (2); and 

19 (4) appoint one or more officers or employees of 

20 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra21 tion to liaise with non-Federal entities conducting 

22 research related to applicable coastal risk reduction 

23 and resilience measures in order to eliminate 

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1 search goals, and to make research findings readily 

2 available to the public. 

3 (b) DEFINITION OF APPLICABLE COASTAL RISK RE4 DUCTION AND RESILIENCE MEASURES.—In this section, 

5 the term ‘‘applicable coastal risk reduction and resilience 

6 measures’’ means natural features, nature-based features, 

7 or nonstructural measures. 

8 SEC. 7. GRANTS TO COASTAL STATES FOR ESTABLISHMENT 

9 OF REVOLVING FUNDS. 

10 (a) CAPITALIZATION GRANTS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

12 through the Administrator, shall award capitaliza13 tion grants to each coastal State for the purpose of 

14 establishing a community resilience revolving fund 

15 under subsection (b) to carry out the activities de16 scribed in paragraph (3) of that subsection. 

17 (2) SCHEDULE OF GRANT PAYMENTS.—The 

18 Administrator shall pay to the coastal State the 

19 amount of each grant to be made to the coastal 

20 State under paragraph (1) in quarterly installments. 

21 (3) AGREEMENTS.—To receive a capitalization 

22 grant under paragraph (1), a coastal State shall 

23 enter into an agreement with the Administrator 

24 that— 


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1 (A) the coastal State will accept grant pay2 ments with funds to be made available under 

3 paragraph (1) and will deposit all such pay4 ments in the community resilience revolving 

5 fund established by the coastal State under sub6 section (b); 

7 (B) the coastal State will deposit in the 

8 fund from State moneys an amount equal to at 

9 least 20 percent of the total amount of all cap10 italization grants which will be made to the 

11 coastal State with funds to be made available 

12 under this section on or before the date on 

13 which each quarterly grant payment will be 

14 made to the coastal State under this paragraph 

15 (2) of this subsection; 

16 (C) the coastal State will enter into bind17 ing commitments to provide assistance in ac18 cordance with the requirements of this section 

19 in an amount equal to 120 percent of the 

20 amount of each such grant payment not later 

21 than 1 year after the date of receipt of such 

22 grant payment; 

23 (D) all funds in the community resilience 

24 revolving fund established by the coastal State 


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1 will be expended in an expeditious and timely 

2 manner; 

3 (E) in addition to complying with the re4 quirements of this section, the coastal State will 

5 commit or expend each quarterly grant payment 

6 which it will receive under this subsection in ac7 cordance with laws and procedures applicable to 

8 the commitment or expenditure of revenues of 

9 the coastal State; 

10 (F) the coastal State will use accounting, 

11 audit, and fiscal procedures conforming to gen12 erally accepted government accounting stand13 ards; 

14 (G) the coastal State will require as a con15 dition of making a loan or providing other as16 sistance from the community resilience revolv17 ing fund established by the coastal State that 

18 the recipient of such assistance will maintain 

19 project accounts in accordance with generally 

20 accepted government accounting standards, in21 cluding standards relating to the reporting of 

22 infrastructure assets; 

23 (H) the coastal State will make annual re24 ports to the Administrator on the actual use of 

25 funds; 


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1 (I) the coastal State will establish, main2 tain, invest, and credit the community resilience 

3 revolving fund established by the coastal State 

4 with repayments, such that the fund balance 

5 will be available in perpetuity for activities 

6 under this section; 

7 (J) any fees charged by the coastal State 

8 to recipients of assistance that are considered 

9 program income will be used for the purpose of 

10 financing the cost of administering the commu11 nity resilience revolving fund established by the 

12 coastal State or financing projects or activities 

13 eligible for assistance from the community resil14 ience revolving fund; 

15 (K) the coastal State will require as a con16 dition of providing assistance to a municipality 

17 or intermunicipal, interstate, or State agency 

18 that the recipient of such assistance certify, in 

19 a manner determined by the Governor of the 

20 coastal State, that the recipient has studied and 

21 evaluated the sustainability of the processes, 

22 materials, techniques, and technologies for car23 rying out the proposed project or activity for 

24 which assistance is sought under this section; 

25 and 


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1 (L) a contract to be carried out using 

2 funds directly made available by a capitalization 

3 grant under this section for program manage4 ment, construction management, feasibility 

5 studies, preliminary engineering, design, engi6 neering, surveying, mapping, or architectural 

7 related services shall be negotiated in the same 

8 manner as a contract for architectural and en9 gineering services is negotiated under chapter 

10 11 of title 40, United States Code, or an equiv11 alent State qualifications-based requirement (as 

12 determined by the Governor of the coastal 

13 State). 

14 (b) COMMUNITY RESILIENCE REVOLVING FUNDS.— 

15 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Before a coastal State 

16 may receive a capitalization grant with funds made 

17 available under subsection (a)(1), the coastal State 

18 shall first establish a community resilience revolving 

19 fund which complies with the requirements of this 

20 section. 

21 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—Each coastal State 

22 community resilience revolving fund shall be admin23 istered by an instrumentality of the coastal State 

24 with such powers and limitations as may be required 


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1 to operate such fund in accordance with the require2 ments and objectives of this section. 

3 (3) USE OF FUNDS.—The amounts of funds 

4 available to each coastal State community resilience 

5 revolving fund shall be used only for providing finan6 cial assistance to any municipality or intermunicipal, 

7 interstate, or State agency— 

8 (A) for the completion of a vulnerability 

9 assessment; 

10 (B) for the protection of natural flood risk 

11 mitigation features, including land acquisition 

12 from willing sellers; 

13 (C) for the construction of natural features 

14 or nature-based features, including beach nour15 ishment and dune restoration; 

16 (D) for the implementation of a regional 

17 sediment management program; 

18 (E) for the development and implementa19 tion of a shoreline conservation and manage20 ment plan; 

21 (F) for the restoration, repair, or replace22 ment of wetlands and living shorelines; 

23 (G) for other measures to prevent, man24 age, mitigate, or adapt to shoreline erosion, 

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1 rise, and other coastal hazards related to cli2 mate change; 

3 (H) to carry out nonstructural measures to 

4 mitigate flood risk; and 

5 (I) to plan, develop, and obtain financing 

6 for eligible projects under this subsection, in7 cluding planning, design, and associated 

8 preconstruction activities. 

9 (4) ISSUANCE OF LOANS.—Except as otherwise 

10 limited by State law, a community resilience revolv11 ing fund of a coastal State under this section may 

12 be used only— 

13 (A) to make loans, on the condition that— 

14 (i) such loans are made at or below 

15 market interest rates, including interest 

16 free loans, at terms not to exceed the less17 er of 30 years and the projected useful life 

18 (as determined by the coastal State) of the 

19 project to be financed with the proceeds of 

20 the loan; 

21 (ii) annual principal and interest pay22 ments will commence not later than 1 year 

23 after the date of completion of any project 

24 and all loans will be fully amortized upon 

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1 (iii) the recipient of a loan will estab2 lish a dedicated source of revenue for re3 payment of loans; and 

4 (iv) the fund will be credited with all 

5 payments of principal and interest on all 

6 loans; 

7 (B) to buy or refinance the debt obligation 

8 of municipalities and intermunicipal and inter9 state agencies within the coastal State at or 

10 below market rates, where such debt obligations 

11 were incurred after January 1, 2013; 

12 (C) to guarantee, or purchase insurance 

13 for, local obligations where such action would 

14 improve credit market access or reduce interest 

15 rates; 

16 (D) as a source of revenue or security for 

17 the payment of principal and interest on rev18 enue or general obligation bonds issued by the 

19 coastal State if the proceeds of the sale of such 

20 bonds will be deposited in the community resil21 ience revolving fund; 

22 (E) to provide loan guarantees for similar 

23 revolving funds established by municipalities or 

24 intermunicipal agencies; 


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1 (F) to earn interest on community resil2 ience revolving fund accounts; and 

3 (G) for the reasonable costs of admin4 istering the community resilience revolving fund 

5 and conducting activities under this section, ex6 cept that such amounts shall not exceed 3 per7 cent of all grant awards to such fund under this 

8 section, plus the amount of any fees collected 

9 by the coastal State for such purpose regardless 

10 of the source. 

11 (5) SUBSIDIZATION.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which a 

13 coastal State provides assistance to a munici14 pality or an intermunicipal, interstate, or State 

15 agency, the coastal State may provide addi16 tional subsidization, including forgiveness of 

17 principal and negative interest loans— 

18 (i) to benefit a municipality or inter19 municipal agency that— 

20 (I) meets the affordability cri21 teria of the coastal State established 

22 under subparagraph (B); or 

23 (II) does not meet the afford24 ability criteria of the coastal State if 

25 the recipient— 


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1 (aa) seeks additional sub2 sidization to benefit individual 

3 ratepayers in the residential user 

4 rate class; 

5 (bb) demonstrates to the 

6 coastal State that such rate7 payers will experience a signifi8 cant hardship from the increase 

9 in rates necessary to finance the 

10 project or activity for which as11 sistance is sought; and 

12 (cc) ensures, as part of an 

13 assistance agreement between the 

14 coastal State and the recipient, 

15 that the additional subsidization 

16 provided under this paragraph is 

17 directed through a user charge 

18 rate system (or other appropriate 

19 method) to such ratepayers; or 

20 (ii) to implement a process, material, 

21 technique, or technology— 

22 (I) to address resilience goals; or 

23 (II) to encourage sustainable 

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1 (B) AFFORDABILITY CRITERIA.— 

2 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than Jan3 uary 1, 2020, and after providing notice 

4 and an opportunity for public comment, a 

5 coastal State shall establish affordability 

6 criteria to assist in identifying municipali7 ties that would experience a significant 

8 hardship raising the revenue necessary to 

9 finance a project or activity eligible for as10 sistance under paragraph (3) if additional 

11 subsidization is not provided. 

12 (ii) BASIS OF CRITERIA.—The criteria 

13 under clause (i) shall be based on income 

14 and unemployment data, population 

15 trends, and other data determined relevant 

16 by the coastal State, including whether the 

17 project or activity is to be carried out in an 

18 economically distressed area, as described 

19 in section 301 of the Public Works and 

20 Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 

21 U.S.C. 3161). 

22 (C) ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIZATION.— 

23 (i) IN GENERAL.—A coastal State 

24 may provide additional subsidization in a 

25 fiscal year under this paragraph only if the 


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1 total amount appropriated for making cap2 italization grants to all coastal States 

3 under this section for the fiscal year ex4 ceeds $500,000,000. 

5 (ii) LIMITATION.—Except as provided 

6 in clause (iii), a coastal State may use not 

7 more than 30 percent of the total amount 

8 received by the coastal State in capitaliza9 tion grants under subsection (b) for a fis10 cal year for providing additional subsidiza11 tion under this paragraph. 

12 (iii) EXCEPTION.—If, in a fiscal year, 

13 the amount appropriated for making cap14 italization grants to all coastal States 

15 under this section exceeds $500,000,000 

16 by a percentage that is less than 30 per17 cent, clause (ii) shall be applied by sub18 stituting that percentage for 30 percent. 

19 (c) COMPLIANCE.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Administrator deter21 mines that a coastal State has not complied with its 

22 agreement with the Administrator under subsection 

23 (a)(3) or any other requirement of this section, the 

24 Administrator shall notify the coastal State of such 

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1 (2) WITHHOLDING PAYMENTS.—If a coastal 

2 State does not take corrective action within 60 days 

3 after the date the coastal State receives notification 

4 of such action under paragraph (1), the Adminis5 trator shall withhold additional payments to the 

6 coastal State until the Administrator is satisfied 

7 that the coastal State has taken the necessary cor8 rective action. 

9 (3) REALLOTMENT OF PAYMENTS.—If the Ad10 ministrator is not satisfied that adequate corrective 

11 actions have been taken by the coastal State not 

12 later than 12 months after the coastal State is noti13 fied of such actions under paragraph (1), the pay14 ments withheld from the coastal State by the Ad15 ministrator under paragraph (2) shall be made avail16 able for reallotment in accordance with the most re17 cent formula for allotment of funds under this sec18 tion. 

19 (d) FISCAL CONTROL AND AUDITING PROCE20 DURES.—Each coastal State electing to establish a com21 munity resilience revolving fund under this section shall 

22 establish fiscal controls and accounting procedures suffi23 cient to assure proper accounting during appropriate ac24 counting periods for— 

25 (1) payments received by the fund; 


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1 (2) disbursements made by the fund; and 

2 (3) fund balances at the beginning and end of 

3 the accounting period. 

4 (e) ANNUAL FEDERAL AUDITS.—Not less frequently 

5 than once each year, the Administrator shall conduct or 

6 require each coastal State to have independently con7 ducted reviews and audits as may be deemed necessary 

8 or appropriate by the Administrator to carry out the objec9 tives of this section. Audits of the use of funds deposited 

10 in the community resilience revolving fund established by 

11 such coastal State shall be conducted in accordance with 

12 the auditing procedures of the Government Accountability 

13 Office, including chapter 75 of title 31, United States 

14 Code. 

15 (f) INTENDED USE PLAN.—After providing for pub16 lic comment and review, each coastal State shall annually 

17 prepare a plan identifying the intended uses of the 

18 amounts available to its community resilience revolving 

19 fund. Such intended use plan shall include— 

20 (1) a list of those projects for construction; 

21 (2) a description of the short- and long-term 

22 goals and objectives of its community resilience re23 volving fund; 


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1 (3) information on the activities to be sup2 ported, terms of financial assistance, and commu3 nities served; and 

4 (4) the criteria and method established for the 

5 distribution of funds. 

6 (g) ANNUAL REPORT.—Beginning the first fiscal 

7 year after the receipt of payments under this section and 

8 each fiscal year thereafter, each coastal State shall provide 

9 a report to the Administrator describing how the coastal 

10 State has met the goals and objectives for the previous 

11 fiscal year as identified in the plan prepared for the pre12 vious fiscal year pursuant to subsection (f). 

13 (h) ANNUAL FEDERAL OVERSIGHT REVIEW.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than 

15 once each year, the Administrator shall conduct an 

16 oversight review of each coastal State plan prepared 

17 under subsection (f), each coastal State report pre18 pared under subsection (g), and other such materials 

19 as are considered necessary and appropriate in car20 rying out the purposes of this section. 

21 (2) AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS.—After reason22 able notice by the Administrator to the coastal State 

23 or the recipient of a loan from a community resil24 ience revolving fund, the coastal State or loan recipi25 ent shall make available to the Administrator such 


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1 records as the Administrator reasonably requires to 

2 review and determine compliance with this section. 

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