II 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2472 

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

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2018 

Mr. NELSON (for himself, Ms. COLLINS, and Mr. CARPER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS; REF4 ERENCES. 

5 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

6 ‘‘Coastal Coordination Act of 2018’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

8 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; references. 

TITLE I—COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1972 

AMENDMENTS 


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Sec. 101. Congressional findings. 

Sec. 102. Definitions. 

Sec. 103. Coastal resource improvement program. 

Sec. 104. Coordination and cooperation. 

Sec. 105. Coastal zone enhancement grants. 

Sec. 106. National estuarine research reserve system. 

Sec. 107. Coastal zone management reports. 

Sec. 108. Technical and conforming amendments. 

Sec. 109. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE II—AGENCY CONSULTATIONS REGARDING COASTAL ZONE 

IMPACTS 

Sec. 201. Agency consultations regarding coastal zone impacts. 

1 (c) REFERENCES TO THE COASTAL ZONE MANAGE2 MENT ACT OF 1972.—Except as otherwise expressly pro3 vided, wherever in this Act an amendment or repeal is ex4 pressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a sec5 tion or other provision, the reference shall be considered 

6 to be made to a section or other provision of the Coastal 

7 Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.). 

8 TITLE I—COASTAL ZONE MAN9 AGEMENT ACT OF 1972 

10 AMENDMENTS 

11 SEC. 101. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 

12 Section 302 (16 U.S.C. 1451) is amended— 

13 (1) in the language preceding subsection (a), by 

14 striking ‘‘The Congress finds that—’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘Congress makes the following findings:’’; 

16 (2) by redesignating subsections (a) through 

17 (m) as paragraphs (1) through (13), respectively; 

18 (3) in paragraph (1), as redesignated, by strik19 ing ‘‘in the effective management, beneficial use, 


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1 protection, and development of the coastal zone’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘in the effective management, beneficial 

3 use, protection, development, and resilience of the 

4 coastal zone and coastal natural resources’’; 

5 (4) in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by strik6 ing ‘‘industry, commerce, residential development, 

7 recreation, extraction of mineral resources and fossil 

8 fuels, transportation and navigation, waste disposal, 

9 and harvesting of fish, shellfish, and other living ma10 rine resources’’ and inserting ‘‘industry, commerce, 

11 development, tourism, recreation, extraction of min12 eral resources, energy development, transportation 

13 and navigation, waste disposal, and harvesting of 

14 fish, shellfish, and other living marine resources’’; 

15 (5) in paragraph (6), as redesignated, by strik16 ing the semicolon at the end and inserting a period; 

17 (6) in paragraphs (8) and (10), as redesig18 nated, by striking ‘‘state’’ and inserting ‘‘State’’; 

19 (7) in paragraph (9), as redesignated, by strik20 ing ‘‘states to’’ and all that follows through ‘‘vitally 

21 affected interests’’ and inserting ‘‘States to exercise 

22 their full authority over the lands and waters in the 

23 coastal zone by assisting the States, in cooperation 

24 with Federal agencies and with the participation of 


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1 and coordination with local governments and other 

2 vitally affected interests’’; 

3 (8) in paragraph (13), as redesignated— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘by the active participation 

5 of coastal states in all Federal programs affect6 ing such resources’’ and inserting ‘‘by the active 

7 participation and coordination in all Federal 

8 programs and activities affecting such re9 sources’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘state ocean’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘State ocean’’; and 

12 (9) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(14) Once a State ocean and coastal zone 

14 management plan has been approved by the Sec15 retary of Commerce, Federal agencies should, to the 

16 maximum extent practicable, conduct activities, and 

17 authorize licenses or permits related to the coastal 

18 zone of that State in a manner consistent with that 

19 plan.’’. 

20 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 

21 Section 304 (16 U.S.C. 1453) is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), (9), 

23 (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), and 

24 (18) as paragraphs (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), 

25 (14), (15), (16), (18), (19), and (20) respectively; 


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1 (2) by striking ‘‘(6a) The’’ and inserting ‘‘(7) 

2 The’’; 

3 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘if any such 

4 area is determined by a coastal state to be of sub5 stantial biological or natural storm protective value’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘if any such area is determined by a 

7 coastal state, alone or in combination with other 

8 such areas, to be of substantial biological, research, 

9 geological, hydrological, natural, ecological, storm 

10 protective, water quality, or flood risk protective 

11 value’’; 

12 (4) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘the District 

13 of Columbia,’’ after ‘‘the term also includes’’; 

14 (5) in paragraph (5)— 

15 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

16 striking ‘‘any coastal state;’’ and inserting ‘‘any 

17 State:’’; 

18 (B) by inserting after clause (iii) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(iv) Any production, transportation, 

21 transfer, or storage of renewable energy.’’; 

22 and 

23 (C) in the matter following clause (iv), (as 

24 added by subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘any 

25 coastal state’’ and inserting ‘‘any State’’; 


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1 (6) by amending paragraph (6) to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(6) The term ‘energy facilities’— 

4 ‘‘(A) means any equipment or facility 

5 which is or will be used primarily— 

6 ‘‘(i) in the exploration for, or the de7 velopment, production, conversion, storage, 

8 transfer, processing, or transportation of, 

9 any energy or renewable energy resource; 

10 or 

11 ‘‘(ii) for the manufacture, production, 

12 or assembly of equipment, machinery, 

13 products, or devices which are involved in 

14 any activity described in clause (i); and 

15 ‘‘(B) includes— 

16 ‘‘(i) electric generating plants; 

17 ‘‘(ii) petroleum refineries and associ18 ated facilities; 

19 ‘‘(iii) gasification plants; 

20 ‘‘(iv) facilities used for the transpor21 tation, conversion, treatment, transfer, or 

22 storage of liquefied natural gas; 

23 ‘‘(v) uranium enrichment or nuclear 

24 fuel processing facilities; 


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1 ‘‘(vi) oil and gas facilities, including 

2 platforms, assembly plants, storage depots, 

3 tank farms, crew and supply bases, and re4 fining complexes; 

5 ‘‘(vii) facilities including deepwater 

6 ports, for the transfer of petroleum; 

7 ‘‘(viii) facilities for the production, 

8 transportation, transfer, or storage of re9 newable energy; 

10 ‘‘(ix) pipelines and transmission facili11 ties; and 

12 ‘‘(x) terminals which are associated 

13 with any of the foregoing.’’; 

14 (7) in paragraph (7), as redesignated, by strik15 ing ‘‘land and water uses’’ and inserting ‘‘land uses 

16 and water uses’’; 

17 (8) in paragraph (8), as redesignated, by strik18 ing ‘‘from land drainage’’ and inserting ‘‘from land 

19 drainage, or where there is tidal influence without 

20 regard to salinity’’; 

21 (9) in paragraph (12), as redesignated, by 

22 striking ‘‘state’s’’ and inserting ‘‘State’s’’; 

23 (10) in paragraphs (13), (15), and (16), as re24 designated, by striking ‘‘state’’ each place it appears 

25 and inserting ‘‘State’’; 


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1 (11) by inserting after paragraph (16), as re2 designated, the following: 

3 ‘‘(17) The term ‘‘renewable energy’’ means any 

4 energy that has recently originated from the sun, in5 cluding direct and indirect solar radiation and inter6 mediate solar energy forms, such as wind, ocean 

7 thermal gradients, ocean currents and waves, hydro8 power, photovoltaic energy, products of photosyn9 thetic processes, organic wastes, and others.’’; and 

10 (12) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(21) The term ‘working waterfront’ means wa12 terfront lands, waterfront infrastructure, and water13 ways that are used for a water-dependent commer14 cial activity.’’. 

15 SEC. 103. COASTAL RESOURCE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 

16 Section 306A (16 U.S.C. 1455a) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (b)— 

18 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

19 by striking ‘‘state in’’ and inserting ‘‘State in’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

21 (i) in the matter preceding subpara22 graph (A), by striking ‘‘the state’’ and in23 serting ‘‘the State’’; and 

24 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

25 ‘‘clutch’’ and inserting ‘‘cultch’’; 


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1 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘state’s’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘State’s’’; and 

3 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(5) The preservation or redevelopment of 

5 working waterfronts in the coastal zone.’’; 

6 (2) in subsection (d)(1)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘the state’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘the State’’; and 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘to state’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘to State’’; and 

11 (3) in subsection (e)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘that state’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘that State’’; and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘the state’s’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘the State’s’’. 

16 SEC. 104. COORDINATION AND COOPERATION. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 307 (16 U.S.C. 1456) is 

18 amended— 

19 (1) in subsections (b) and (d), by striking 

20 ‘‘state’’ and inserting ‘‘State’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (c)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘a state’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘a State’’; and 

24 (B) in paragraph (3)— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘state’s’’ each place it 

2 appears and inserting ‘‘State’s’’; 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘the state’’ each place 

4 it appears and inserting ‘‘the State’’; 

5 (iii) by striking ‘‘such state’’ each 

6 place it appears and inserting ‘‘such 

7 State’’; 

8 (iv) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

9 ‘‘that state’’ and inserting ‘‘that State’’; 

10 (v) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by strik11 ing ‘‘federal’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal’’; and 

12 (vi) in the matter following subpara13 graph (B)(iii), by striking ‘‘a state’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘a State’’; 

15 (3) in subsection (e)(1)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘or state’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘or State’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘more states’’ each place it 

19 appears and inserting ‘‘more States’’; 

20 (4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘any state’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘any State’’; 

22 (5) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘any state’s’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘any State’s’’; and 

24 (6) by amending subsection (h), to read as fol25 lows: 


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1 ‘‘(h) MEDIATION OF DISAGREEMENTS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may mediate 

3 a serious disagreement between any Federal agency 

4 and a coastal State or between two or more willing 

5 coastal States— 

6 ‘‘(A) in the development or the initial im7 plementation of a management program under 

8 section 305; 

9 ‘‘(B) in the administration of a manage10 ment program approved under section 305; or 

11 ‘‘(C) in coordination and cooperation under 

12 this section. 

13 ‘‘(2) COOPERATION.—The Secretary, with the 

14 cooperation of the Executive Office of the President, 

15 shall seek to mediate the differences involved in a 

16 disagreement described in paragraph (1). 

17 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC HEARINGS.—Mediation under this 

18 subsection shall, with respect to any disagreement 

19 described in paragraph (1)(B), include public hear20 ings in the local area concerned.’’; and 

21 (7) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(j) INTERSTATE AND REGIONAL COORDINATION.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The coastal States are en24 couraged— 


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1 ‘‘(A) to coordinate State coastal zone plan2 ning, policies, and programs with respect to 

3 contiguous areas, shared resources, and inter4 state waters of such States; 

5 ‘‘(B) to study, plan, and implement unified 

6 coastal zone policies with respect to such areas; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(C) to establish an effective mechanism, 

9 and participate in mediation under subsection 

10 (h), to identify, examine, and cooperatively re11 solve mutual problems with respect to the ma12 rine and coastal areas which affect, directly or 

13 indirectly, the coastal zone. 

14 ‘‘(2) AGREEMENTS OR COMPACTS.—Subject to 

15 paragraph (3), the coastal zone activities described 

16 in this subsection may be conducted pursuant to 

17 interstate or regional agreements or compacts. 

18 ‘‘(3) PERMISSIBLE AGREEMENTS OR COM19 PACTS.—Two or more coastal States may negotiate 

20 and enter into any interstate or regional agreement 

21 or compact to do the following unless the agreement 

22 or compact conflicts with any law or treaty of the 

23 United States: 


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1 ‘‘(A) To develop and administer coordi2 nated coastal zone planning, policies, programs, 

3 and dispute resolution. 

4 ‘‘(B) To establish executive instrumental5 ities or agencies that such States consider nec6 essary for the effective implementation of an 

7 agreement or compact under this subsection. 

8 ‘‘(4) BINDING EFFECT.—An agreement or com9 pact under paragraph (3) shall be binding and oblig10 atory upon any State or party thereto without fur11 ther approval by Congress.’’. 

12 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec13 tion, or the amendments made by this section, may be con14 strued to affect any mediation that was commenced before 

15 the date of enactment of this Act. 

16 SEC. 105. COASTAL ZONE ENHANCEMENT GRANTS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 309(a) (16 U.S.C. 

18 1456b(a)) is amended— 

19 (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol20 lows: 

21 ‘‘(1) Protection, restoration, or enhancement of 

22 existing coastal wetlands, seagrass beds, coral reefs, 

23 oyster habitat, and marine habitat, or creation of 

24 new coastal wetlands.’’; 


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1 (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(2) Increasing coastal resilience and pre4 venting or reducing loss of life and property by lim5 iting development and redevelopment in high-hazard 

6 areas, using natural and restoration approaches to 

7 reduce flood risk, or anticipating and managing the 

8 effects of potential sea level rise and Great Lakes 

9 level change.’’; 

10 (3) by amending paragraph (7) to read as fol11 lows: 

12 ‘‘(7) Planning for the use of ocean and Great 

13 Lakes resources.’’; and 

14 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(10) Interstate water resource and coastal 

16 management planning to facilitate healthy and resil17 ient coastal natural resources, land uses, and water 

18 uses, and to resolve water management conflict. 

19 ‘‘(11) Identification and adoption of procedures 

20 and enforceable policies to ensure sufficient response 

21 capabilities at the State level to address the environ22 mental, economic, and social impacts of oil spills or 

23 other accidents resulting from Outer Continental 

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1 land or water use or natural resources of the coastal 

2 zone. 

3 ‘‘(12) The development of a coordinated process 

4 to maximize the efficiency of processing permits re5 lated to activities in the coastal zone.’’. 

6 (b) EVALUATION OF STATE PROPOSALS BY SEC7 RETARY.—Section 309(c) (16 U.S.C. 1456b(c)) is amend8 ed by striking ‘‘and the overall merit of each proposal in 

9 terms of benefits to the public’’ and inserting ‘‘and are 

10 consistent with the rules and regulations promulgated 

11 under section 306’’. 

12 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec13 tion, or the amendments made by this section, may be con14 strued to affect any grant made or funding awarded under 

15 section 309 of the Coast Zone Management Act of 1972 

16 (16 U.S.C. 1456b) before the date of enactment of this 

17 Act. 

18 SEC. 106. NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE SYS19 TEM. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 315 (16 U.S.C. 1461) is 

21 amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (a)— 

23 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 

24 (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, 

25 and indenting appropriately; 


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1 (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

2 (A), as redesignated, by inserting ‘‘(2) IN GEN3 ERAL.—’’ before ‘‘There is’’ and indenting ap4 propriately; 

5 (C) in the matter following subparagraph 

6 (B), as redesignated, by inserting ‘‘(2) NA7 TIONAL ESTUARINE RESERVES.—’’; 

8 (D) in paragraph (1), as redesignated, by 

9 striking ‘‘consists of—’’ and inserting ‘‘is a net10 work of areas designated to promote informed 

11 management of the Nation’s estuarine and 

12 coastal areas through interconnected programs 

13 in resource stewardship, education and training, 

14 monitoring, research, and scientific under15 standing consisting of—’’; and 

16 (E) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by 

17 striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘para18 graph (1)(A)’’; 

19 (2) by amending subsection (b)(2)(C) to read as 

20 follows: 

21 ‘‘(C) designation of the area as a reserve 

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1 ties for education, interpretation, training, and 

2 demonstration projects; and’’; 

3 (3) by redesignating subsections (c) through (g) 

4 as subsections (d) through (h), respectively; 

5 (4) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(c) EXPANSION OF NATIONAL ESTUARINE RE8 SERVES.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

10 the Secretary shall periodically evaluate whether to 

11 expand the estuarine area of each national estuarine 

12 reserve. 

13 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In evaluating whether 

14 to expand the area described in paragraph (1), the 

15 Secretary shall consider— 

16 ‘‘(A) the recommendations of— 

17 ‘‘(i) prominent members of the estua18 rine research community; 

19 ‘‘(ii) the Governor of the coast State 

20 in which the area is located; 

21 ‘‘(iii) the System; and 

22 ‘‘(iv) the head of each relevant Fed23 eral agency; 

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1 sources to be researched and potential adapta2 tion benefits of the expansion; and 

3 ‘‘(C) the impact to that national estuarine 

4 reserve and the System.’’; 

5 (5) in subsection (f), as redesignated— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

7 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘reserve’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘reserve; and’’; 

9 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and 

10 constructing appropriate reserve facilities, 

11 or’’ and inserting ‘‘, including for resource 

12 stewardship activities and for constructing 

13 reserve facilities’’; and 

14 (iii) by striking clause (iii); 

15 (B) by amending paragraph (1)(B) to read 

16 as follows: 

17 ‘‘(B) to any coastal State or public or pri18 vate person— 

19 ‘‘(i) for purposes of supporting re20 search and monitoring association with a 

21 national estuarine reserve that are con22 sistent with the research guidelines devel23 oped under subsection (d); or 

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1 for a national estuarine reserve that are 

2 consistent with the research guidelines de3 veloped under subsection (d).’’; and 

4 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(4)(A) The Secretary may— 

6 ‘‘(i) enter into cooperative agree7 ments, financial agreements, grants, con8 tracts, or other agreements with any non9 profit organization, authorizing the non10 profit organization to solicit donations to 

11 carry out the purposes and policies of this 

12 section, except for general administration 

13 of reserves or the System, and which are 

14 consistent with the purposes and policies of 

15 this section; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) accept donations of funds and 

17 services for use in carrying out the pur18 poses and policies of this section, except 

19 for general administration of reserves or 

20 the System, and which are consistent with 

21 the purposes and policies of this section. 

22 ‘‘(B) Donations accepted under this para23 graph shall be considered as a gift or bequest 

24 to or for the use of the United States for the 

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1 (6) by amending subsection (g), as redesig2 nated, to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(g) EVALUATION OF SYSTEM PERFORMANCE.— 

4 ‘‘(1) The Secretary shall periodically evaluate 

5 the operation and management of the National Es6 tuarine Research Reserve System and each national 

7 estuarine reserve, including coordination with other 

8 State programs, education and interpretive activities, 

9 and the research being conducted within the reserve. 

10 ‘‘(2) If an evaluation under paragraph (1) re11 veals that the operation, management, education, or 

12 research conducted by the System as a whole is defi13 cient, the Secretary shall provide the System with 

14 recommendations to improve the deficiencies. 

15 ‘‘(3) If an evaluation under paragraph (1) re16 veals that the operation and management of a re17 serve is deficient, or that the research being con18 ducted within the reserve is not consistent with the 

19 research guidelines developed under subsection (d), 

20 the Secretary may suspend the eligibility of that re21 serve for financial assistance under subsection (f) 

22 until the deficiency or inconsistency is remedied. 

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1 serve if an evaluation under paragraph (1) reveals 

2 that— 

3 ‘‘(A) the basis for any one or more of the 

4 findings under subsection (b)(2) regarding that 

5 area no longer exists; or 

6 ‘‘(B) a substantial portion of the research 

7 conducted within the area, over a period of 

8 years, has not been consistent with the research 

9 guidelines developed under subsection (d).’’. 

10 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

11 Section 315 (16 U.S.C. 1461), as amended, is further 

12 amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (d)(5), as redesignated, by 

14 striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

15 (e)’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (h), as redesignated, by strik17 ing ‘‘subsection (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’. 

18 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec19 tion, or the amendments made by this section, may be con20 strued to affect any grant made or financial assistance 

21 provided under section 315 of the Coast Zone Manage22 ment Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1461) before the date of 

23 enactment of this Act. 

24 SEC. 107. COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT REPORTS. 

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1 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(a) REPORTS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 

5 ‘‘(A) consult with Congress on a regular 

6 basis concerning the administration of this title; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(B) submit to Congress a report summa9 rizing the administration of this title during 

10 each period of 5 consecutive fiscal years. 

11 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each report under para12 graph (1) shall include— 

13 ‘‘(A) an identification of the State pro14 grams approved under this title during the pre15 ceding 4 Federal fiscal years and a description 

16 of those programs; 

17 ‘‘(B) a list of the States participating in 

18 the provisions of this title and the status of 

19 each State’s programs and accomplishments 

20 during the preceding 4 Federal fiscal years; 

21 ‘‘(C) an itemization of the allocation of 

22 funds to the various coastal States and a break23 down of the major projects and areas on which 

24 these funds were expended; 


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1 ‘‘(D) an identification of each State pro2 gram that was reviewed and disapproved, in3 cluding the reasons for the disapproval; 

4 ‘‘(E) a summary of evaluation findings 

5 prepared in accordance with subsection (a) of 

6 section 312, and a description of any sanctions 

7 imposed under subsections (c) and (d) of that 

8 section; 

9 ‘‘(F) a list of all activities and projects 

10 which, under the provisions of subsection (c) or 

11 subsection (d) of section 307, are not consistent 

12 with an applicable approved State management 

13 program; 

14 ‘‘(G) a summary of the regulations issued 

15 by the Secretary or in effect during the pre16 ceding 4 Federal fiscal years; 

17 ‘‘(H) a summary of a coordinated national 

18 strategy and program for the Nation’s coastal 

19 zone, including identification and discussion of 

20 Federal, regional, State, and local responsibil21 ities and functions therein; 

22 ‘‘(I) a summary of outstanding problems 

23 arising in the administration of this title in 

24 order of priority; 


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1 ‘‘(J) a description of the economic, envi2 ronmental, and social consequences of energy 

3 activity affecting the coastal zone and an eval4 uation of the effectiveness of financial assist5 ance under section 308 in dealing with such 

6 consequences; 

7 ‘‘(K) a description and evaluation of appli8 cable interstate and regional planning and co9 ordination mechanisms developed by the coastal 

10 states; 

11 ‘‘(L) a summary and evaluation of the re12 search, studies, and training conducted in sup13 port of coastal zone management; and 

14 ‘‘(M) such other information as may be ap15 propriate.’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘deems’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘considers’’. 

18 SEC. 108. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

19 (a) CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATION OF POLICY.— 

20 Section 303 (16 U.S.C. 1452) is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

22 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

23 (A), by striking ‘‘states’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘States’’; and 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

2 period at the end and inserting a comma; and 

3 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘state’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘State’’. 

5 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE GRANTS.—Section 

6 306(d)(10)(A) (16 U.S.C. 1455(d)(10)(A)) is amended by 

7 inserting a comma after ‘‘development’’. 

8 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF THE COASTAL AND ESTUA9 RINE LAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM.—Section 307A 

10 (16 U.S.C. 1456–1) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (f)(4)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘sec12 tion 2(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (f)(4)(C), by striking ‘‘in (A)’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘in subparagraph (A)’’. 

15 (d) REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE.—Section 312 (16 

16 U.S.C. 1458) is amended in subsections (a) and (e), by 

17 striking ‘‘the state’’ and inserting ‘‘the State’’. 

18 (e) RULES AND REGULATIONS.—Section 317 (16 

19 U.S.C. 1463) is amended by striking ‘‘state agencies’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘State agencies’’. 

21 SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 Section 318(a) (16 U.S.C. 1464(a)) is amended to 

23 read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(a) SUMS APPROPRIATED TO SECRETARY.—There 

2 is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, to re3 main available until expended— 

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

5 309, $80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 

6 through 2022; and 

7 ‘‘(2) for grants under section 315, $25,000,000 

8 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022.’’. 

9 TITLE II—AGENCY CONSULTA10 TIONS REGARDING COASTAL 

11 ZONE IMPACTS 

12 SEC. 201. AGENCY CONSULTATIONS REGARDING COASTAL 

13 ZONE IMPACTS. 

14 The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 

15 661 et seq.) is amended— 

16 (1) in section 2(a) (16 U.S.C. 662(a))— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘Interior, and with the’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘Interior, National Oceanic and 

19 Atmospheric Administration, Department of 

20 Commerce, the’’; and 

21 (B) by inserting ‘‘and the head of any po22 tentially impacted coastal State (as defined in 

23 section 304 of the Coastal Zone Management 

24 Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453),’’ before ‘‘with a 

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1 (2) in section 8 (16 U.S.C. 666b), by adding 

2 ‘‘and fisheries (as those terms are defined in section 

3 3 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 

4 and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1802))’’ after 

5 ‘‘fishes’’. 

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