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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2719 

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

to Indian tribes to further achievement of tribal coastal zone objectives, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 10, 2015 

Mr. KILMER (for himself, Mr. COLE, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. POLIS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. HECK of Washington, 

and Mrs. DINGELL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to 

authorize grants to Indian tribes to further achievement 

of tribal coastal zone objectives, 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 ‘‘Tribal Coastal Resil5 iency Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANTS TO FURTHER ACHIEVEMENT OF TRIBAL 

2 COASTAL ZONE OBJECTIVES. 

3 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Coastal Zone Man4 agement Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.) is amended 

5 by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 320. GRANTS TO FURTHER ACHIEVEMENT OF TRIBAL 

7 COASTAL ZONE OBJECTIVES. 

8 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary may 

9 award competitive grants to qualified Indian tribes to fur10 ther achievement of the objectives of such a tribe for its 

11 tribal coastal zone. 

12 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 

14 cost of any activity carried out with a grant under 

15 this section shall be— 

16 ‘‘(A) in the case of a grant of less than 

17 $200,000, 100 percent of such cost; and 

18 ‘‘(B) in the case of a grant of $200,000 or 

19 more, 95 percent of such cost, except as pro20 vided in paragraph (2). 

21 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the 

22 application of paragraph (1)(B) with respect to a 

23 grant to an Indian tribe, or otherwise reduce the 

24 portion of the share of the cost of an activity re25 quired to be paid by an Indian tribe under such 


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1 paragraph, if the Secretary determines that the tribe 

2 does not have sufficient funds to pay such portion. 

3 ‘‘(c) COMPATIBILITY.—The Secretary may not award 

4 a grant under this section unless the Secretary deter5 mines, in consultation with affected coastal States, that 

6 the activities to be carried out with the grant are compat7 ible with this title. 

8 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZED OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSES.— 

9 Amounts awarded as a grant under this section shall be 

10 used for one or more of the objectives and purposes au11 thorized under subsections (b) and (c), respectively, of sec12 tion 306A. 

13 ‘‘(e) FUNDING.—To carry out this section there is 

14 authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each fiscal 

15 year. 

16 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 ‘‘(1) QUALIFIED INDIAN TRIBE.—The term 

18 ‘qualified Indian tribe’ means an Indian tribe, as 

19 that term is defined in section 4 of the Indian Self20 Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 

21 U.S.C. 450b), that is located in a State that has a 

22 management program approved by the Secretary 

23 under this title. 

24 ‘‘(2) TRIBAL COASTAL ZONE.—The term ‘tribal 

25 coastal zone’ means any area excluded from the 


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1 coastal zone under the last sentence of section 

2 304(1) because such area is held in trust for the 

3 benefit of an Indian tribe. 

4 ‘‘(3) TRIBAL COASTAL ZONE OBJECTIVE.—The 

5 term ‘tribal coastal zone objective’ means, with re6 spect to a qualified Indian tribe, any of the following 

7 objectives: 

8 ‘‘(A) Protection, restoration, or preserva9 tion of areas in the tribal coastal zone that 

10 hold— 

11 ‘‘(i) important ecological, cultural, or 

12 sacred significance for such tribe; or 

13 ‘‘(ii) traditional, historic, and esthetic 

14 values essential to such tribe. 

15 ‘‘(B) Preparing and implementing a special 

16 area management plan and technical planning 

17 for important coastal areas. 

18 ‘‘(C) Any coastal or shoreline stabilization 

19 measure, including any mitigation measure, for 

20 the purpose of public safety, public access, or 

21 cultural or historical preservation.’’. 

22 (b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the 

23 date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of Com24 merce shall issue guidance for the program established 


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1 under the amendment made by subsection (a), including 

2 the criteria for awarding grants under such program. 

3 (c) USE OF STATE GRANTS TO FULFILL TRIBAL OB4 JECTIVES.—Section 306A(c)(2) of the Coastal Zone Man5 agement Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1455a(c)(2)) is amended 

6 by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end of sub7 paragraph (D), by striking the period at the end of sub8 paragraph (E) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at 

9 the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(F) fulfilling any tribal coastal zone objective 

11 (as that term is defined in section 320).’’. 

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