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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2337 

To establish a grant program to support coastal and water quality restoration 

activities in States bordering the Great Lakes, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 22, 2004 

Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. LEVIN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To establish a grant program to support coastal and water 

quality restoration activities in States bordering the 

Great Lakes, 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 ‘‘Great Lakes Commu5 nity Restoration Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GREAT LAKES RESTORATION GRANTS. 

7 (a) AUTHORITY.—The Coastal Zone Manage8 ment Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.) is 
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1 amended by inserting after section 306A the fol2 lowing new section: 

3 ‘‘GREAT LAKES RESTORATION GRANTS

4 ‘‘SEC. 306B. (a) In this section: 

5 ‘‘(1) The term ‘eligible State’ means Illinois, In6 diana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Penn7 sylvania, or Wisconsin. 

8 ‘‘(2) The term ‘Great Lakes System’ has the 

9 meaning given such term in section 118 of the Fed10 eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C 1268). 

11 ‘‘(b) The Secretary may make grants to a local gov12 ernment of an eligible State to assist such local govern13 ment in restoring or preventing the deterioration of— 

14 ‘‘(1) a coastal resource of national significance 

15 or a lighthouse that is— 

16 ‘‘(A) associated with the Great Lakes Sys17 tem; and 

18 ‘‘(B) located in an eligible State; or 

19 ‘‘(2) the water quality of coastal waters in the 

20 Great Lakes area. 

21 ‘‘(c) Grants awarded under this section may be used 

22 for projects such as the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) Activities to remediate coastal waters in 

24 the Great Lakes area that are contaminated by pol25 lution. 
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1 ‘‘(2) Activities to prevent or limit pollutants 

2 from nonpoint sources from entering coastal waters 

3 in the Great Lakes area. 

4 ‘‘(3) Activities to restore or prevent deteriora5 tion of an estuary-type area of the Great Lakes. 

6 ‘‘(4) Activities to acquire fee simple or less than 

7 fee simple interest in land, waters, or other property 

8 to create, or prevent the deterioration of, a coastal 

9 resource of national significance related to the Great 

10 Lakes System. 

11 ‘‘(5) Activities to restore or prevent deteriora12 tion of a lighthouse that is associated with the Great 

13 Lakes System. 

14 ‘‘(d)(1) The Secretary may award grants under this 

15 section for a period not to exceed four years. 

16 ‘‘(2) The Secretary may permit a recipient of a grant 

17 under this section to renew such grant for one additional 

18 period not to exceed four years. 

19 ‘‘(e) A project may be carried out with funds from 

20 a grant under this section only if the Secretary determines 

21 that such project is consistent with— 

22 ‘‘(1) the management program of each eligible 

23 State approved under section 306; and 

24 ‘‘(2) the national policy set out in section 303. 
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1 ‘‘(f) Each local government desiring a grant under 

2 this section shall submit an application to the Secretary 

3 at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 

4 information as the Secretary may reasonably require. 

5 ‘‘(g) The Secretary shall allocate funds appropriated 

6 to carry out this section for a fiscal year among the eligible 

7 States during such fiscal year based on the relative score 

8 of each such State under a formula. The formula shall 

9 determine the score for an eligible State as follows: 

10 ‘‘(1) 60 percent of the value of the score shall 

11 be based on the mileage of the shoreline of the Great 

12 Lakes in such State. 

13 ‘‘(2) 40 percent of the value of the score shall 

14 be based on the size of the population that lives 

15 along such shoreline. 

16 ‘‘(h)(1) The ratio of the Federal-to-non-Federal share 

17 of the cost of a project carried out with a grant received 

18 under this section shall be 4 to 1 for each fiscal year. 

19 ‘‘(2) The non-Federal share of the cost of a project 

20 carried out with a grant received under this section may 

21 include the value of in-kind services contributed by a non22 Federal sponsor.’’. 

23 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

24 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec25 retary of Commerce $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
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1 years 2005 through 2008 to carry out section 306B of 

2 the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as added by 

3 section 2. 

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