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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3528 

To promote coastal jobs creation, promote sustainable fisheries and fishing 

communities, revitalize waterfronts, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 24, 2010 

Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Ms. COLLINS, 

Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. KERRY, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. REED, 

and Mr. BEGICH) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To promote coastal jobs creation, promote sustainable fisheries and fishing communities, revitalize waterfronts, 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 Jobs Creation 

5 Act of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

7 The purpose of this Act is to provide employment op8 portunities for coastal communities by increasing support 

9 for— 


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1 (1) cooperative research management and moni2 toring projects that improve science-based manage3 ment decisions; 

4 (2) the revitalization of coastal infrastructure; 

5 (3) marine debris prevention or removal; and 

6 (4) restoration, protection, and stewardship of 

7 coastal resources. 

8 SEC. 3. COASTAL JOBS CREATION GRANT PROGRAM. 

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Commerce 

10 (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall use funds 

11 made available under this Act to implement a Coastal Jobs 

12 Creation Grant Program using the authorities listed in 

13 subsection (b). The Secretary shall expend such funds as 

14 quickly as possible consistent with prudent management. 

15 (b) AUTHORITIES.—The authorities referred to in 

16 subsection (a) are authorities under the following laws: 

17 (1) Section 306A of the Coastal Zone Manage18 ment Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1455(a)). 

19 (2) Section 309 of the Coastal Zone Manage20 ment Act (16 U.S.C. 1456(b)). 

21 (3) Section 315(e) of the Coastal Zone Manage22 ment Act (16 U.S.C. 1461(e)). 

23 (4) Section 204 of the Coral Reef Conservation 

24 Act (16 U.S.C. 6403). 


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1 (5) Section 104 of the Estuary Restoration Act 

2 of 2000 (33 U.S.C. 2903). 

3 (6) Section 12304 of the Integrated Coastal 

4 and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (33 

5 U.S.C. 3603). 

6 (7) The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

7 U.S.C. 1535). 

8 (8) The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conserva9 tion and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). 

10 (9) The Atlantic Coastal Fishery Conservation 

11 and Management Act (15 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.). 

12 (10) Section 3 of the Marine Debris Research, 

13 Prevention, and Reduction Act (33 U.S.C. 1952). 

14 (11) Section 408 of the Marine Mammal Pro15 tection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1421f–1). 

16 (12) Section 311 of the National Marine Sanc17 tuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1442). 

18 (13) Section 205 of the National Sea Grant 

19 College Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1124). 

20 (c) ACTIVITIES.—Activities funded under the Coastal 

21 Jobs Creation Grant Program shall include activities eligi22 ble under one or more of the authorities listed under sub23 section (b), and shall include— 

24 (1) cooperative research to collect and compile 

25 economic and social data related to recreational and 


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1 commercial fisheries management that the Secretary 

2 determines will improve science-based management 

3 decisions; 

4 (2) cooperative research to identify and protect 

5 essential fish habitat and habitat areas of particular 

6 concern and to improve techniques and evaluate ef7 fectiveness of habitat protection and restoration ef8 forts; 

9 (3) improving the quality and accuracy of infor10 mation generated by the Marine Recreational Fish11 ery Statistics Survey; 

12 (4) supporting efforts to train and deploy ob13 servers authorized or required under the Magnuson14 Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 

15 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.); 

16 (5) preservation, conservation, or restoration of 

17 ocean and coastal resources identified for their con18 servation, recreational, ecological, historic, or aes19 thetic values; 

20 (6) redevelopment of deteriorating and under21 utilized working waterfronts and ports to support 

22 fisheries or other ocean-dependent industries; 

23 (7) research, monitoring, and stewardship with24 in the National Estuarine Research Reserve System, 

25 the National Marine Sanctuary System, and coral 


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1 reef ecosystems, and under the National Sea Grant 

2 College Program; 

3 (8) implementation of local strategies developed 

4 by State or Federal agencies to conserve coral reef 

5 ecosystems; 

6 (9) research to develop, test, and deploy innova7 tions and improvements in coastal and ocean obser8 vation technologies; 

9 (10) cooperative research to collect data to im10 prove, supplement, or enhance fishery, protected spe11 cies, and marine mammal stock assessments, includ12 ing research on the effects of climate change and 

13 habitat loss on stock dynamics; 

14 (11) cooperative research to assess the amount 

15 and type of bycatch and to engineer gear types de16 signed to reduce or prevent bycatch; 

17 (12) reducing and preventing the occurrence 

18 and adverse impacts of marine debris on the marine 

19 environment and navigation safety; 

20 (13) establishment and implementation of sta21 tus and trends monitoring of coastal habitats for 

22 major ecosystems, including remote sensing tech23 nology, ground-truth verification, and geographic in24 formation system data delivery; or 


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1 (14) development and implementation of train2 ing programs to build the capacity of citizens of 

3 coastal communities to effectively carry out the pur4 poses of this Act. 

5 (d) FUNDING CRITERIA.—The Secretary may not 

6 make funds available under this Act for a proposed project 

7 unless the project, to the maximum extent practicable— 

8 (1) provides the greatest employment opportu9 nities and prioritizes development of sustainable em10 ployment opportunities for coastal communities and 

11 benefits commercial and recreational fishing indus12 tries or other ocean-dependent industries; 

13 (2) replicates or builds upon a successful local, 

14 State, Federal, or tribal project; 

15 (3) utilizes existing fishing community infra16 structure, including idled fishing vessels; 

17 (4) supports research and monitoring that im18 proves science-based management decisions; 

19 (5) contributes to restoring, protecting, or pre20 serving coastal and ocean ecosystems; or 

21 (6) assists in developing a well-trained and in22 formed workforce capable of implementing activities 

23 identified in section 3(c) of this Act. 

24 (e) IMPLEMENTATION.—Within 180 days after the 

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1 sultation with the Administrator and the Economic Devel2 opment Administration, develop in support of the Coastal 

3 Jobs Creation Grant Program established in section 3(a) 

4 of this Act— 

5 (1) a process for solicitation of proposals from 

6 Federal, State, local government agencies and 

7 sources, private entities, academia, and non-profit 

8 entities; and 

9 (2) criteria for evaluating any and all proposals 

10 received under the process described in subsection 

11 (e)(1), including a means of predicting how many 

12 jobs will be created by each proposal. 

13 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 To carry out the Coastal Jobs Creation Grant Pro15 gram there is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec16 retary of Commerce $80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

17 2011 through 2015, of which no more than 5 percent may 

18 be used each fiscal year for administrative expenses of 

19 such program. 

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