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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1028
To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants 
to coastal States under that Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2003
Mr. SAXTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure, 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 amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to 
authorize grants to coastal States under that Act, and 
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coastal Zone Manage-
ment Act Reauthorization of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT 
OF 1972. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 
section or other provision of the Coastal Zone Manage-
ment Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.). 
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 306 (16 U.S.C. 1455) is 
amended by striking so much as precedes subsection (b) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE GRANTS 
‘‘SEC. 306. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
make grants to any coastal State for the purpose of ad-
ministering, amending, or modifying that State’s manage-
ment program, if the State matches any such grant—
‘‘(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), in a 
ratio of 1 to 1 of Federal-to-State contributions; or 
‘‘(2) for programs approved after October 1, 
2001, in a ratio of—
‘‘(A) 4 to 1 for the first fiscal year; 
‘‘(B) 2.3 to 1 for the second fiscal year; 
‘‘(C) 1.5 to 1 for the third fiscal year; and
‘‘(D) 1 to 1 for each fiscal year there-
after.’’.
(b) 
ALLOCATION.—Section 
306(c) 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1455(c)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) 
ALLOCATION
OF
GRANTS
TO
COASTAL 
STATES.—(1) Grants under this section shall be allocated 
to coastal States with approved management programs 
based on rules and regulations promulgated by the Sec-
retary that take into account the extent and nature of the 
shoreline and area covered by such a program, the popu-
lation of such area, and other relevant factors. 
‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary shall establish, after con-
sulting with the coastal States, maximum and minimum 
grants for any fiscal year to promote equity between coast-
al States and effective coastal management. 
‘‘(B) In promoting equity, the Secretary shall con-
sider the overall change in grant funding under this sec-
tion from the preceding fiscal year and minimize the rel-
ative increases or decreases among all the eligible coastal 
States. 
‘‘(3)(A) The Secretary shall ensure that each eligible 
coastal State receives increased funding under this section 
in any fiscal year for which the total amount appropriated 
to carry out this section is greater than the total amount 
appropriated to carry out this section for the preceding 
fiscal year.
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply in any fiscal 
year that is the first full fiscal year for which an eligible 
State may receive assistance under this section.’’. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 318 (16 U.S.C. 1464) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) for grants under sections 306, 306A, and 
309—
‘‘(A) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; 
‘‘(B) $83,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
‘‘(C) $85,500,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
‘‘(D) $88,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
and 
‘‘(E) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;’’; 
(2) in subsection (a) by striking the period at 
the end of paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) for expenses incidental to the administra-
tion of this title, $6,500,000 for each of fiscal years 
2004 through 2008.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘dur-
ing the fiscal year, or during the second fiscal
year after the fiscal year, for which’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘within 3 years’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence by striking 
‘‘under the section for such reverted amount 
was originally made available.’’ and inserting 
‘‘to States under this title.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end thereof the following: 
‘‘(d) RESTRICTION ON USE OF AMOUNTS FOR PRO-
GRAM, ADMINISTRATIVE, OR OVERHEAD COSTS.—Except 
for funds appropriated under subsection (a)(3), amounts 
appropriated under this section shall be available only for 
grants to States and shall not be available for other pro-
gram, administrative, or overhead costs of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the Depart-
ment of Commerce. 
‘‘(e) FUNDING OF COASTAL NONPOINT POLLUTION 
CONTROL PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall ensure that of 
the funds provided under paragraph (1) of subsection (a), 
no less than $10,000,000 or 14 percent, whichever is 
greater, is expended to implement State coastal nonpoint 
pollution control programs as approved under section 
6217(c) of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amend-
ments of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 1455b(c)).
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