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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2990 
To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require the Secretary 
of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change adaptation prepared-
ness and response program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 24, 2025 
Mr. CARBAJAL (for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) 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 
require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a coastal 
climate change adaptation preparedness and response 
program, 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 State Climate 
Preparedness Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. CLIMATE CHANGE PREPAREDNESS IN THE COAST-
AL ZONE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Coastal Zone Management 
Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 320. CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PREPAREDNESS 
AND RESPONSE PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish, 
consistent with the national policies set forth in section 
303, a coastal climate change adaptation preparedness 
and response program to— 
‘‘(1) provide assistance to coastal States to vol-
untarily develop coastal climate change adaptation 
plans, pursuant to approved management programs 
approved under section 306, to minimize contribu-
tions to climate change and to prepare for and re-
duce the negative consequences that may result from 
climate change in the coastal zone; and 
‘‘(2) provide financial and technical assistance 
and training to enable coastal States to implement 
plans developed pursuant to this section through 
coastal States’ enforceable policies. 
‘‘(b) COASTAL
CLIMATE
CHANGE
ADAPTATION 
PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make a 
grant to any coastal State for the purpose of devel-
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oping climate change adaptation plans pursuant to 
guidelines issued by the Secretary under paragraph 
(8). 
‘‘(2) PLAN CONTENT.—A plan developed with a 
grant under this subsection shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Identification of public facilities and 
public services, working waterfronts, coastal re-
sources of national significance, coastal waters, 
energy facilities, or other land and water uses 
located in the coastal zone that are likely to be 
impacted by climate change. 
‘‘(B) Adaptive management strategies for 
land use to respond or adapt to changing envi-
ronmental conditions, including strategies to 
protect biodiversity, protect water quality, and 
establish habitat buffer zones, migration cor-
ridors, and climate refugia. 
‘‘(C) Adaptive management strategies for 
ocean-based ecosystems and resources, includ-
ing strategies to plan for and respond to geo-
graphic or temporal shifts in marine resources, 
to create protected areas that will provide cli-
mate refugia, and to maintain and restore 
ocean ecosystem function. 
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‘‘(D) Requirements to initiate and main-
tain long-term monitoring of environmental 
change to assess coastal zone adaptation and to 
adjust when necessary adaptive management 
strategies and new planning guidelines to attain 
the policies under section 303. 
‘‘(E) Other information considered nec-
essary by the Secretary to identify the full 
range of climate change impacts affecting coast-
al communities. 
‘‘(3) STATE
HAZARD
MITIGATION
PLANS.— 
Plans developed with a grant under this subsection 
shall be consistent with State hazard mitigation 
plans and natural disaster response and recovery 
programs developed under State or Federal law. 
‘‘(4) ALLOCATION.—Grants under this sub-
section shall be available only to coastal States with 
management programs approved by the Secretary 
under section 306 and shall be allocated among such 
coastal States in a manner consistent with regula-
tions promulgated pursuant to section 306(c). 
‘‘(5) PRIORITY.—In the awarding of grants 
under this subsection, the Secretary may give pri-
ority to any coastal State that has received grant 
funding to develop program changes pursuant to 
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paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (7), and (8) of sec-
tion 309(a). 
‘‘(6) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
may provide technical assistance to a coastal State 
consistent with section 310 to ensure the timely de-
velopment of plans supported by grants awarded 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(7) FEDERAL APPROVAL.—In order to be eligi-
ble for a grant under subsection (c), a coastal State 
must have its plan developed under this subsection 
approved by the Secretary. 
‘‘(8) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the coastal States, shall 
issue guidelines for the implementation of the grant 
program established under this subsection. 
‘‘(c) COASTAL
CLIMATE
CHANGE
ADAPTATION 
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 
grants to any coastal State that has a climate 
change adaptation plan approved under subsection 
(b)(7), in order to support projects that implement 
strategies contained within such plans. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary, not later than 90 days after approval of the 
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