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Union Calendar No. 272
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2669
[Report No. 106–485]
To reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 1999
Mr. SAXTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 2, 1999]
A BILL
To reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972,
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 Community
Conservation Act of 1999’’.
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 provision,
the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or
other provision of the Coastal Zone Management Act of
1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.).
TITLE 
I—REAUTHORIZATION
AND AMENDMENT OF COAST-
AL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT
OF 1972, GENERALLY
SEC. 101. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.
Section 305(a) (16 U.S.C. 1454(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘1997, 1998, and 1999’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘No
grant may be made under this section after Sep-
tember 30, 2003.’’.
SEC. 102. COASTAL COMMUNITY CONSERVATION GRANTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 306A (16 U.S.C. 1455a) is
amended by striking so much as precedes subsection (b) and
inserting the following:
‘‘COASTAL COMMUNITY CONSERVATION GRANTS
‘‘SEC. 306A. (a)(1) The Secretary may make grants
to any coastal State for the purpose of assisting local com-
munities to carry out eligible coastal community conserva-
tion projects.
‘‘(2) Grants under this section shall be allocated to
coastal States in the same manner in which grants under
section 306 are allocated under subsection (c) of that sec-
tion.
‘‘(3) A project shall be an eligible coastal community
conservation project under this section if it—
‘‘(A) is submitted to the Secretary by the State
agency designated by the Governor pursuant to sec-
tion 306(d)(6);
‘‘(B) would be carried out in the coastal zone;
‘‘(C) would achieve at least one of the coastal
zone management objectives specified in section
303(2);
‘‘(D) would achieve at least one of the objectives
listed in subsection (b); and
‘‘(E) is designed and carried out in conjunction
with a qualified local entity.’’.
(b) 
OBJECTIVES.—Section 
306A(b) 
(16 
U.S.C.
1455a(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking the matter preceding paragraph
(1) and inserting the following:
‘‘(b) The objectives referred to in subsection (a)(3)(D)
are the following:’’;
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘or historic’’
after ‘‘urban’’; and
(3) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(4) The preservation, restoration, enhancement,
or creation of coastal habitats.
‘‘(5) The preparation of plans that promote
coastal community revitalization and the goal stated
in section 303(1).
‘‘(6) The provision of access to public beaches,
other coastal areas, and coastal waters for individuals
with disabilities.
‘‘(7) The inventorying of existing points of pub-
lic access to public beaches, other coastal areas, and
coastal waters, and the posting, publication, and dis-
semination of informational material identifying and
displaying those points.’’.
(c) USE.—Section 306A(c)(2) (16 U.S.C. 1455a(c)(2))
is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the
end of subparagraph (D), striking the period at the end of
subparagraph (E) and inserting a semicolon, and adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(F) purchase and distribution of cultch mate-
rial; and
‘‘(G) work, resources, or technical support nec-
essary to restore, enhance, or create coastal habitat or
to prepare plans that promote coastal community re-
vitalization and the goal stated in section 303(1).’’.
(d) MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.—Section 306A (16
U.S.C. 1455a) is amended by striking subsections (d), (e),
and (f) and inserting the following:
‘‘(d)(1) As a condition of providing a grant under this
section to a coastal State, the Secretary shall require the
coastal State to provide matching funds according to the
ratio of Federal-to-State contributions that applies under
section 306(a).
‘‘(2) If the Secretary finds that a State or qualified
local entity is not undertaking the actions it committed to
under the terms of a grant under this section, the Secretary
shall suspend the State or qualified local entity’s eligibility
for further funding under this section for at least 1 year.
‘‘(e)(1) With the approval of the Secretary, a coastal
State may allocate to any qualified local entity amounts
received by the State as a grant under this section.
‘‘(2) A coastal State shall ensure that amounts allo-
cated by the State under paragraph (1) are used by the
qualified local entity in furtherance of the State’s approved
management program.