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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 764 
To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require the Secretary 
of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning 
and response program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2013 
Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mr. FARR, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. 
HOLT, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. HUFFMAN, and Ms. SHEA-POR-
TER) 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 planning and response pro-
gram, 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 
Change Planning Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PLANNING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE COASTAL 
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: 
‘‘CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLANNING 
‘‘SEC. 320. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
establish consistent with the national policies set forth in 
section 303 a coastal climate change adaptation planning 
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) GUIDELINES.—Within 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this section, the Secretary, in consultation 
with the coastal states, shall issue guidelines for the imple-
mentation of the grant program established under sub-
section (c). 
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‘‘(c) CLIMATE
CHANGE
ADAPTATION
PLANNING 
GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, subject to 
the availability of appropriations, may make a grant 
to any coastal state for the purpose of developing cli-
mate change adaptation plans pursuant to guidelines 
issued by the Secretary under subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) PLAN CONTENT.—A plan developed with a 
grant under this section shall include the following: 
‘‘(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) Requirements to initiate and main-
tain long-term monitoring of environmental 
change to assess coastal zone adaptation and to 
adjust when necessary adaptive management 
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