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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1965
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL 24, 1996
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation
AN ACT
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,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coastal Zone Protec-
tion Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
STATE COASTAL PROGRAMS.
(a) 
REAUTHORIZATION
OF
PROGRAM.—Section
305(a) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16
U.S.C. 1454(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘1991, 1992, and 1993’’ and in-
serting ‘‘1997, 1998, and 1999’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘two’’ and inserting ‘‘four’’.
(b) TERMINATION OF PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 305 of the Coastal
Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1454) is
amended—
(A) by striking subsection (a);
(B) by striking ‘‘(b)’’; and
(C) by amending the heading to read as
follows:
‘‘SUBMITTAL OF STATE PROGRAM FOR APPROVAL’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section
308(b)(2)(B) of the Coastal Zone Management Act
of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1457(b)(2)(B)) is amended—
(A) in clause (iv) by adding ‘‘and’’ after
the semicolon;
(B) by striking clause (v); and
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(C) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause
(v).
(3) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This subsection shall
take effect on October 1, 1999.
SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE FOR COASTAL
ZONE ENHANCEMENT.
Section 309(b) of the Coastal Zone Management Act
of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456b(b)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Subject to’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2)(A) In addition to any amounts provided under
section 306, and subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, the Secretary may make grants under this sub-
section to States for implementing program changes ap-
proved by the Secretary in accordance with section 306(e).
‘‘(B) Grants under this paragraph to implement a
program change may not be made in any fiscal year after
the second fiscal year that begins after the approval of
that change by the Secretary.’’.
SEC. 
4. 
AUTHORIZATION 
OF 
APPROPRIATIONS 
FOR
GRANTS.
Section 318 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of
1972 (16 U.S.C. 1464) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 318.’’ and all that follows
through subsection (a) and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 318. (a) There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary, to remain available until ex-
pended—
‘‘(1) for grants under sections 306, 306A, and
309—
‘‘(A) $47,600,000 for fiscal year 1997;
‘‘(B) $49,000,000 for fiscal year 1998; and
‘‘(C) $50,500,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
‘‘(2) for grants under section 315—
‘‘(A) $4,400,000 for fiscal year 1997;
‘‘(B) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 1998; and
‘‘(C) $4,600,000 for fiscal year 1999.’’;
(2) by striking subsection (b); and
(3) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) in
order as subsections (b) and (c).
SEC. 5. COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND.
(a) AUTHORIZATION
FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE
EX-
PENSES.—Section 308(b)(2)(A) of the Coastal Zone Man-
agement Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456a(b)(2)(A)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) Expenses incident to the administration of
this title, in an amount not to exceed for each of fis-
cal years 1997, 1998, and 1999 the higher of—
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‘‘(i) $4,000,000; or
‘‘(ii) 8 percent of the total amount appro-
priated under this title for the fiscal year.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION FOR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
GRANTS.—Section 308(b)(2)(B)(v) of the Coastal Zone
Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456a(b)(2)(B)(v))
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(v) program development grants as au-
thorized by section 305, in an amount not to
exceed $200,000 for each of fiscal years 1997,
1998, and 1999; and’’.
SEC. 6. MATCHING REQUIREMENT.
Section 315(e)(3) of the Coastal Zone Management
Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1461(e)(3)) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B), fi-
nancial assistance under this subsection provided from
amounts recovered as a result of damage to natural re-
sources located in the coastal zone may be used to pay
100 percent of the costs of activities carried out with the
assistance.’’.
SEC. 7. AQUACULTURE IN THE COASTAL ZONE.
The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 is
amended—
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(1) in section 306A(b) (16 U.S.C. 1455a(b)) by
adding at the end of the following:
‘‘(4) The development of a coordinated process
among State agencies to regulate and issue permits
for aquaculture facilities in the coastal zone.’’; and
(2) in section 309(a) (16 U.S.C. 1456b(a)) by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(9) Adoption of procedures and policies to
evaluate and facilitate the siting of public and pri-
vate aquaculture facilities in the coastal zone, which
will enable States to formulate, administer, and im-
plement strategic plans for marine aquaculture.’’.
SEC. 8. APPEALS TO THE SECRETARY.
The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘APPEALS TO THE SECRETARY
‘‘SEC. 319. (a) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall publish
in the Federal Register a notice indicating when the deci-
sion record has been closed on any appeal to the Secretary
taken from a consistency determination under section
307(c) or (d). No later than 90 days after the date of
publication of this notice, the Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) issue a final decision in the appeal; or
‘‘(2) publish a notice in the Federal Register
detailing why a decision cannot be issued within the
90-day period.
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‘‘(b) DEADLINE.—In the case where the Secretary
publishes a notice under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary
shall issue a decision in any appeal filed under section 307
no later than 45 days after the date of the publication
of the notice.
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—This section applies to appeals
initiated by the Secretary and appeals filed by an appli-
cant.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives April 23, 1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.