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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8455 
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 
JULY 21, 2022 
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 2022’’. 
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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: 
‘‘CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PREPAREDNESS AND 
RESPONSE PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 320. 
‘‘(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.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make a 
grant to any coastal State for the purpose of devel-
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-
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