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Union Calendar No. 567 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2950 
[Report No. 118–671] 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the Coastal Program 
of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to work with willing 
partners and provide support to efforts to assess, protect, restore, and 
enhance important coastal landscapes that provide fish and wildlife habi-
tat on which certain Federal trust species depend, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2023 
Mr. HUFFMAN (for himself and Mrs. GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 
Additional sponsors: Mr. MOYLAN, Mr. KILMER, Mr. LALOTA, and Ms. 
BONAMICI 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 
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 April 27, 2023] 
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A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the 
Coastal Program of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, to work with willing partners and provide sup-
port to efforts to assess, protect, restore, and enhance 
important coastal landscapes that provide fish and wild-
life habitat on which certain Federal trust species de-
pend, and for other purposes. 
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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 Habitat Con-
servation Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to legislatively authorize the 
Coastal Program of the Service in effect as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act to conduct collaborative land-
scape-level planning and on-the-ground coastal habitat as-
sessment, coastal habitat protection, coastal habitat restora-
tion, and coastal habitat enhancement projects in priority 
coastal landscapes to conserve and recover Federal trust spe-
cies. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COASTAL
ECOSYSTEM.—The term ‘‘coastal 
ecosystem’’ means a biological community of orga-
nisms interacting with each other and their habitats 
in a coastal landscape. 
(2) COASTAL HABITAT ASSESSMENT.—The term 
‘‘coastal habitat assessment’’ means the process of 
evaluating the physical, chemical, and biological func-
tion of a coastal site to determine the value of the site 
to fish and wildlife. 
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(3) COASTAL
HABITAT
ENHANCEMENT.—The 
term ‘‘coastal habitat enhancement’’ means the ma-
nipulation of the physical, chemical, or biological 
characteristics of a coastal ecosystem to increase or 
decrease specific biological functions that make the 
ecosystem valuable to fish and wildlife. 
(4) COASTAL
HABITAT
PLANNING.—The term 
‘‘coastal habitat planning’’ means the process of devel-
oping a comprehensive plan that— 
(A) characterizes a coastal ecosystem; 
(B) sets protection, restoration, or enhance-
ment goals and identifies the priorities of those 
goals; 
(C) describes conservation strategies and 
methodologies; 
(D) establishes a timetable for implementa-
tion of the plan; and 
(E) identifies roles of participants and 
stakeholders. 
(5) COASTAL HABITAT PROTECTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘coastal habi-
tat protection’’ means a long-term action to safe-
guard habitat of value to fish and wildlife in a 
coastal ecosystem. 
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