‘‘(f) The Secretary shall assist eligible coastal States
and qualified local entities in those States in identifying
and obtaining from other Federal agencies technical and
financial assistance in achieving the objectives set forth in
subsection (b).
‘‘(g) For purposes of this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘qualified local entity’ means—
‘‘(A) any local government;
‘‘(B) any areawide agency referred to in
section 204(a)(1) of the Demonstration Cities
and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 3334(a)(1));
‘‘(C) any regional agency;
‘‘(D) any interstate agency; and
‘‘(E) any reserve established under section
315.
‘‘(2) The term ‘eligible coastal State’ means a
coastal State that for any fiscal year for which a
grant is applied for under this section—
‘‘(A) has a management program approved
under section 306; and
‘‘(B) is considered by the Secretary to be
making satisfactory progress in activities de-
signed to result in significant improvement in
achieving the coastal management objectives
specified in section 302(2).
‘‘(3) The term ‘urban or historic waterfront and
port’ means any developed area that is densely popu-
lated or historically significant and is being used for,
or has been used for, urban residential, recreational,
commercial, shipping, or industrial purposes.’’.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 303(2) (16
U.S.C. 1452(2)) is amended in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A) by striking ‘‘the states’’ in the first line and
inserting ‘‘State and local entities’’.
SEC. 103. COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 308 (16 U.S.C. 1456a) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking paragraph (2)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(2) Loan repayments made pursuant to this
subsection—
‘‘(A) shall be retained by the Secretary and de-
posited into the Coastal Zone Management Fund es-
tablished under subsection (b); and
‘‘(B) subject to amounts provided in appropria-
tion Acts, shall be available to the Secretary for pur-
poses of this title and transferred to the Operations,
Research and Facilities account to offset the costs of
implementing this title.’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); and
(B) by striking ‘‘(b)(1)’’ and inserting
‘‘(b)’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2(b)(2) of the
Coastal Zone Protection Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–150;
110 Stat. 1380) is repealed.
SEC. 104. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE EN-
HANCEMENT GRANTS.
Section 309 (16 U.S.C. 1456b) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(10) The development of a coordinated process
among State agencies to regulate and issue permits
for aquaculture facilities in the coastal zone.
‘‘(11) Addressing any issue that is identified by
a coastal State, in consultation with the Secretary
and relevant qualified local entities (as that term is
defined in section 306A), to be a significant emerging
coastal issue.’’; and
(2) by striking subsections (c) through (g) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(c) As a condition of providing a grant under this
section to a coastal State, the Secretary shall require the
State to provide matching funds according to a 1-to-1 ratio
of Federal-to-State contributions.
‘‘(d) 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.
‘‘(e) If the Secretary finds that a coastal State is not
taking actions committed to by the State under the terms
of a grant to the State under this section, the Secretary
shall suspend the eligibility of the State for further funding
under this section for at least one year.’’.
SEC. 105. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO WALTER B. JONES
AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN COASTAL ZONE
MANAGEMENT.
Section 314 (16 U.S.C. 1460) is amended—
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(a)(1) The Secretary may implement a program to
promote excellence in coastal zone management by identi-
fying and making awards acknowledging outstanding ac-
complishments in the field of coastal zone management. An
award under this section shall be known as a ‘Walter B.
Jones Award’.
‘‘(2) Awards under this section may include, subject
to the availability of appropriations—
‘‘(A) cash awards of not more than $5,000 each;
‘‘(B) research grants; and
‘‘(C) public ceremonies to acknowledge accom-
plishments in the field of coastal zone management.’’;
(2) in subsection (b) in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘shall elect annually’’ and
inserting ‘‘may select annually for an award under
this section’’; and
(3) by repealing subsection (e).
SEC. 106. REPORTS.
Section 316 (16 U.S.C. 1462) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘to the President for trans-
mittal’’; and
(2) by striking clause (10) and redesignating
clauses (11), (12), and (13) in order as clauses (10),
(11), and (12).
SEC. 107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 318(a) (16 U.S.C. 1464(a))
is amended by striking ‘‘SEC. 318’’ and all that follows
through subsection (a) and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 318. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated
to the Secretary, to remain available until expended—
‘‘(1) for grants under section 305—
‘‘(A) $400,000 for fiscal year 2000; and
‘‘(B) $200,000 for each of fiscal years 2001,
2002, and 2003;
‘‘(2) for grants under sections 306 and 309—
‘‘(A) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;
‘‘(B) $56,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
‘‘(C) $57,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
‘‘(D) $58,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; and
‘‘(E) $59,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
‘‘(3) for grants under section 306A—
‘‘(A) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;
‘‘(B) $32,500,000 for fiscal year 2001;
‘‘(C) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
‘‘(D) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; and
‘‘(E) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and
‘‘(4) for expenses incidental to the administra-
tion of this title and for awards under section 314,
$6,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002,
2003, and 2004.’’.
(b) REVERSION OF GRANTS; PURCHASES FROM GOV-
ERNMENT.—Section 318 (16 U.S.C. 1464) is amended by
striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
‘‘(c) The amount of any grant, or portion of a grant,
made to a State under any section of this title that is not
obligated by the State within 3 years after the date it is
first authorized to be obligated by the State shall revert to
the Secretary. The Secretary shall add such reverted
amount to the funds available for grants to States under
this title.
‘‘(d) Federal funds allocated under this title may be
used by grantees to purchase Federal products and services
not otherwise available.
‘‘(e) Of the amounts appropriated under subsection
(a)(2), no less than 10 percent and no more than 15 percent
may be used to carry out section 309.’’.
(c) GRANTS FOR FACILITATING ACCESS.—Section 318
(16 U.S.C. 1464) is further amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(f) In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by
this title, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002,
and 2003 for grants under section 306A for eligible coastal
community conservation projects that would achieve either
(or both) of the objectives set forth in paragraphs (6) and
(7) of section 306A(b).’’.
(d) RESTRICTION ON USE OF AMOUNTS FOR PROGRAM,
ADMINISTRATIVE, OR OVERHEAD COSTS.—Section 318 (16
U.S.C. 1464) is further amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(g) Except for funds appropriated under paragraph
(4) of subsection (a), amounts appropriated under this sec-
tion shall be available only for grants to States and shall
not be available for other program, administrative, or over-
head costs of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration or the Department of Commerce.’’.
(e) BARNEGAT BAY TASK FORCE.—Section 318 (16
U.S.C. 1464) is further amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(h) In addition to the amounts otherwise authorized
by this title, there are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001,
2002, 2003, and 2004 to provide financial assistance to the
Barnegat Bay Personal Watercraft Task Force.’’.
SEC. 108. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 is
amended—
(1) in section 302(f) (16 U.S.C. 1451(f)) by
striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a pe-
riod;
(2) in section 303(2) (16 U.S.C. 1452(2))—
(A) in subparagraph (B) by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a comma; and
(B) in subparagraph (J) by striking ‘‘agen-
cies and State and wildlife’’ and inserting ‘‘and
wildlife management’’;
(3) in section 304(5) (16 U.S.C. 1453(5)) by
striking the semicolon and inserting a colon;
(4) 
in 
section 
306(d)(10)(A) 
(16 
U.S.C.
1455(d)(10)(A)) by inserting a comma after ‘‘develop-
ment’’;
(5) by striking ‘‘coastal state’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘coastal State’’;
(6) by striking ‘‘coastal states’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘coastal States’’;
(7) by striking ‘‘coastal state’s’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘coastal State’s’’;
(8) by striking the term ‘‘state’’ each place it ap-
pears in reference to a State of the United States
(other than in the term ‘‘coastal state’’) and inserting
‘‘State’’;
(9) by striking the term ‘‘states’’ each place it
appears in reference to States of the United States
(other than in the term ‘‘coastal states’’) and insert-
ing ‘‘States’’; and
(10) by striking the term ‘‘state’s’’ each place it
appears in reference to a State of the United States
(other than in the term ‘‘coastal state’s’’) and insert-
ing ‘‘State’s’’.
SEC. 109. COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT OUTCOME INDICA-
TORS.
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 24 months after the first
date amounts are available to carry out this section, the
Secretary of Commerce shall submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Resources of the House of Representatives that
contains recommendations for a common set of measurable
outcome indicators that would provide a mechanism to
evaluate the effectiveness of State coastal zone management
programs in the achievement of the coastal management ob-
jectives specified in section 303(2)(A) through (J) of the
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1452(2)
(A)–(J)). In preparing the report the Secretary shall con-
sult with and provide a copy of the draft report to the Gov-
ernors of coastal States or the heads of State agencies des-
ignated by such Governors pursuant to section 306(d)(6)
of that Act (16 U.S.C. 1455(d)(6)). The Secretary shall in-
clude in the final report any State comments on the draft
report.
(b) DRAFT LEGISLATION.—Not later than 48 months
after the first date amounts are available to carry out this
section, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Resources of the House of Representatives draft
legislation that would authorize a national coastal zone
management outcome monitoring and performance evalua-
tion system.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry
out this section there are authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary of Commerce $1,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2000 and 2001.
SEC. 110. PERSONAL WATERCRAFT STUDY.
(a) GRANTS TO STUDY PERSONAL WATERCRAFT IM-
PACTS ON COASTAL HABITAT.—Subject to the availability
of appropriations, the Secretary shall award grants to sup-
port peer-reviewed research to study the impacts of personal
watercraft and other motorized recreational vessels on coast-
al and marine habitats within the boundaries of the coastal
zone of any State (as identified in the management pro-
gram of the State pursuant to section 306(d)(2)(A) of the
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C.
1455(d)(2)(A)). The Secretary shall consider geographic
and habitat diversity when selecting research projects. The
Secretary shall require that each study funded under this
section consider the impacts of personal watercraft and
other motorized recreational vessels, including noise and
uncombusted fuel, on the following:
(1) Wildlife, including feeding, wading, nesting,
or roosting birds, marine mammals, reptiles, amphib-
ians, fish, and aquatic invertebrates.
(2) Aquatic vegetation.
(3) Suspended sediments.
(4) Shoreline erosion.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 48 months after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a final
report to the Committee on Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives that contains—
(1) summaries of the research funded under this
subsection; and
(2) summaries of public comments received sub-
sequent to publication of a draft report in the Federal
Register.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $2,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002 for grants
under this section. The Secretary may use up to 10 percent
of the funds appropriated to administer this section.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) OTHER
MOTORIZED
RECREATIONAL
VES-
SEL.—The term ‘‘other motorized recreational vessel’’
means a motor vessel that is a recreational vessel (as
those terms are defined in section 2101 of title 46,
United States Code), and that—
(A) uses an inboard motor powering a
water jet pump or caged propeller as its primary
source of power; and
(B) is designed to be operated by a person
sitting within the vessel.
(2) PERSONAL
WATERCRAFT.—The term ‘‘per-
sonal watercraft’’ means a motor vessel that—
(A) uses an inboard motor powering a
water jet pump or a caged propeller as its pri-
mary source of motive power; and
(B) is designed to be operated by a person
standing on, kneeling on, or sitting astride the
vessel.
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Commerce.
SEC. 111. PROTECTION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY.
The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 320. PROTECTION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY.
‘‘The Secretary—
‘‘(1) shall not require a State, as a condition of
any grant of funds under this title or the approval
of a State plan under section 306, to take any action
that would constitute a use of non-Federal property
for a public purpose without payment of just com-
pensation; and
‘‘(2) shall not under this title take private prop-
erty for public use without payment of just compensa-
tion.’’.
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS RELAT-
ING TO NATIONAL ESTUARINE
RESERVES
SEC. 201. POLICIES AND PURPOSES.
(a) DECLARATION
OF
POLICY.—Section 303 (16
U.S.C. 1452) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end
of paragraph (6) and inserting a semicolon, and by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(7) to use Federal, State, and community part-
nerships developed through the system established by
section 315 to improve the understanding, steward-
ship, and management of coastal areas; and
‘‘(8) to encourage the development, application,
and transfer to local, State, and Federal resources
managers of innovative coastal and estuarine re-
sources management technologies and techniques that
promote the long-term conservation of coastal and es-
tuarine resources.’’.
(b) PURPOSE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 315(a) of such Act
(16 U.S.C. 1461(a)) is amended by adding at the end
the following: ‘‘The purpose of each national estuarine
reserve and of the System is to improve the under-
standing, stewardship, and management of coastal
areas.’’.
(2) DEFINITION.—Section 304(8) of such Act (16
U.S.C. 1453(8)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(8) The term ‘national estuarine reserve’ means an
area that is a national estuarine reserve under section
315.’’.
SEC. 202. AREAS THAT MAY BE DESIGNATED.
Section 315(b) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1461(b)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘An area designated under this section may include any
part or all of an estuary and any island, transitional area,
and upland in, adjoining, or adjacent to such estuary, that
constitutes, to the extent feasible, a natural unit.’’.
SEC. 203. DONATIONS.
Section 315(e) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1461(e)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4)(A) The Secretary may—
‘‘(i) enter into cooperative agreements or con-
tracts, with, or make grants to, any nonprofit organi-
zation established to benefit a national estuarine re-
serve, authorizing the organization to solicit dona-
tions to carry out projects, other than general admin-
istration of the reserve or the System, that are con-
sistent with the purpose of the reserve and the System;
and
‘‘(ii) accept donations of funds and services for
use in carrying out projects, other than general ad-
ministration of a national estuarine reserve or the
System, that are consistent with the purpose of the re-
serve and the System.
‘‘(B) Donations accepted under this paragraph shall
be considered as a gift or bequest to or for the use of the
United States for carrying out this section.’’.
SEC. 204. EVALUATIONS.
Section 315(f)(1) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1461(f)(1))
is amended by inserting ‘‘coordination with State programs
established under section 306,’’ after ‘‘including’’.
SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 318(a) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1464(a)) is fur-
ther amended by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the
end of paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (4) and inserting a semicolon, and by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(5) for grants under section 315—
‘‘(A) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;
‘‘(B) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
‘‘(C) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
‘‘(D) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; and
‘‘(E) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and
‘‘(6) for grants for construction projects at na-
tional estuarine reserves designated under section 315,
$12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002,
2003, and 2004.’’.