(8) COASTAL STATE.—The term ‘‘coastal State’’ 
means— 
(A) a State in, or bordering on, the Atlan-
tic, Pacific, or Arctic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, 
the Long Island Sound, or 1 or more of the 
Great Lakes; 
(B) the District of Columbia; 
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 
(D) Guam; 
(E) American Samoa; 
(F) the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands; 
(G) the Federated States of Micronesia; 
(H) the Republic of the Marshall Islands; 
(I) the Republic of Palau; and 
(J) the United States Virgin Islands. 
(9) FEDERAL TRUST SPECIES.—The term ‘‘Fed-
eral trust species’’ means migratory birds, threatened 
species or endangered species listed under the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 
interjurisdictional fish, and marine mammals for 
which the Secretary has management authority. 
(10) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘finan-
cial assistance’’ means Federal funding provided to 
Federal, State, local, or Tribal governments, non-
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governmental institutions, nonprofit organizations, 
and private individuals and entities through a grant 
or cooperative agreement. 
(11) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(12) SERVICE.—The term ‘‘Service’’ means the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 
(13) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘tech-
nical assistance’’ means a collaboration, facilitation, 
or consulting action relating to a coastal habitat 
planning, coastal habitat assessment, coastal habitat 
protection, coastal habitat restoration, or coastal 
habitat enhancement project or initiative in which the 
Service contributes scientific knowledge, skills, and ex-
pertise to the project or initiative. 
SEC. 4. COASTAL PROGRAM. 
The Secretary shall carry out the Coastal Program 
within the Service to— 
(1) identify the leading threats to priority coast-
al landscapes and conservation actions to address 
those threats in partnership with Federal, State, 
local, and Tribal governments, nongovernmental in-
stitutions, nonprofit organizations, and private indi-
viduals and entities; 
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(2) provide technical assistance and financial as-
sistance through partnerships with Federal, State, 
local, and Tribal governments, nongovernmental in-
stitutions, nonprofit organizations, and private indi-
viduals and entities to conduct voluntary coastal 
habitat planning, coastal habitat assessment, coastal 
habitat protection, coastal habitat restoration, and 
coastal habitat enhancement projects on public land 
or private land; 
(3) ensure the health and resilience of coastal 
ecosystems through adaptive management procedures 
based on the best available science; 
(4) build the capacity of Federal, State, local, 
and Tribal governments, nongovernmental institu-
tions, nonprofit organizations, and private individ-
uals and entities to carry out environmental con-
servation and stewardship measures; 
(5) assist in the development and implementa-
tion of monitoring protocols to ensure the success of 
coastal ecosystem restoration and coastal ecosystem 
enhancement measures; and 
(6) collaborate and share information with part-
ners and the public relating to best management 
practices for the conservation, restoration, and en-
hancement of coastal ecosystems. 
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SEC. 5. REPORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
Secretary, acting through the Director of the Service, shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations and Environment and Public Works 
of the Senate, and make available to the public on the 
website of the Service, a report on the Coastal Program car-
ried out under this Act. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Each report submitted under 
subsection (a) shall assess on regional and nationwide 
bases— 
(1) Coastal Program work on coastal ecosystems; 
(2) progress made by the Coastal Program to-
ward identifying the leading threats to priority coast-
al landscapes and conservation actions to address 
those threats; and 
(3) prospects for, and success of, protecting, re-
storing, and enhancing coastal ecosystems. 
(c) INCLUSIONS.—Each report submitted under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) quantitative information on coastal land-
scapes protected, restored, or enhanced; 
(2) funds appropriated to the Coastal Program 
that have been expended or leveraged; 
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(3) a description of adaptive management prac-
tices implemented; and 
(4) a description of emerging challenges or data 
gaps that hinder the ability of the Coastal Program 
to achieve the purpose of this Act. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act $16,957,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 
2028. 
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Union Calendar No. 567 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2950 
[Report No. 118–671] 
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 part-
ners and provide support to efforts to assess, 
protect, restore, and enhance important coastal 
landscapes that provide fish and wildlife habitat 
on which certain Federal trust species depend, 
and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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