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section. No less than 30 percent of the funds appro-
priated in any fiscal year for grants under this sub-
section shall be awarded through a merit-based com-
petitive process. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE
ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary 
may award grants to coastal states to implement 
projects in the coastal zone to address stress factors 
in order to improve coastal climate change resiliency, 
including the following: 
‘‘(A) Activities to address physical disturb-
ances within the coastal zone, especially activi-
ties related to public facilities and public serv-
ices, tourism, sedimentation, and other factors 
negatively impacting coastal waters, and fish-
eries-associated habitat destruction or alter-
ation. 
‘‘(B) Monitoring, control, or eradication of 
disease organisms and invasive species. 
‘‘(C) Activities to address the loss, deg-
radation or fragmentation of wildlife habitat 
through projects to establish marine and terres-
trial habitat buffers, wildlife refugia or net-
works thereof, and preservation of migratory 
wildlife corridors and other transition zones. 
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‘‘(D) Implementation of projects to reduce, 
mitigate, or otherwise address likely impacts 
caused by natural hazards in the coastal zone, 
including sea level rise, coastal inundation, 
coastal erosion and subsidence, severe weather 
events such as cyclonic storms, tsunamis and 
other seismic threats, and fluctuating Great 
Lakes water levels. 
‘‘(E) Provide technical training and assist-
ance to local coastal policy makers to increase 
awareness of science, management, and tech-
nology information related to climate change 
and adaptation strategies.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
318(a) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1464) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(4) for grants under section 320(c) and (d), 
such sums as are necessary.’’. 
(c) INTENT OF CONGRESS.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to require any coastal state to amend 
or modify its approved management program pursuant to 
section 306(e) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 
1972 (16 U.S.C. 1455(e)), or to extend the enforceable 
policies of a coastal state beyond the coastal zone as iden-
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tified in the coastal state’s approved management pro-
gram. 
SEC. 7473. ENHANCING CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTIONS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation Act 
of 2007’’. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are the 
following: 
(1) Establish a National Integrated Coastal and 
Ocean Observation System comprised of Federal and 
non-Federal components, coordinated at the national 
level by the National Ocean Research Leadership 
Council and at the regional level by a network of Re-
gional Information Coordination Entities, that in-
cludes in situ, remote, and other coastal and ocean 
observations, technologies, and data management 
and communication systems, to gather specific coast-
al and ocean data variables and to ensure the timely 
dissemination and availability of usable observation 
data— 
(A) to support national defense, marine 
commerce, energy production, scientific re-
search, ecosystem-based marine and coastal re-
source management, weather and marine fore-
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