Living Shorelines Act

Bill: 117-hr-4235
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2021-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air quality
Aquatic ecology
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Higher education
Historical and cultural resources
Infrastructure development
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Military facilities and property
Poverty and welfare assistance
Research administration and funding
Seashores and lakeshores
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Water quality
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-29
text: 

Living Shorelines Act
 
 
This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish grant programs to support living shoreline projects and research on nature-based infrastructure.
 
NOAA must award grants to state or local governments, nonprofit organizations, and Indian tribes to (1) implement climate-resilient living shoreline projects; and (2) encourage innovation in the use of natural materials to protect coastal communities, habitats, and natural system functions.
 
NOAA shall establish an engineering standard applicable to living shoreline projects for each region of the United States and use such standard to select eligible entities to receive such grants.
 
A grant to carry out a living shoreline project may be used only to 
 
 
 carry out the project, including administration, design, permitting, entry into negotiated indirect cost rate agreements, and construction; 
 
 monitor, collect, and report data on the performance of the project, in accordance with the engineering standard; or
 
 incentivize landowners to engage in such projects.
 
 
NOAA shall award competitive research grants to eligible entities, including U.S. territories, to carry out projects focused on developing and assessing the effectiveness of innovative approaches to nature-based infrastructure for specified climate-related purposes. NOAA shall award grants to such entities for projects that focus on, among other things
 
 
assessing the effectiveness of installed nature-based infrastructure, or
 
novel approaches to nature-based infrastructure and living shorelines.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2021-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-29
text: Introduced in House