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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mercury Pollution Reduction Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) mercury and mercury compounds are highly toxic to 
        humans, ecosystems, and wildlife;
            (2) as many as 10 percent of women in the United States of 
        childbearing age have mercury in their bloodstreams at a level 
        that could pose risks to their unborn babies, and hundreds of 
        thousands of children born annually in the United States are at 
        risk of neurological problems relating to mercury exposure in 
        utero;
            (3) the most significant source of mercury exposure to 
        people in the United States is ingestion of mercury-
        contaminated fish;
            (4) the long-term solution to mercury pollution is to 
        minimize global mercury use and releases of mercury to 
        eventually achieve reduced contamination levels in the 
        environment, rather than reducing fish consumption, since 
        uncontaminated fish represents a critical and healthy source of 
        nutrition for people worldwide;
            (5) mercury pollution is a transboundary pollutant that--
                    (A) is deposited locally, regionally, and globally; 
                and
                    (B) affects bodies of water near industrial areas, 
                such as the Great Lakes, as well as bodies of water in 
                remote areas, such as the Arctic Circle;
            (6) of the approximately 30 plants in the United States 
        that produce chlorine, only 7 use the obsolete ``mercury cell'' 
        chlor-alkali process, and 4 have not yet committed to phasing 
        out mercury use;
            (7)(A) less than 5 percent of the total quantity of 
        chlorine and caustic soda produced in the United States comes 
        from the chlor-alkali plants described in paragraph (6) that 
        use the mercury cell chlor-alkali process;
            (B) cost-effective alternatives are available and in use in 
        the remaining 95 percent of chlorine and caustic soda 
        production; and
            (C) other countries, including Japan, have already banned 
        the mercury cell chlor-alkali process;
            (8) the chlor-alkali industry acknowledges that--
                    (A) mercury can contaminate products manufactured 
                at mercury cell facilities; and
                    (B) the use of some of those products results in 
                the direct and indirect release of mercury;
            (9) despite those quantities of mercury known to have been 
        used or to be in use, neither the chlor-alkali industry nor the 
        Environmental Protection Agency is able--
                    (A) to adequately account for the disposition of 
                the mercury used at those facilities; or
                    (B) to accurately estimate current mercury 
                emissions; and
            (10) it is critically important that the United States work 
        aggressively toward the minimization of supply, demand, and 
        releases of mercury, both domestically and internationally.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    Congress declares that the United States should develop policies 
and programs that will--
            (1) reduce mercury use and emissions within the United 
        States;
            (2) reduce mercury releases from the reservoir of mercury 
        currently in use or circulation within the United States; and
            (3) reduce exposures to mercury, particularly exposures of 
        women of childbearing age and young children.

SEC. 4. USE OF MERCURY IN CHLORINE AND CAUSTIC SODA MANUFACTURING.

    (a) In General.--Title I of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 
U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 6 the 
following:

``SEC. 6A. USE OF MERCURY IN CHLORINE AND CAUSTIC SODA MANUFACTURING.

    ``(a) Definition of Chlor-alkali Facility.--In this section, the 
term `chlor-alkali facility' means a facility used for the manufacture 
of chlorine or caustic soda using a mercury cell process.
    ``(b) Prohibition.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        subsection, it shall be unlawful to manufacture chlorine or 
        caustic soda using mercury cells at any facility in the United 
        States.
            ``(2) Notice.--The owner or operator of any existing chlor-
        alkali facility shall notify the Administrator no later than 
        June 30, 2012, whether it will--
                    ``(A) replace its chlor-alkali facility with a new 
                manufacturing facility that does not use mercury; or
                    ``(B) cease operations.
            ``(3) Closure.--A chlor-alkali facility for which a closure 
        notice is filed under paragraph (2)(B) shall cease 
        manufacturing chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells no 
        later than June 30, 2013.
            ``(4) Replacement.--A chlor-alkali facility for which a 
        replacement notice is filed under paragraph (2)(A) may continue 
        to manufacture chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells 
        until all of the permitting, financing, engineering, and 
        construction of a non-mercury replacement facility is complete, 
        or June 30, 2015, whichever is earlier.
    ``(c) Export Ban.--Effective on the date of the enactment of this 
section, the export of any elemental mercury or the sale of elemental 
mercury for purposes of export, including compounds and mixtures 
containing elemental mercury, by the owner or operator of a chlor-
alkali facility is prohibited.
    ``(d) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this section affects the 
ability of the owner or operator of any chlor-alkali facility to store 
elemental mercury in accordance with section 5(g)(2) of the Mercury 
Export Ban Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 6939f).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) The table of contents of the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 note) is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 6 the following:

``Sec. 6A. Use of mercury in chlorine and caustic soda 
                            manufacturing.''.
    (2) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 15 of such Act are each 
amended by striking ``or 6'' and inserting ``, 6 or 6A''.

A: Mercury Pollution Reduction Act - Declares that the United States should develop policies and programs that will reduce: (1) mercury use and emissions; (2) mercury releases from the reservoir of mercury currently in use or circulation; and (3) exposures to mercury, particularly of women of childbearing age and young children.

Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit: (1) the manufacture of chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells at any facility in the United States; and (2) the export of any elemental mercury or the sale of elemental mercury for purposes of export, including compounds and mixtures containing elemental mercury, by the owner or operator of a chlor-alkali facility.

Requires the owner or operator of any existing chlor-alkali facility to notify the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) no later than June 30, 2012, on whether the owner or operator will replace its chlor-alkali facility with a new manufacturing facility that does not use mercury or cease operations. Requires a chlor-alkali facility for which a closure notice is filed to cease manufacturing chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells no later than June 30, 2013. Authorizes a chlor-alkali facility for which a replacement notice is filed to continue to manufacture chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells until all of the permitting, financing, engineering, and construction of a non-mercury replacement facility is complete or June 30, 2015, whichever is earlier.

Provides that this Act does not affect the ability of the owner or operator of any chlor-alkali facility to store elemental mercury in accordance with the Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Internet Tax Nondiscrimination 
Act''.
SEC. 2. FOUR-YEAR EXTENSION OF INTERNET TAX MORATORIUM.
    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 1101 of the Internet Tax 
Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Moratorium.--No State or political subdivision thereof may 
impose any of the following taxes during the period beginning November 
1, 2003, and ending November 1, 2007:
        ``(1) Taxes on Internet access.
        ``(2) Multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic 
    commerce.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 1101 of the Internet Tax 
Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note) is amended by striking subsection (d) 
and redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (d) and (e), 
respectively.
    (2) Section 1104(10) of the Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 
note) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(10) Tax on internet access.--
            ``(A) In general.--The term `tax on Internet access' means 
        a tax on Internet access, regardless of whether such tax is 
        imposed on a provider of Internet access or a buyer of Internet 
        access and regardless of the terminology used to describe the 
        tax.
            ``(B) General exception.--The term `tax on Internet access' 
        does not include a tax levied upon or measured by net income, 
        capital stock, net worth, or property value.''.
    (3) Section 1104(2)(B)(i) of the Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 
U.S.C. 151 note) is amended by striking ``except with respect to a tax 
(on Internet access) that was generally imposed and actually enforced 
prior to October 1, 1998,''.
    (c) Internet Access Service; Internet Access.--
        (1) Internet access service.--Paragraph (3)(D) of section 
    1101(d) (as redesignated by subsection (b)(1) of this section) of 
    the Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note) is amended by 
    striking the second sentence and inserting ``The term `Internet 
    access service' does not include telecommunications services, 
    except to the extent such services are purchased, used, or sold by 
    a provider of Internet access to provide Internet access.''.
        (2) Internet access.--Section 1104(5) of that Act is amended by 
    striking the second sentence and inserting ``The term `Internet 
    access' does not include telecommunications services, except to the 
    extent such services are purchased, used, or sold by a provider of 
    Internet access to provide Internet access.''.
SEC. 3. GRANDFATHERING OF STATES THAT TAX INTERNET ACCESS.
    The Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note) is amended--
        (1) by redesignating section 1104 as section 1105; and
        (2) by inserting after section 1103 the following:

``SEC. 1104. GRANDFATHERING OF STATES THAT TAX INTERNET ACCESS.

    ``(a) Pre-October 1998 Taxes.--
        ``(1) In general.--Section 1101(a) does not apply to a tax on 
    Internet access that was generally imposed and actually enforced 
    prior to October 1, 1998, if, before that date--
            ``(A) the tax was authorized by statute; and
            ``(B) either--
              ``(i) a provider of Internet access services had a 
            reasonable opportunity to know, by virtue of a rule or 
            other public proclamation made by the appropriate 
            administrative agency of the State or political subdivision 
            thereof, that such agency has interpreted and applied such 
            tax to Internet access services; or
              ``(ii) a State or political subdivision thereof generally 
            collected such tax on charges for Internet access.
        ``(2) Termination.--
            ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
        this subsection shall not apply after November 1, 2007.
            ``(B) State telecommunications service tax.--
                ``(i) Date for termination.--This subsection shall not 
            apply after November 1, 2006, with respect to a State 
            telecommunications service tax described in clause (ii).
                ``(ii) Description of tax.--A State telecommunications 
            service tax referred to in subclause (i) is a State tax--

                    ``(I) enacted by State law on or after October 1, 
                1991, and imposing a tax on telecommunications service; 
                and
                    ``(II) applied to Internet access through 
                administrative code or regulation issued on or after 
                December 1, 2002.''.

    ``(b) Pre-November 2003 Taxes.--
        ``(1) In general.--Section 1101(a) does not apply to a tax on 
    Internet access that was generally imposed and actually enforced as 
    of November 1, 2003, if, as of that date, the tax was authorized by 
    statute and--
            ``(A) a provider of Internet access services had a 
        reasonable opportunity to know by virtue of a public rule or 
        other public proclamation made by the appropriate 
        administrative agency of the State or political subdivision 
        thereof, that such agency has interpreted and applied such tax 
        to Internet access services; and
            ``(B) a State or political subdivision thereof generally 
        collected such tax on charges for Internet access.
        ``(2) Termination.--This subsection shall not apply after 
    November 1, 2005.''.

SEC. 4. ACCOUNTING RULE.

    The Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 1106. ACCOUNTING RULE.

    ``(a) In General.--If charges for Internet access are aggregated 
with and not separately stated from charges for telecommunications 
services or other charges that are subject to taxation, then the 
charges for Internet access may be subject to taxation unless the 
Internet access provider can reasonably identify the charges for 
Internet access from its books and records kept in the regular course 
of business.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
        ``(1) Charges for internet access.--The term `charges for 
    Internet access' means all charges for Internet access as defined 
    in section 1105(5).
        ``(2) Charges for telecommunications services.--The term 
    `charges for telecommunications services' means all charges for 
    telecommunications services, except to the extent such services are 
    purchased, used, or sold by a provider of Internet access to 
    provide Internet access.''.

SEC. 5. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.

    The Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note), as amended by 
section 4, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 1107. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.

    ``(a) Universal Service.--Nothing in this Act shall prevent the 
imposition or collection of any fees or charges used to preserve and 
advance Federal universal service or similar State programs--
        ``(1) authorized by section 254 of the Communications Act of 
    1934 (47 U.S.C. 254); or
        ``(2) in effect on February 8, 1996.
    ``(b) 911 and E-911 Services.--Nothing in this Act shall prevent 
the imposition or collection, on a service used for access to 911 or E-
911 services, of any fee or charge specifically designated or presented 
as dedicated by a State or political subdivision thereof for the 
support of 911 or E-911 services if no portion of the revenue derived 
from such fee or charge is obligated or expended for any purpose other 
than support of 911 or E-911 services.
    ``(c) Non-Tax Regulatory Proceedings.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed to affect any Federal or State regulatory proceeding that is 
not related to taxation.''.
SEC. 6. EXCEPTION FOR VOICE AND OTHER SERVICES OVER THE INTERNET.
    The Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note), as amended by 
section 5, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 1108. EXCEPTION FOR VOICE SERVICES OVER THE INTERNET.

    ``Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the imposition 
of tax on a charge for voice or similar service utilizing Internet 
Protocol or any successor protocol. This section shall not apply to any 
services that are incidental to Internet access, such as voice-capable 
e-mail or instant messaging.''.

SEC. 6A. EXCEPTION FOR TEXAS MUNICIPAL ACCESS LINE FEE.

    The Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note), as amended by 
section 6, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 1109. EXCEPTION FOR TEXAS MUNICIPAL ACCESS LINE FEE.

    ``Nothing in this Act shall prohibit Texas or a political 
subdivision thereof from imposing or collecting the Texas municipal 
access line fee pursuant to Texas Local Govt. Code Ann. ch. 283 (Vernon 
2005) and the definition of access line as determined by the Public 
Utility Commission of Texas in its `Order Adopting Amendments to 
Section 26.465 As Approved At The February 13, 2003 Public Hearing', 
issued March 5, 2003, in Project No. 26412.''.
SEC. 7. GAO STUDY OF EFFECTS OF INTERNET TAX MORATORIUM ON STATE AND 
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND ON BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT.
    The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of the impact of the 
Internet tax moratorium, including its effects on the revenues of State 
and local governments and on the deployment and adoption of broadband 
technologies for Internet access throughout the United States, 
including the impact of the Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 
note) on build-out of broadband technology resources in rural 
underserved areas of the country. The study shall compare deployment 
and adoption rates in States that tax broadband Internet access service 
with States that do not tax such service, and take into account other 
factors to determine whether the Internet Tax Freedom Act has had an 
impact on the deployment or adoption of broadband Internet access 
services. The Comptroller General shall report the findings, 
conclusions, and any recommendations from the study to the Senate 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of 
Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce no later than November 
1, 2005.

SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act take effect on November 1, 2003.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

A: Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to extend the ban on State taxation of Internet access and on multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce until November 1, 2007.

Changes the definition of "tax on Internet access" to: (1) mean a tax on Internet access regardless of whether such tax is imposed on a provider of Internet access or a buyer of Internet access and regardless of the terminology used to describe the tax; and (2) exclude a tax levied upon or measured by net income, capital stock, net worth, or property value.

Changes the definition of "Internet access service" to exclude telecommunications services (current law), except to the extent such services are purchased, used, or sold by an Internet access provider to provide Internet access.

(Sec. 3) Extends: (1) through November 1, 2007, the Internet access taxing authority of States that had a tax on Internet access prior to October 1, 1998; and (2) through November 1, 2005, the Internet access taxing authority of States that had a tax on Internet access as of November 1, 2003.

Terminates after November 1, 2006, the authority of a State to tax Internet access with respect to a State telecommunications service tax: (1) enacted by State law on or after October 1, 1991, and imposing a tax on telecommunications service; and (2) applied to Internet access through administrative code or regulation issued on or after December 1, 2002.

(Sec. 4) Permits subjecting Internet access charges to taxation if they are aggregated with telecommunications service charges and the provider cannot identify them from regular business records.

(Sec. 5) Specifies that nothing in this Act shall prevent the imposition of fees to preserve and advance Federal universal service (or similar State programs) or 911 or E-911 services.

(Sec. 6) Specifies that nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect any Federal or state regulatory proceeding that is not related to taxation or the imposition of a tax on a charge for voice or similar service utilizing Internet Protocol or any successor protocol (except for services that are incidental to Internet access, such as voice-capable e-mail or instant messaging).

(Sec. 6A) Exempts the State of Texas, or its political subdivisions, from the Internet tax moratorium with respect to the imposition or collection of the Texas municipal access line fee.

(Sec. 7) Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to specified congressional committees on the impact of the Internet tax moratorium on State and local government revenues and on the deployment and adoption of broadband technologies for Internet access throughout the United States.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coastal Zone Protection Act of 
1996''.

SEC. 2. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF STATE COASTAL PROGRAMS.

    (a) Reauthorization of Program.--Section 305(a) of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1454(a)) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``1991, 1992, and 1993'' and inserting ``1997, 
    1998, and 1999''; and
        (2) by striking ``two'' and inserting ``four''.
    (b) Termination of Program.--
        (1) In general.--Section 305 of the Coastal Zone Management Act 
    of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1454) is amended--
            (A) by striking subsection (a);
            (B) by striking ``(b)''; and
            (C) by amending the heading to read as follows:


               ``submittal of state program for approval''.

        (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 308(b)(2)(B) of the Coastal 
    Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1457(b)(2)(B)) is amended--
            (A) in clause (iv) by adding ``and'' after the semicolon;
            (B) by striking clause (v); and
            (C) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (v).
        (3) Effective date.--This subsection shall take effect on 
    October 1, 1999.

SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE FOR COASTAL ZONE ENHANCEMENT.

    Section 309(b) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1456b(b)) is amended--
        (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``Subject to''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2)(A) In addition to any amounts provided under section 306, and 
subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary may make 
grants under this subsection to States for implementing program changes 
approved by the Secretary in accordance with section 306(e).
    ``(B) Grants under this paragraph to implement a program change may 
not be made in any fiscal year after the second fiscal year that begins 
after the approval of that change by the Secretary.''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR GRANTS.

    Section 318 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
1464) is amended--
        (1) 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 sections 306, 306A, and 309--
            ``(A) $47,600,000 for fiscal year 1997;
            ``(B) $49,000,000 for fiscal year 1998; and
            ``(C) $50,500,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
        ``(2) for grants under section 315--
            ``(A) $4,400,000 for fiscal year 1997;
            ``(B) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 1998; and
            ``(C) $4,600,000 for fiscal year 1999.'';
        (2) by striking subsection (b); and
        (3) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) in order as 
    subsections (b) and (c).

SEC. 5. COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND.

    (a) Authorization for Administrative Expenses.--Section 
308(b)(2)(A) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
1456a(b)(2)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(A) Expenses incident to the administration of this title, in 
    an amount not to exceed for each of fiscal years 1997, 1998, and 
    1999 the higher of--
            ``(i) $4,000,000; or
            ``(ii) 8 percent of the total amount appropriated under 
        this title for the fiscal year.''.
    (b) Authorization for Program Development Grants.--Section 
308(b)(2)(B)(v) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
1456a(b)(2)(B)(v)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(v) program development grants as authorized by section 
        305, in an amount not to exceed $200,000 for each of fiscal 
        years 1997, 1998, and 1999; and''.

SEC. 6. MATCHING REQUIREMENT.

    Section 315(e)(3) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1461(e)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
    ``(C) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B), financial 
assistance under this subsection provided from amounts recovered as a 
result of damage to natural resources located in the coastal zone may 
be used to pay 100 percent of the costs of activities carried out with 
the assistance.''.

SEC. 7. AQUACULTURE IN THE COASTAL ZONE.

    The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 is amended--
        (1) in section 306A(b) (16 U.S.C. 1455a(b)) by adding at the 
    end of the following:
        ``(4) The development of a coordinated process among State 
    agencies to regulate and issue permits for aquaculture facilities 
    in the coastal zone.''; and
        (2) in section 309(a) (16 U.S.C. 1456b(a)) by adding at the end 
    the following:
        ``(9) Adoption of procedures and policies to evaluate and 
    facilitate the siting of public and private aquaculture facilities 
    in the coastal zone, which will enable States to formulate, 
    administer, and implement strategic plans for marine 
    aquaculture.''.

SEC. 8. APPEALS TO THE SECRETARY.

    The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section:


                        ``appeals to the secretary

    ``Sec. 319. (a) Notice.--The Secretary shall publish in the Federal 
Register a notice indicating when the decision record has been closed 
on any appeal to the Secretary taken from a consistency determination 
under section 307(c) or (d). No later than 90 days after the date of 
publication of this notice, the Secretary shall--
        ``(1) issue a final decision in the appeal; or
        ``(2) publish a notice in the Federal Register detailing why a 
    decision cannot be issued within the 90-day period.
    ``(b) Deadline.--In the case where the Secretary publishes a notice 
under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall issue a decision in any 
appeal filed under section 307 no later than 45 days after the date of 
the publication of the notice.
    ``(c) Application.--This section applies to appeals initiated by 
the Secretary and appeals filed by an applicant.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

A:
Coastal Zone Protection Act of 1996 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize annual grants to States to develop coastal zone management programs.  Limits each State to four (currently, two) grants.  Terminates the grant program after FY 1999. Authorizes grants to States to implement program changes. Authorizes appropriations for:  (1) administering State management programs; (2) resource management improvement grants; (3) coastal zone enhancement grants; (4) grants under the National Estuarine Research Reserve System; (5) expenses incidental to the administration of the Act; and (6) such program development grants. Allows grants (relating to national estuarine reserves or educational or interpretive activities) provided from amounts recovered as a result of damage to coastal zone natural resources to be used to pay 100 percent of the costs of the activities carried out with the grants. Allows resource management improvement grants to be used for the development of a coordinated process among State agencies to regulate and issue permits for coastal zone aquaculture facilities. Allows coastal zone enhancement grants to be used to evaluate and facilitate the siting of public and private coastal zone aquaculture facilities. Establishes consistency determination appeal procedures.
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