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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coastal Services and Performance 
Evaluation Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Amendment of Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972.
Sec. 4. Policy.
Sec. 5. Coastal Zone Management Fund.
Sec. 6. Coastal services.
Sec. 7. Review of performance.
Sec. 8. Amendments relating to Walter B. Jones Awards for Excellence in 
                            Coastal Zone Management.
Sec. 9. Reports.
Sec. 10. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 11. Technical corrections.
Sec. 12. Coastal zone management outcome indicators and monitoring and 
                            performance evaluation system.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1972.

    Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an 
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal 
of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to 
be made to a section or other provision of the Coastal Zone Management 
Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.).

SEC. 4. POLICY.

    Section 303 (16 U.S.C. 1452) is amended in paragraph (2)(J) by 
striking ``State'' the second place it appears and inserting ``State 
and Federal fish''.

SEC. 5. COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND.

    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 
                deposited into the Coastal Zone Management Fund 
                established under subsection (b); and
                    ``(B) subject to amounts provided in appropriation 
                Acts, shall be available to the Secretary for purposes 
                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)''.

SEC. 6. COASTAL SERVICES.

    Section 310 (16 U.S.C. 1456c) is amended--
            (1) by striking so much as precedes subsection (b) and 
        inserting the following:

     ``coastal services, training, education, and technical support

    ``Sec. 310. (a)(1) The Secretary shall conduct a program of 
training, education, technical assistance, technology transfer, 
management-oriented research, and other services to support--
            ``(A) State coastal management programs and national 
        estuarine reserves designated under this title; and
            ``(B) other Federal agencies, local governments, Indian 
        tribes, other persons, and international cooperative efforts 
        relating to the comprehensive planning, conservation, and 
        management of ocean and coastal resources.
    ``(2) The Secretary may, in implementing this program, take into 
consideration the need to address regional or local concerns, including 
the unique needs of island States and territories, in order to provide 
effective and efficient support and develop expertise.
    ``(3) The Secretary shall coordinate the technical assistance, 
studies, management-oriented research, and other activities under this 
section with any other relevant activities conducted by or subject to 
the authority of the Secretary.'';
            (2) in subsection (b) by inserting ``Coordination and 
        Consultation.--'' after ``(b)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Assistance From Other Agencies and Persons.--(1) Each 
department, agency, and instrumentality of the executive branch of the 
Federal Government may assist the Secretary, on a reimbursable basis or 
otherwise, in carrying out the purposes of this section, including the 
furnishing of information to the extent permitted by law, the transfer 
of personnel with their consent and without prejudice to their position 
and rating, and the performance of any research, study, and technical 
assistance that does not interfere with the performance of the primary 
duties of such department, agency, or instrumentality.
    ``(2) The Secretary may enter into contracts or other arrangements 
with other Federal agencies and any other qualified person for the 
purposes of carrying out this section.''.

SEC. 7. REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE.

    Section 312 (16 U.S.C. 1458) is amended by striking ``Sec. 312.'' 
and all that follows through subsection (a) and inserting the 
following:
    ``Sec. 312. (a) Review.--No less than every 5 years, the Secretary 
shall conduct a review of the performance of a coastal State's 
management program. Each review shall include a written evaluation with 
an assessment and detailed findings concerning the extent to which the 
State has implemented and enforced the program approved by the 
Secretary, addressed the coastal management needs identified in section 
303(2)(A) through (K), met any outcome indicators established by the 
Secretary under section 12 of the Coastal Services and Performance 
Evaluation Act of 2003, and adhered to the terms of any grant, loan, or 
cooperative agreement funded under this title.''.

SEC. 8. 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 follows:
    ``(a) Authorization of Program.--(1) The Secretary may implement a 
program to promote excellence in coastal zone management by identifying 
and making awards acknowledging outstanding accomplishments 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 accomplishments 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. 9. REPORTS.

    Section 316(a) (16 U.S.C. 1462(a)) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``to the President for 
                transmittal''; and
                    (B) in clause (10) by striking ``and an evaluation 
                of the effectiveness of financial assistance under 
                section 308 in dealing with such consequences''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) State of the Coast Report.--Not less than 24 months after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection, and not less than every 24 
months thereafter, the Secretary shall provide a coastal status report 
to the Congress that includes the following:
            ``(1) An assessment of the ecological status and trends of 
        United States marine resources.
            ``(2) An identification and analysis of the changes in 
        those status and trends since the previous report.
            ``(3) An identification and assessment of Government 
        performance measures that track the status and trends of United 
        States marine resources.
            ``(4) An evaluation of the adequacy of marine resource 
        monitoring and assessment programs.''.

SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 318(a) (16 U.S.C. 1464(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) to carry out section 310 and for awards under section 
        314--
                    ``(A) $28,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
                    ``(B) $29,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
                    ``(C) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 
                through 2008.''.

SEC. 11. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

    The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 is amended--
            (1) in section 304(5) (16 U.S.C. 1453(5)) by striking the 
        semicolon and inserting a colon;
            (2) in section 306(a), as redesignated by this Act, in 
        paragraph (10)(A) by inserting a comma after ``development'';
            (3) by striking ``coastal state'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``coastal State'';
            (4) by striking ``coastal states'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``coastal States'';
            (5) by striking ``coastal state's'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``coastal State's'';
            (6) by striking the term ``state'' each place it appears in 
        reference to a State of the United States (other than in the 
        term ``coastal state'') and inserting ``State'';
            (7) 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 inserting ``States''; and
            (8) 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 inserting ``State's''.

SEC. 12. COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT OUTCOME INDICATORS AND MONITORING AND 
              PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Performance guidelines and evaluation.--The Secretary 
        of Commerce shall, by not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on Resources of 
        the House of Representatives a report identifying a common set 
        of measurable outcome indicators to evaluate the performance of 
        State coastal zone management programs in furthering the goals 
        and objectives identified in the States' approved coastal 
        management programs, and in the achievement of the national 
        policy declared in section 303 of the Coastal Zone Management 
        Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1452).
            (2) Assessment of coastal and marine monitoring, 
        assessment, and other information.--The Secretary shall, by not 
        later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
        submit to the Committee on Resources of the House of 
        Representatives a report providing--
                    (A) an assessment of the adequacy of coastal and 
                marine monitoring, assessment, and other information 
                necessary to establish a coastal zone management 
                outcome monitoring and performance evaluation system; 
                and
                    (B) recommendations for improving the availability 
                of such information, including funding needs.
            (3) Outcome monitoring and performance evaluation system.--
        The Secretary shall, by not later than 3 years after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, establish a national coastal zone 
        management outcome monitoring and performance evaluation system 
        that uses the common set of indicators identified in the report 
        under paragraph (1).
    (b) Consultation.--
            (1) State consultation.--In preparing each of the reports 
        under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with and 
        provide a copy of the draft report to each coastal State, 
        through the Governor of the State or the head of the State 
        agency designated by such Governor pursuant to section 
        310(d)(6) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
        1455(d)(6)).
            (2) Public comment and participation.--The Secretary shall 
        also implement a public process to solicit the views and 
        comments of Federal agencies, local governments, regional 
        organizations, port authorities, and other interested public 
        and private persons regarding such reports, and shall make 
        available to such persons copies of each draft of such reports 
        for review and comment.
            (3) Response to comments.--The Secretary shall include in 
        each final report under subsection (a)--
                    (A) any comments on each draft of the report 
                received from a Governor or the head of such a 
                designated State agency, and the Secretary's responses 
                to such comments; and
                    (B) a summary of other public comments regarding 
                the report, and the Secretary's response to those 
                comments.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $1,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2004, 2005, and 2006.

SOLUTION: Coastal Services and Performance Evaluation Act of 2003 - Amends Federal law to make loan repayments deposited in the Coastal Zone Management Fund available to offset costs of implementing coastal zone management programs.Requires the Secretary of Commerce to provide training, education, and technical assistance for coastal zone management. Authorizes Federal agencies and instrumentalities to assist the Secretary on a reimbursable basis.Revises review requirements for coastal State management programs to change the frequency of review from continuing to every five years.Makes the Walter B. Jones Excellence in Coastal Zone Management Awards program discretionary instead of mandatory.Requires the Secretary to establish a national coastal zone management outcome indicators monitoring and performance evaluation system that provides for public comment and participation and uses a common set of measurable outcome indicators to evaluate the performance of State coastal zone management programs.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe and Reliable Air Travel Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Sequestration is having a devastating effect on the 
        Nation's air traffic control system.
            (2) Sequestration imposes a reduction in funding of $637 
        million on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the 
        remainder of fiscal year 2013.
            (3) The FAA plans to furlough the vast majority of the 
        FAA's nearly 47,000 employees, including nearly 15,000 air 
        traffic controllers, for approximately one day during each two-
        week pay period in order to comply with sequestration.
            (4) The furloughs began on Sunday, April 21, 2013, and are 
        scheduled to continue through the end of the fiscal year on 
        September 30, 2013. Approximately 10 percent of the FAA's air 
        traffic controllers are expected to be on furlough on any given 
        day during this period.
            (5) The furloughs are causing hundreds of flights to be 
        delayed, resulting in scheduling difficulties for airlines and 
        inconveniences for passengers.
            (6) The FAA reported that approximately 400 flights were 
        delayed nationwide on April 21, 2013, as a result of the 
        furloughs.
            (7) The FAA reported that more than 1,200 flights were 
        delayed nationwide on April 22, 2013, as a result of the 
        furloughs.
            (8) More delays are expected in the coming months during 
        the peak summer travel season.
            (9) The effects of multiple flight delays at airports 
        across the Nation can be compounded as delays at one airport 
        cause planes to arrive late at other airports and also cause 
        passengers to miss connecting flights.
            (10) Air carriers operating in United States air space 
        transport more than 700 million passengers every year.
            (11) Civil aviation accounts for 10 million jobs, is 
        responsible for more than 5 percent of the United States gross 
        domestic product, and contributes $1.3 trillion to the economy 
        every year.
            (12) Businesses of all sizes depend upon a reliable 
        commercial air transportation system. Business travelers 
        account for millions of trips each month.
            (13) Flight delays for business travelers interfere with 
        business plans and result in business meetings being delayed, 
        cancelled, or missed.
            (14) Flight delays affecting the transportation of air 
        cargo also interfere with business.
            (15) The Nation's economy depends upon a reliable 
        commercial air transportation system.
            (16) The FAA also plans to close 149 air traffic control 
        towers at small airports across the Nation on June 15, 2013, in 
        order to comply with sequestration. Despite their size, these 
        airports are an important part of the Nation's air 
        transportation system and economy.
            (17) Air traffic control is a critical government function 
        that is necessary to ensure the safety of air travel and the 
        flying public.
            (18) Inadequate staffing of airport control towers poses a 
        serious threat to public safety.
            (19) Without the service of experienced air traffic 
        controllers in all of the Nation's Federal air traffic control 
        towers, there is an increased risk of accidents involving 
        planes during departure, flight, and landing. Such accidents 
        could result in a tragic loss of life.
            (20) The sequestration of funds associated with the 
        operation of air traffic control towers by the FAA interferes 
        with the safety, reliability, and efficiency of the Nation's 
        air transportation system.
            (21) The operation of air traffic control towers by the 
        FAA, including the compensation paid to air traffic control 
        personnel employed by the FAA, should be exempted from 
        sequestration.

SEC. 3. EXEMPTION FROM SEQUESTRATION FOR OPERATION OF AIR TRAFFIC 
              CONTROL TOWERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 255 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 905) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection:
    ``(k) Operation of Air Traffic Control Towers.--The following funds 
shall be exempt from reduction under any order issued under this part:
            ``(1) Funds made available for the operation of air traffic 
        control towers by the Federal Aviation Administration, 
        including compensation paid to air traffic control personnel 
        employed by the Federal Aviation Administration.
            ``(2) Funds made available for the operation of contract 
        air traffic control towers under section 47124 of title 49, 
        United States Code.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by section 1 shall apply to 
the Presidential sequestration order for fiscal year 2013 issued under 
section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a) and any subsequent sequestration order issued 
under that Act.

SOLUTION: Safe and Reliable Air Travel Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt from reduction, under any sequestration ordered by the President, funds made available for the operation of: (1) air traffic control towers by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), including compensation paid to FAA air traffic control personnel; and (2) contract air traffic control towers.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient 
Removal Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) nutrient pollution from point sources and nonpoint 
        sources continues to be the most significant water quality 
        problem in the Chesapeake Bay watershed;
            (2) a key commitment of the Chesapeake 2000 agreement, an 
        interstate agreement among the Administrator, the Chesapeake 
        Bay Commission, the District of Columbia, and the States of 
        Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, is to achieve the goal of 
        correcting the nutrient-related problems in the Chesapeake Bay 
        by 2010;
            (3) by correcting those problems, the Chesapeake Bay and 
        its tidal tributaries may be removed from the list of impaired 
        bodies of water designated by the Administrator of the 
        Environmental Protection Agency under section 303(d) of the 
        Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1313(d));
            (4) more than 300 major sewage treatment plants located in 
        the Chesapeake Bay watershed annually discharge approximately 
        60,000,000 pounds of nitrogen, or the equivalent of 20 percent 
        of the total nitrogen load, into the Chesapeake Bay; and
            (5) nutrient removal technology is 1 of the most reliable, 
        cost-effective, and direct methods for reducing the flow of 
        nitrogen from point sources into the Chesapeake Bay.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency to provide financial assistance to States and 
        municipalities for use in upgrading publicly-owned wastewater 
        treatment plants in the Chesapeake Bay watershed with nutrient 
        removal technologies; and
            (2) to further the goal of restoring the water quality of 
        the Chesapeake Bay to conditions that are protective of human 
        health and aquatic living resources.

SEC. 3. SEWAGE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM.

    The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

                       ``TITLE VII--MISCELLANEOUS

``SEC. 701. SEWAGE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Definition of Eligible Facility.--In this section, the term 
`eligible facility' means a municipal wastewater treatment plant that--
            ``(1) as of the date of enactment of this title, has a 
        permitted design capacity to treat an annual average of at 
        least 500,000 gallons of wastewater per day; and
            ``(2) is located within the Chesapeake Bay watershed in any 
        of the States of Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, 
        Virginia, or West Virginia or in the District of Columbia.
    ``(b) Grant Program.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
        of enactment of this title, the Administrator shall establish a 
        program within the Environmental Protection Agency to provide 
        grants to States and municipalities to upgrade eligible 
        facilities with nutrient removal technologies.
            ``(2) Priority.--In providing a grant under paragraph (1), 
        the Administrator shall--
                    ``(A) consult with the Chesapeake Bay Program 
                Office;
                    ``(B) give priority to eligible facilities at which 
                nutrient removal upgrades would--
                            ``(i) produce the greatest nutrient load 
                        reductions at points of discharge; or
                            ``(ii) result in the greatest environmental 
                        benefits to local bodies of water surrounding, 
                        and the main stem of, the Chesapeake Bay; and
                            ``(iii) take into consideration the 
                        geographic distribution of the grants.
            ``(3) Application.--
                    ``(A) In general.--On receipt of an application 
                from a State or municipality for a grant under this 
                section, if the Administrator approves the request, the 
                Administrator shall transfer to the State or 
                municipality the amount of assistance requested.
                    ``(B) Form.--An application submitted by a State or 
                municipality under subparagraph (A) shall be in such 
                form and shall include such information as the 
                Administrator may prescribe.
            ``(4) Use of funds.--A State or municipality that receives 
        a grant under this section shall use the grant to upgrade 
        eligible facilities with nutrient removal technologies that are 
        designed to reduce total nitrogen in discharged wastewater to 
        an average annual concentration of 3 milligrams per liter.
            ``(5) Cost sharing.--
                    ``(A) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost 
                of upgrading any eligible facility as described in 
                paragraph (1) using funds provided under this section 
                shall not exceed 55 percent.
                    ``(B) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of 
                the costs of upgrading any eligible facility as 
                described in paragraph (1) using funds provided under 
                this section may be provided in the form of funds made 
                available to a State or municipality under--
                            ``(i) any provision of this Act other than 
                        this section (including funds made available 
                        from a State revolving fund established under 
                        title VI); or
                            ``(ii) any other Federal or State law.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
        to carry out this section $132,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
        2006 through 2010, to remain available until expended.
            ``(2) Administrative costs.--The Administrator may use not 
        to exceed 4 percent of any amount made available under 
        paragraph (1) to pay administrative costs incurred in carrying 
        out this section.''.

SOLUTION:
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Removal Assistance Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to states and municipalities to upgrade municipal wastewater treatment plants of a specified capacity and located within the Chesapeake Bay watershed with nutrient removal technologies.