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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR CHILD VICTIMS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALKING, OR SEXUAL ASSAULT.

Subtitle B of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C.
13701 note; 108 Stat. 1925) is amended by adding at the end the
following:

''CHAPTER 11--TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR CHILD VICTIMS
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALKING, OR SEXUAL ASSAULT

''SEC. 40299. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR CHILD VICTIMS
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALKING, OR SEXUAL ASSAULT.

''(a) In General.--The Attorney General, acting in consultation
with the Director of the Violence Against Women Office of the
Department of Justice, shall award grants under this section to States,
units of local government, Indian tribes, and other organizations
(referred to in this section as the 'recipient') to carry out programs
to provide assistance to minors, adults, and their dependents--
''(1) who are homeless, or in need of transitional housing
or other housing assistance, as a result of fleeing a situation
of domestic violence; and
''(2) for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis
intervention services are unavailable or insufficient.
''(b) Grants.--Grants awarded under this section may be used for
programs that provide--
''(1) short-term housing assistance, including rental or
utilities payments assistance and assistance with related
expenses such as payment of security deposits and other costs
incidental to relocation to transitional housing for persons
described in subsection (a); and
''(2) support services designed to enable a minor, an
adult, or a dependent of such minor or adult, who is fleeing a
situation of domestic violence to--
''(A) locate and secure permanent housing; and
''(B) integrate into a community by providing that
minor, adult, or dependent with services, such as
transportation, counseling, child care services, case
management, employment counseling, and other
assistance.
''(c) Duration.--
''(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), a
minor, an adult, or a dependent, who receives assistance under
this section shall receive that assistance for not more than 18
months.
''(2) Waiver.--The recipient of a grant under this section
may waive the restriction under paragraph (1) for not more than
an additional 6 month period with respect to any minor, adult,
or dependent, who--
''(A) has made a good-faith effort to acquire
permanent housing; and
''(B) has been unable to acquire permanent housing.
''(d) Application.--
''(1) In general.--Each eligible entity desiring a grant
under this section shall submit an application to the Attorney
General at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such
information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
''(2) Contents.--Each application submitted pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall--
''(A) describe the activities for which assistance
under this section is sought; and
''(B) provide such additional assurances as the
Attorney General determines to be essential to ensure
compliance with the requirements of this section.
''(3) Application.--Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to require--
''(A) victims to participate in the criminal
justice system in order to receive services; or
''(B) domestic violence advocates to breach client
confidentiality.
''(e) Report to the Attorney General.--
''(1) In general.--A recipient of a grant under this
section shall annually prepare and submit to the Attorney
General a report describing--
''(A) the number of minors, adults, and dependents
assisted under this section; and
''(B) the types of housing assistance and support
services provided under this section.
''(2) Contents.--Each report prepared and submitted
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include information regarding--
''(A) the amount of housing assistance provided to
each minor, adult, or dependent, assisted under this
section and the reason for that assistance;
''(B) the number of months each minor, adult, or
dependent, received assistance under this section;
''(C) the number of minors, adults, and dependents
who--
''(i) were eligible to receive assistance
under this section; and
''(ii) were not provided with assistance
under this section solely due to a lack of
available housing; and
''(D) the type of support services provided to each
minor, adult, or dependent, assisted under this
section.
''(f) Report to Congress.--
''(1) Reporting requirement.--The Attorney General, with
the Director of the Violence Against Women Office, shall
annually prepare and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the
Judiciary of the Senate a report that contains a compilation of
the information contained in the report submitted under
subsection (e).
''(2) Availability of report.--In order to coordinate
efforts to assist the victims of domestic violence, the
Attorney General, in coordination with the Director of the
Violence Against Women Office, shall transmit a copy of the
report submitted under paragraph (1) to--
''(A) the Office of Community Planning and
Development at the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development; and
''(B) the Office of Women's Health at the United
States Department of Health and Human Services.
''(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--
''(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated
to carry out this section $30,000,000 for each of the fiscal
years 2004 through 2008.
''(2) Limitations.--Of the amount made available to carry
out this section in any fiscal year, not more than 3 percent
may be used by the Attorney General for salaries and
administrative expenses.
''(3) Minimum amount.--
''(A) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), unless all eligible applications
submitted by any States, units of local government,
Indian tribes, or organizations within a State for a
grant under this section have been funded, that State,
together with the grantees within the State (other than
Indian tribes), shall be allocated in each fiscal year,
not less than 0.75 percent of the total amount
appropriated in the fiscal year for grants pursuant to
this section.
''(B) Exception.--The United States Virgin Islands,
American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands
shall each be allocated not less than 0.25 percent of
the total amount appropriated in the fiscal year for
grants pursuant to this section.''.

SOLUTION: Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to require the Attorney General to award grants to States, units of local government, Indian tribes, and other organizations to carry out programs to provide short-term housing assistance and related support services to minors, adults, and their dependents: (1) who are homeless, or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance, as a result of fleeing a situation of domestic violence; and (2) for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient.

Limits the duration of such assistance to an 18-month period, except that a grant recipient may extend such assistance for an additional six-month period with respect to any minor, adult, or dependent who has been unable to acquire permanent housing despite a good-faith effort to do so.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Oceans Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

As used in this Act:
(1) Commission.--The term ''Commission'' means the
Commission on Ocean Policy established under section 4.
(2) Coastal state.--The term ''coastal State'' means a
State in, or bordering on, the Atlantic, Pacific, or Arctic
Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, Long Island Sound, or one or more of
the Great Lakes.
(3) Marine environment.--The term ''marine environment''
includes--
(A) the oceans, including coastal and offshore
waters and nearshore saltwater estuaries;
(B) the continental shelf; and
(C) the Great Lakes.
(4) Ocean and coastal activities.--The term ''ocean and
coastal activities'' includes activities consisting of,
affecting, or otherwise related to oceanography, fisheries, or
the management or use of any ocean and coastal resource. The
term does not include military operations and training.
(5) Ocean and coastal resource.--The term ''ocean and
coastal resource'' means any living or nonliving natural,
historic, or cultural resource or mineral found in the marine
environment.
(6) State.--The term ''State'' means any State of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other
territory or possession of the United States.

SEC. 3. EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES.

(a) National Ocean and Coastal Policy.--The Congress and the
President, after receiving and considering the report of the Commission
under section 4, shall develop and propose a coordinated,
comprehensive, and long-range national policy for the responsible use
and stewardship of ocean and coastal resources for the benefit of the
United States, including a plan to meet the resource monitoring and
assessment facilities and equipment requirements of Federal ocean and
coastal programs.
(b) Biennial Report.--Beginning in January 1999, the President
shall transmit to the Congress biennially a report that shall include a
detailed listing of all existing Federal programs relating to ocean and
coastal activities, including a description of each program, the
current funding for the program, and a projection of the funding level
for the program for each of the following 5 fiscal years.
(c) Budget Coordination.--Each agency or department involved in
ocean and coastal activities shall include with its annual request for
appropriations a report that identifies significant elements of the
proposed agency or department budget relating to ocean and coastal
activities.
(d) Cooperation and Consultation.--In carrying out responsibilities
under this Act, the President--
(1) may use such staff, interagency, and advisory
arrangements as the President finds necessary and appropriate;
and
(2) shall consult with State and local governments and non-
Federal organizations and individuals involved in ocean and
coastal activities.

SEC. 4. COMMISSION ON OCEAN POLICY.

(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--There is hereby established the Commission
on Ocean Policy.
(2) Membership.--(A) The Commission shall be composed of 16
members appointed by the President from among individuals who
are knowledgeable in ocean and coastal activities, including
individuals representing State and local governments, ocean-
related industries, academic and technical institutions, and
public interest organizations involved with scientific,
regulatory, economic, and environmental ocean and coastal
activities. The membership of the Commission shall be balanced
geographically to the extent consistent with maintaining the
highest level of expertise on the Commission.
(B) Of the members of the Commission appointed under this
paragraph--
(i) 4 shall be appointed from a list of 8
individuals who shall be recommended by the majority
leader of the Senate in consultation with the Chairman
of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation;
(ii) 4 shall be appointed from a list of 8
individuals who shall be recommended by the Speaker of
the House of Representatives in consultation with the
Chairmen of the Committee on Resources, Transportation
and Infrastructure, and Science;
(iii) 2 shall be appointed from a list of 4
individuals who shall be recommended by the minority
leader of the Senate in consultation with the ranking
member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation; and
(iv) 2 shall be appointed from a list of 4
individuals who shall be recommended by the by the
minority leader of the House of Representatives in
consultation with the ranking members of the Committees
on Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, and
Science.
(C) The members of the Commission shall be appointed for
the life of the Commission by not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) First meeting.--The Commission shall hold its first
meeting within 30 days after it is established.
(4) Chairman.--The Commission shall elect one of its
members as Chair.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--The Commission shall submit to the
Congress and the President, by not later than 18 months after
the date of the establishment of the Commission, a final report
of its findings and recommendations regarding United States
ocean policy.
(2) Public and state review.--Before submitting the final
report to the Congress, the Commission shall--
(A) publish in the Federal Register a notice that
the draft report is available for public review; and
(B) provide a copy of the draft report to the
Governor of each coastal State, the Committees on
Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, and
Science of the House of Representatives, and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate.
(3) Final report contents, generally.--Subject to paragraph
(4), the final report of the Commission shall include
recommendations for the responsible use and stewardship of
ocean and coastal resources, including the following:
(A) Recommendations for any modifications to United
States laws and regulations, and the administrative
structure of the Executive agencies, that are necessary
to improve the understanding, management, and
conservation and use of, and access to, ocean and
coastal resources.
(B) An assessment of the condition and adequacy of
existing and planned facilities associated with ocean
and coastal activities, including human resources,
vessels, computers, satellites, and other appropriate
platforms and technologies, and recommendations for
investments and improvements in those facilities.
(C) A review of existing and planned ocean and
coastal activities of Federal entities, and
recommendations for changes in such activities
necessary to reduce duplication of Federal efforts.
(D) A review of the cumulative effect of Federal
laws and regulations on United States ocean policy, an
examination of those laws and regulations for
inconsistencies and contradictions that might adversely
affect the conduct of ocean and coastal activities, and
recommendations for resolving any such inconsistencies.
In particular, this portion of the report shall include
an examination of the relationship between the
fisheries development and fisheries conservation
responsibilities of the National Marine Fisheries
Service.
(E) A review of the known and anticipated supply of
and demand for ocean and coastal resources of the
United States.
(F) A review of the relationship between Federal,
State, and local governments and the private sector in
planning and carrying out ocean and coastal activities,
and recommendations for enhancing the role of State and
local governments.
(G) A review of opportunities for the development
of or investment in new products, technologies, or
markets related to ocean and coastal activities.
(H) A review of previous and ongoing State efforts
and Federal efforts to enhance the effectiveness and
integration of ocean activities, including those
occurring offshore and in nearshore saltwater
estuaries.
(4) State comments.--The Commission shall include in the
final report comments received from the Governor of any coastal
State regarding recommendations in the draft report that apply
to areas within the boundaries of that coastal State.
(5) Consideration of factors.--In making its assessments
and reviews and developing its recommendations, the Commission
shall give full and balanced consideration to environmental,
technical, economic, and other relevant factors, with an equal
opportunity for all parties to present a fair and reasonable
case for unbiased consideration by the Commission. All
recommendations should consider effects on private property. To
the greatest extent possible, no recommendations shall have a
negative impact on local economies that are dependent on ocean
and coastal resources. Any data used by the Commission in
making its recommendations for regulations shall be peer
reviewed.
(6) Limitation on recommendations.--The Commission shall
not make any specific recommendations with respect to lands and
waters within the boundary of any State located north of 51
degrees North latitude, or with respect to lands and waters
within the State of Idaho.
(c) Duties of the Chair.--In carrying out the provisions of this
section, the Chair of the Commission shall be responsible for--
(1) the assignment of duties and responsibilities among
staff personnel and their continuing supervision; and
(2) the use and expenditures of funds available to the
Commission.
(d) Compensation.--Members of the Commission shall, subject to the
availability of appropriations, when engaged in the actual performance
of duties of the Commission, receive reimbursement of travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized for persons
employed intermittently in the Government service under section 3109 of
title 5, United States Code.
(e) Staff.--
(1) Executive director.--The Chair of the Commission may,
with the consent of the Commission and without regard to the
civil service laws and regulations, appoint and terminate an
executive director who is knowledgeable in administrative
management and ocean and coastal policy and such other
additional personnel as may be necessary to enable the
Commission to perform its duties.
(2) Compensation.--The executive director shall, subject to
the availability of appropriations, be compensated at a rate
not to exceed the rate payable for Level V of the Executive
Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. The
Chairman may fix the compensation of other personnel without
regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of
chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, relating to
classification of positions and General Schedule pay rates,
except that the rate of pay for such personnel may not exceed
the rate payable for GS-15, step 7, of the General Schedule
under section 5332 of such title.
(3) Detailees.--Upon a request of the Chair of the
Commission made after consulting with the head of any Federal
agencies responsible for managing ocean and coastal resources,
the head of any such Federal agency may detail appropriate
personnel of the agency to the Commission to assist the
Commission in carrying out its functions under this Act.
Federal Government employees detailed to the Commission shall
serve without reimbursement from the Commission, and shall
retain the rights, status, and privileges of his or her regular
employment without interruption.
(4) Experts and consultants.--To the extent that funds are
available, and subject to such rules as may be prescribed by
the Commission, the executive director of the Commission may
procure the temporary and intermittent services of experts and
consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code, but at rates not to exceed the daily rate payable
for GS-15, step 7, of the General Schedule under section 5332
of title 5, United States Code.
(f) Administration.--
(1) Meetings.--All meetings of the Commission shall be open
to the public, except that a meeting or any portion of it may
be closed to the public if it concerns matters or information
described in section 552b(c) of title 5, United States Code.
Interested persons shall be permitted to appear at open
meetings and present written statements or oral statements at
the discretion of the Commission on the subject matter of the
meeting. The Commission may administer oaths or affirmations to
any person appearing before it.
(2) Notice of meetings.--All open meetings of the
Commission shall be preceded by timely public notice, including
notice in the Federal Register, of the time, place, and subject
of the meeting.
(3) Minutes and other records.--(A) Minutes of each meeting
shall be kept and shall contain a record of the people present,
a description of the discussion that occurred, and copies of
all statements filed. Subject to restrictions set forth in
section 552 of title 5, United States Code, the minutes and
records of all meetings and other documents that were made
available to or prepared for the Commission shall be available
for public inspection and copying at a single location in the
offices of the Commission.
(B) The Commission shall have at least one meeting in each
of the following 6 geographic regions of the United States:
(i) The Northeast.
(ii) The Southeast.
(iii) The Southwest.
(iv) The Northwest.
(v) The Great Lakes States.
(vi) The Gulf of Mexico States.
(g) Cooperation With Other Federal Entities.--
(1) Other federal agencies and departments.--The Commission
may secure directly from any Federal agency or department any
information it considers necessary to carry out its functions
under this Act. Each such agency or department may cooperate
with the Commission and, to the extent permitted by law,
furnish such information to the Commission, upon the request of
the Chair of the Commission.
(2) Mails.--The Commission may use the United States mails
in the same manner and under the same conditions as departments
and agencies of the United States.
(3) Acquisitions.--The Commission may enter into contracts
with Federal and State agencies, private firms, institutions,
and individuals to assist the Commission in carrying out its
duties. The Commission may purchase and contract without regard
to section 18 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act
(41 U.S.C. 416) and section 8 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 637), pertaining to competition and publication
requirements, and may arrange for printing without regard to
the provisions of title 44, United States Code. The contracting
authority of the Commission under this Act is effective only to
the extent that appropriations are available for contracting
purposes.
(h) Termination.--The Commission shall cease to exist 30 days after
the date on which it submits its final report.
(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to support the activities of the Commission $2,000,000 for
fiscal year 1999 and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000. Any sums
appropriated may remain available without fiscal year limitation until
the Commission ceases to exist.

Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 1998.

Attest:

Clerk.

SOLUTION: Oceans Act of 1998 - Requires that the Congress and the President, after considering the Commission report under this Act, develop a coordinated, comprehensive, and long-range national policy for the use and stewardship of ocean and coastal resources for the benefit of the United States, including a plan to meet the resource monitoring and assessment facilities and equipment requirements of Federal ocean and coastal programs. Mandates a biennial report by the President to the Congress listing all existing Federal programs relating to ocean and coastal activities. Requires each agency or department involved in ocean and coastal activities to include with its annual appropriations request a report identifying elements of its budget relating to ocean and coastal activities.
Establishes the Commission on Ocean Policy and requires it to report to the Congress and the President regarding U.S. ocean policy. Requires opening the draft report for public comment before submitting the final report. Prohibits Commission recommendations regarding lands and waters within: (1) the boundary of any State north of 51 degrees North latitude; or (2) the State of Idaho. Terminates the Commission after submission of its final report. Authorizes appropriations.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Coastal State Climate Change
Planning Act''.

SEC. 2. PLANNING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE COASTAL ZONE.

(a) In General.--The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C.
1451 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

''climate change adaptation planning

''Sec. 320. (a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish
consistent with the national policies set forth in section 303 a
coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program to--
''(1) provide assistance to coastal states to voluntarily
develop coastal climate change adaptation plans pursuant to
approved management programs approved under section 306, to
minimize contributions to climate change and to prepare for and
reduce the negative consequences that may result from climate
change in the coastal zone; and
''(2) provide financial and technical assistance and
training to enable coastal states to implement plans developed
pursuant to this section through coastal states' enforceable
policies.
''(b) Guidelines.--Within 180 days after the date of enactment of
this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the coastal states,
shall issue guidelines for the implementation of the grant program
established under subsection (c).
''(c) Climate Change Adaptation Planning Grants.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary, subject to the
availability of appropriations, may make a grant to any coastal
state for the purpose of developing climate change adaptation
plans pursuant to guidelines issued by the Secretary under
subsection (b).
''(2) Plan content.--A plan developed with a grant under
this section shall include the following:
''(A) Identification of public facilities and
public services, working waterfronts, coastal resources
of national significance, coastal waters, energy
facilities, or other land and water uses located in the
coastal zone that are likely to be impacted by climate
change.
''(B) Adaptive management strategies for land use
to respond or adapt to changing environmental
conditions, including strategies to protect
biodiversity, protect water quality, and establish
habitat buffer zones, migration corridors, and climate
refugia.
''(C) Requirements to initiate and maintain long-
term monitoring of environmental change to assess
coastal zone adaptation and to adjust when necessary
adaptive management strategies and new planning
guidelines to attain the policies under section 303.
''(D) Other information considered necessary by the
Secretary to identify the full range of climate change
impacts affecting coastal communities.
''(3) State hazard mitigation plans.--Plans developed with
a grant under this section shall be consistent with State
hazard mitigation plans and natural disaster response and
recovery programs developed under State or Federal law.
''(4) Allocation.--Grants under this section shall be
available only to coastal states with management programs
approved by the Secretary under section 306 and shall be
allocated among such coastal states in a manner consistent with
regulations promulgated pursuant to section 306(c).
''(5) Priority.--In the awarding of grants under this
subsection the Secretary may give priority to any coastal state
that has received grant funding to develop program changes
pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (7), and (8) of
section 309(a).
''(6) Technical assistance.--The Secretary may provide
technical assistance to a coastal state consistent with section
310 to ensure the timely development of plans supported by
grants awarded under this subsection.
''(7) Federal approval.--In order to be eligible for a
grant under subsection (d), a coastal state must have its plan
developed under this section approved by the Secretary.
''(d) Coastal Adaptation Project Grants.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary, subject to the
availability of appropriations, may make grants to any coastal
state that has a climate change adaptation plan approved under
subsection (c)(7), in order to support projects that implement
strategies contained within such plans.
''(2) Program requirements.--The Secretary within 90 days
after approval of the first plan approved under subsection
(c)(7), shall publish in the Federal Register requirements
regarding applications, allocations, eligible activities, and
all terms and conditions for grants awarded under this
subsection. No less than 30 percent, and no more than 50
percent, of the funds appropriated in any fiscal year for
grants under this subsection shall be awarded through a merit-
based competitive 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 adaptation, including the following:
''(A) Activities to address physical disturbances
within the coastal zone, especially activities related
to public facilities and public services, tourism,
sedimentation, ocean acidification, and other factors
negatively impacting coastal waters, and fisheries-
associated habitat destruction or alteration.
''(B) Monitoring, control, or eradication of
disease organisms and invasive species.
''(C) Activities to address the loss, degradation,
or fragmentation of wildlife habitat through projects
to establish or protect marine and terrestrial habitat
buffers, wildlife refugia, other wildlife refuges, or
networks thereof, preservation of migratory wildlife
corridors and other transition zones, and restoration
of fish and wildlife habitat.
''(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 assistance to
local coastal policy makers to increase awareness of
science, management, and technology information related
to climate change and adaptation strategies.
''(4) Promotion and use of national estuarine research
reserves.--The Secretary shall promote and encourage the use of
National Estuarine Research Reserves as sites for pilot or
demonstration projects carried out with grants awarded under
this section.''.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 318(a) of the Coastal
Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1464) is further amended by
striking ''and'' after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (1), by
striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting '';
and'', and by adding at the end the following:
''(3) for grants under subsections (c) and (d) of section
320, 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 identified in the coastal
state's approved management program.

SOLUTION:
Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act This bill amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to direct the Department of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program which shall assist coastal states with the voluntary development of coastal climate change adaptation plans in order to: (1) minimize contributions to climate change, and (2) prepare for and reduce the negative consequences that may result from climate change in the coastal zone. The program must also provide financial and technical assistance and training to implement the plans through enforceable state policies. Commerce may make grants to coastal states for developing the plans and supporting projects that implement strategies contained in approved plans. Commerce must promote and encourage the use of National Estuarine Research Reserves as sites for pilot or demonstration projects carried out with the grants.