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108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1028
To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants to
coastal States under that Act, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 27, 2003
Mr. Saxton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure, 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
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A BILL
To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants to
coastal States under that Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Coastal Zone Management Act
Reauthorization of 2003''.
SEC. 2. 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. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE GRANTS.
(a) In General.--Section 306 (16 U.S.C. 1455) is amended by
striking so much as precedes subsection (b) and inserting the
following:
``administrative grants
``Sec. 306. (a) In General.--The Secretary may make grants to any
coastal State for the purpose of administering, amending, or modifying
that State's management program, if the State matches any such grant--
``(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), in a ratio of 1
to 1 of Federal-to-State contributions; or
``(2) for programs approved after October 1, 2001, in a
ratio of--
``(A) 4 to 1 for the first fiscal year;
``(B) 2.3 to 1 for the second fiscal year;
``(C) 1.5 to 1 for the third fiscal year; and
``(D) 1 to 1 for each fiscal year thereafter.''.
(b) Allocation.--Section 306(c) (16 U.S.C. 1455(c)) is amended to
read as follows:
``(c) Allocation of Grants to Coastal States.--(1) Grants under
this section shall be allocated to coastal States with approved
management programs based on rules and regulations promulgated by the
Secretary that take into account the extent and nature of the shoreline
and area covered by such a program, the population of such area, and
other relevant factors.
``(2)(A) The Secretary shall establish, after consulting with the
coastal States, maximum and minimum grants for any fiscal year to
promote equity between coastal States and effective coastal management.
``(B) In promoting equity, the Secretary shall consider the overall
change in grant funding under this section from the preceding fiscal
year and minimize the relative increases or decreases among all the
eligible coastal States.
``(3)(A) The Secretary shall ensure that each eligible coastal
State receives increased funding under this section in any fiscal year
for which the total amount appropriated to carry out this section is
greater than the total amount appropriated to carry out this section
for the preceding fiscal year.
``(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply in any fiscal year that is
the first full fiscal year for which an eligible State may receive
assistance under this section.''.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 318 (16 U.S.C. 1464) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a) by striking paragraph (1) and
inserting the following:
``(1) for grants under sections 306, 306A, and 309--
``(A) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
``(B) $83,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
``(C) $85,500,000 for fiscal year 2006;
``(D) $88,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
``(E) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;'';
(2) in subsection (a) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (2) and inserting ``; and'', and by adding at the end
the following:
``(3) for expenses incidental to the administration of this
title, $6,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 through
2008.'';
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) in the first sentence by striking ``during the
fiscal year, or during the second fiscal year after the
fiscal year, for which'' and inserting ``within 3
years''; and
(B) in the second sentence by striking ``under the
section for such reverted amount was originally made
available.'' and inserting ``to States under this
title.''; and
(4) by adding at the end thereof the following:
``(d) Restriction on Use of Amounts for Program, Administrative, or
Overhead Costs.--Except for funds appropriated under subsection (a)(3),
amounts appropriated under this section shall be available only for
grants to States and shall not be available for other program,
administrative, or overhead costs of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration or the Department of Commerce.
``(e) Funding of Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Programs.--The
Secretary shall ensure that of the funds provided under paragraph (1)
of subsection (a), no less than $10,000,000 or 14 percent, whichever is
greater, is expended to implement State coastal nonpoint pollution
control programs as approved under section 6217(c) of the Coastal Zone
Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 1455b(c)).
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