[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1965 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1965

 To reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 1995

  Mr. Saxton (for himself, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Farr, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. 
  Studds, Mr. Horn, Mr. Torkildsen, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
 Clyburn, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Markey, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. de la 
  Garza, Mr. Klug, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Reed, Mr. Spence, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
  Dellums, Mr. Torres, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
 Beilenson, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. 
Filner, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Berman, Mr. Goss, Mr. Johnston of 
     Florida, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Lantos, Mrs. Johnson of 
    Connecticut, Mr. Baldacci, Ms. Furse, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
 Foglietta, Mr. Shays, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Manton, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
Hoyer, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Gejdenson, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Serrano, Mr. 
Flake, Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
Ehlers, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Miller 
  of California, Mr. Zimmer, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Walsh, Mr. 
Underwood, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Towns, Mr. Lazio of New York, Mr. Weldon of 
  Pennsylvania, Mrs. Kelly, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Mineta, Mr. 
    Frisa, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, and Mr. DeFazio) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, 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 
Reauthorization Act of 1995''.

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

    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 
        ``1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999''; and
            (2) by striking ``two'' and inserting ``four''.

SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE FOR COASTAL ZONE ENHANCEMENT.

    Section 309(b) of that Act (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) Following the approval of program changes by the Secretary 
in accordance with section 306(e) and subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Secretary may make grants under this subsection to 
States for implementing the changes.
    ``(B) Grants may be made under this paragraph to implement a 
program change only in the first 2 full fiscal years following the 
approval of the change by the Secretary.''.
SEC. 4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH 
              RESERVE BOUNDARIES.

    Section 315(e) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 1461(e)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(4) Financial assistance under paragraph (1)(B) for research may 
be used for research activities conducted outside the boundaries of a 
national estuarine reserve if such activities support research 
conducted within the boundaries of the reserve.''.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) State Program Development Grants.--Section 318(a)(1) of that 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1464(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) for grants under section 305, to remain available 
        until expended, $750,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996, 
        1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002;''.
    (b) Administrative, Resource Management, and Coastal Zone 
Enhancement Grants.--Section 318(a)(2) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1464(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) for grants under sections 306, 306A, and 309, to 
        remain available until expended--
                    ``(A) $64,064,000 for fiscal year 1996;
                    ``(B) $65,583,000 for fiscal year 1997;
                    ``(C) $70,493,000 for fiscal year 1998;
                    ``(D) $73,312,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
                    ``(E) $76,244,000 for each of the fiscal years 
                2000, 2001, and 2002;''.
    (c) National Estuarine Reserve Grants.--Section 318(a)(3) of such 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1464(a)(3)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) for grants under section 315, to remain available 
        until expended--
                    ``(A) $7,148,000 for fiscal year 1996;
                    ``(B) $7,286,000 for fiscal year 1997;
                    ``(C) $7,394,000 for fiscal year 1998;
                    ``(D) $7,519,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
                    ``(E) $7,644,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000, 
                2001, and 2002;''.
    (d) Technical Assistance and Administrative Expenses.--Section 
318(a)(4) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1464(a)(4)) is amended to read as 
follows:
            ``(4) for activities under section 310 and for 
        administrative expenses incident to the administration of this 
        title, to remain available until expended, $10,000,000 for each 
        of the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 
        2002.''.
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