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[H.R. 1965 Referred in Senate (RFS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1965


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 24, 1996

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 AN ACT


 
 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 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.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 23, 1996.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.