[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1028 Introduced in House (IH)]







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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