[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2719 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2719

To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants to 
Indian tribes to further achievement of tribal coastal zone objectives, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2015

    Mr. Kilmer (for himself, Mr. Cole, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Polis, Ms. 
 Pingree, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Moore, Mr. Murphy of Florida, 
 Mrs. Torres, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Heck of Washington, and Mrs. 
   Dingell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants to 
Indian tribes to further achievement of tribal coastal zone objectives, 
                        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 ``Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO FURTHER ACHIEVEMENT OF TRIBAL COASTAL ZONE 
              OBJECTIVES.

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

``SEC. 320. GRANTS TO FURTHER ACHIEVEMENT OF TRIBAL COASTAL ZONE 
              OBJECTIVES.

    ``(a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary may award competitive 
grants to qualified Indian tribes to further achievement of the 
objectives of such a tribe for its tribal coastal zone.
    ``(b) Cost Share.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Federal share of the cost of any 
        activity carried out with a grant under this section shall be--
                    ``(A) in the case of a grant of less than $200,000, 
                100 percent of such cost; and
                    ``(B) in the case of a grant of $200,000 or more, 
                95 percent of such cost, except as provided in 
                paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the application of 
        paragraph (1)(B) with respect to a grant to an Indian tribe, or 
        otherwise reduce the portion of the share of the cost of an 
        activity required to be paid by an Indian tribe under such 
        paragraph, if the Secretary determines that the tribe does not 
        have sufficient funds to pay such portion.
    ``(c) Compatibility.--The Secretary may not award a grant under 
this section unless the Secretary determines, in consultation with 
affected coastal States, that the activities to be carried out with the 
grant are compatible with this title.
    ``(d) Authorized Objectives and Purposes.--Amounts awarded as a 
grant under this section shall be used for one or more of the 
objectives and purposes authorized under subsections (b) and (c), 
respectively, of section 306A.
    ``(e) Funding.--To carry out this section there is authorized to be 
appropriated $5,000,000 for each fiscal year.
    ``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Qualified indian tribe.--The term `qualified Indian 
        tribe' means an Indian tribe, as that term is defined in 
        section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
        Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b), that is located in a State 
        that has a management program approved by the Secretary under 
        this title.
            ``(2) Tribal coastal zone.--The term `tribal coastal zone' 
        means any area excluded from the coastal zone under the last 
        sentence of section 304(1) because such area is held in trust 
        for the benefit of an Indian tribe.
            ``(3) Tribal coastal zone objective.--The term `tribal 
        coastal zone objective' means, with respect to a qualified 
        Indian tribe, any of the following objectives:
                    ``(A) Protection, restoration, or preservation of 
                areas in the tribal coastal zone that hold--
                            ``(i) important ecological, cultural, or 
                        sacred significance for such tribe; or
                            ``(ii) traditional, historic, and esthetic 
                        values essential to such tribe.
                    ``(B) Preparing and implementing a special area 
                management plan and technical planning for important 
                coastal areas.
                    ``(C) Any coastal or shoreline stabilization 
                measure, including any mitigation measure, for the 
                purpose of public safety, public access, or cultural or 
                historical preservation.''.
    (b) Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act the Secretary of Commerce shall issue guidance 
for the program established under the amendment made by subsection (a), 
including the criteria for awarding grants under such program.
    (c) Use of State Grants To Fulfill Tribal Objectives.--Section 
306A(c)(2) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
1455a(c)(2)) is amended by striking ``and'' after the semicolon at the 
end of subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (E) and inserting ``; and'', and by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(F) fulfilling any tribal coastal zone objective (as that 
        term is defined in section 320).''.
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