BEACHES

Bills and resolutions

California: designate Stornetta Public Lands as an Outstanding Natural Area to be administered as a part of the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 4192), H13519 [3DE]

Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission: extend authority (see H.R. 318), H89 [8JA]

Cape Hatteras National Seashore: reinstate Interim Management Strategy governing off-road vehicle use pending issuance of a final rule by the National Park Service (see S. 1557), S8681 [3AU] (see H.R. 718), H602 [27JA]

Coastal zones: authorize acquisition of coastal and estuarine areas to improve conservation, enhance ecological values and functions, and benefit the environment and economies of such areas (see H.R. 368), H159 [9JA]

———authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (see S. 170), S211 [8JA]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program (see H.R. 1905), H4520 [2AP]

———make grants to coastal States for surveys of coastal and Federal waters to identify areas suitable for exploration, development, and production of renewable energy (see H.R. 1690), H3834 [24MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (see S. 878), S4669 [23AP] (see H.R. 2093), H4733 [23AP]

Florida: exempt certain coastal barrier areas from limitations on Federal expenditures and financial assistance and flood insurance coverage under certain programs (see H.R. 3411), H9205 [30JY]

NOAA: establish a coordinated and comprehensive Federal ocean and coastal mapping program (see S. 174), S211 [8JA]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: incorporate consideration of global warming and sea-level rise into the comprehensive conservation plans for coastal national wildlife refuges (see H. Con. Res. 2), H36 [6JA]

Remarks in House

Clean Ocean Action (organization): anniversary, E515 [2MR]

Coastal zones: authorize acquisition of coastal and estuarine areas to improve conservation, enhance ecological values and functions, and benefit the environment and economies of such areas, H3983 [25MR]

Corps of Engineers: Wreck Pond, NJ, environmental restoration funding, H8121 [15JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (H.R. 2093), H8928-H8932 [28JY], H9038 [29JY]

Remarks in Senate

Coastal zones: authorize acquisition of coastal and estuarine areas to improve conservation, enhance ecological values and functions, and benefit the environment and economies of such areas, S423, S424 [15JA]

Reports filed

Clean Coastal Environment and Public Health Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2093) (H. Rept. 111-214), H8409 [20JY]

Texts of

H.R. 2093, Clean Coastal Environment and Public Health Act, H8928 [28JY]