BEACHES related term(s) Coastal Zones

Articles and editorials

Our Coast Isn’t Disappearing or Vanishing; It’s Being Violently Destroyed, S2507 [30AP]

Bills and resolutions

Corps of Engineers: amend guidelines relative to acquisition of beach fill (see S. 2460), S5447 [11SE]

Federal agencies and departments: establish prize competitions for innovation or adaptation management development relative to ocean acidification (see H.R. 1921), H2884 [27MR]

Floods: acknowledge significance of sea level rise and flooding in the U.S. and in Florida and affirm need for greater adaptation funding and use of historical flooding and sea level rise projections into planning (see H. Res. 112), H1462 [7FE]

Florida: remove from John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System areas included in Indian Peninsula Unit FL-92 and Cape San Blas Unit P-30 (see H.R. 3733), H5774 [12JY]

NOAA: conduct coastal community vulnerability assessments relative to ocean acidification (see S. 778), S1844 [13MR] (see H.R. 1716), H2715 [13MR]

——— designate certain colleges and universities that research sea level rise, coastal flooding, and shoreline erosion as National Centers of Excellence in Coastal Resilience Research and Education (see H.R. 5102), H8878 [14NO]

——— establish a coastal climate change adaptation preparedness and response program (see H.R. 3541), H5256 [27JN]

——— make grants to State and local governments and nongovernmental organizations to carry out climate-resilient living shoreline stabilization projects utilizing natural materials and systems (see S. 1730), S3251 [5JN] (see H.R. 3115), H4341 [5JN]

——— provide for ocean acidification collaborative research grant opportunities (see H.R. 2448), H3403 [1MY]

——— require research in coastal sustainability and resilience to ensure continued Federal implementation and advancement of coastal resiliency efforts (see H.R. 3919), H7241 [23JY]

Topsail, NC: revise boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit L06 (see S. 1406), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 2834), H3962 [17MY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: give effect to more accurate maps of units of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System that were produced by digital mapping of such units (see H.R. 1047), H1459 [7FE]

Notices

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1921, Ocean Acidification Innovation Act, H4339 [5JN]

Remarks in House

Encinitas, CA: tribute to victims of beach bluff collapse, H7604 [11SE]

Federal agencies and departments: establish prize competitions for innovation or adaptation management development relative to ocean acidification (H.R. 1921), H4327–H4329 [5JN]

NOAA: conduct coastal community vulnerability assessments relative to ocean acidification (H.R. 1716), H4325–H4327 [5JN]

——— consider potential of a living shoreline project to enhance military communities when developing criteria for grant applications to State and local governments and nongovernmental organizations, H9997 [10DE]

——— ensure that corals are included as a natural element eligible for grants under the living shoreline grant program, H9996, H9997 [10DE]

——— establish a coastal climate change adaptation preparedness and response program, H9957, H9974 [10DE]

——— make grants to State and local governments and nongovernmental organizations to carry out climate-resilient living shoreline stabilization projects utilizing natural materials and systems, H9973, H9974 [10DE]

——— require no less than 10 percent of funds awarded under living shoreline grant program be available to projects located within the Great Lakes, H9993, H9994 [10DE]

Tybee Island, GA: groundbreaking of Tybee Island Marine Science Center, H2294 [28FE]

Remarks in Senate

Climate: effects of climate change, S2536 [1MY], S2753 [9MY]

——— impact of climate change on Louisiana, S2506–S2509 [30AP]

——— impact of climate change on rising sea levels, S734–S736 [29JA], S2363 [10AP]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: clarification on use of digital maps by John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System, S1193 [12FE]

Reports filed

Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 1716) (H. Rept. 116–81), H4160 [23MY]

Coastal State Climate Preparedness Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3541) (H. Rept. 116–294), H8908 [15NO]

Living Shorelines Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3115) (H. Rept. 116–316), H9179 [26NO]

Texts of

H.R. 1716, Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act, H4325 [5JN]

H.R. 1921, Ocean Acidification Innovation Act, H4327 [5JN]