COASTAL AND GREAT LAKES COMMUNITIES ENHANCEMENT ACT
Amendments
Enact (H.R. 729), H9989, H9990, H9991, H9992, H9993, H9994, H9995, H9996, H9997, H9998 [10DE]
——— consideration (H. Res. 748), H9959 [10DE]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (H.R. 729): consideration (see H. Res. 748), H9386 [9DE]
Letters
National Sea Grant College Program Act reauthorization and amendment: Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H9970 [10DE]
——— Representative Grijalva, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H9970 [10DE]
Provisions: Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H9970 [10DE]
——— Representative Grijalva, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H9970 [10DE]
Motions
Enact (H.R. 729), H10005 [10DE]
Remarks in House
Coastal zones: reduce permitting delays due to Marine Mammal Protection Act regulations by clarifying associated procedures to increase economic development and support coastal restoration programs, H9998, H9999 [10DE]
Dept. of the Interior: establish a Working Waterfront Task Force and a Working Waterfront Grant Program, H9974, H9975 [10DE]
District of Columbia: allow receipt of Federal funding under Coastal Zone Management Act, H9957, H9973, H9976–H9978 [10DE]
Enact (H.R. 729), H9969–H10005 [10DE]
——— consideration (H. Res. 748), H9956–H9960 [10DE]
Fish and fishing: encourage partnerships among public agencies and other interested parties to promote fish conservation, H9974, H9976 [10DE]
Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act: reauthorize, H9973, H9975 [10DE]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize and amend, H9973, H9975 [10DE]
NOAA: clarify that Climate Change Adaptation Preparedness and Response Program includes projects to address harmful algal blooms, H9995 [10DE]
——— 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]
——— develop information platform to integrate coastal data, decision-support tools, training, and best practices, and coordinate collection of geospatial data to inform and improve management of coastal region, H9957, H9974 [10DE]
——— emphasize that collaborations and partnerships between institutions of higher education and Federal agencies help ensure digital data focused on coastal management issues are communicated effectively, H9996 [10DE]
——— ensure coastal climate change adaptation preparedness and response program include adaptive management strategies for Great Lakes ecosystems and resources, H9991 [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]
——— provide grant eligibility to projects that assess the impact of water level regulating practices on coastal resiliency in the Great Lakes, H9958, H9994, H9995 [10DE]
——— provide grants supporting research on conservation, restoration, or management of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay, H9993 [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]
U.S. Geological Survey: conduct monitoring, assessment, science, and research in support of binational fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin, H9972, H9973, H9974–H9976 [10DE]
——— conduct research on harmful algal bloom development in the Great Lakes, H9958, H9994 [10DE]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 729, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 748) (H. Rept. 116–330), H9386 [9DE]
Texts of
H. Res. 748, consideration of H.R. 729, provisions, H9956 [10DE]