119-hr2990

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2990 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2990

 To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require the 
Secretary of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change adaptation 
 preparedness and response program, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 24, 2025

Mr. Carbajal (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) 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 require the 
Secretary of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change adaptation 
 preparedness and response program, 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 State Climate Preparedness 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. CLIMATE CHANGE PREPAREDNESS IN THE COASTAL ZONE.

    (a) In General.--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. CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
 PROGRAM.

 ``

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish, consistent with 
the national policies set forth in 

section 303, a coastal climate 
change adaptation preparedness and response program to--
 ``

    (1) provide assistance to coastal States to voluntarily 
 develop coastal climate change adaptation plans, pursuant to 
 approved management programs approved under 

section 306, to 
 minimize contributions to climate change and to prepare for and 
 reduce the negative consequences that may result from climate 
 change in the coastal zone; and
 ``

    (2) provide financial and technical assistance and 
 training to enable coastal States to implement plans developed 
 pursuant to this section through coastal States' enforceable 
 policies.
 ``

    (b) Coastal Climate Change Adaptation Planning and Preparedness 
Grants.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--The Secretary may make a grant to any 
 coastal State for the purpose of developing climate change 
 adaptation plans pursuant to guidelines issued by the Secretary 
 under paragraph

    (8) .
 ``

    (2) Plan content.--A plan developed with a grant under 
 this subsection shall include the following:
 ``
        (A) Identification of public facilities and 
 public services, working waterfronts, coastal resources 
 of national significance, coastal waters, energy 
 facilities, or other land and water uses located in the 
 coastal zone that are likely to be impacted by climate 
 change.
 ``
        (B) Adaptive management strategies for land use 
 to respond or adapt to changing environmental 
 conditions, including strategies to protect 
 biodiversity, protect water quality, and establish 
 habitat buffer zones, migration corridors, and climate 
 refugia.
 ``
            (C) Adaptive management strategies for ocean-
 based ecosystems and resources, including strategies to 
 plan for and respond to geographic or temporal shifts 
 in marine resources, to create protected areas that 
 will provide climate refugia, and to maintain and 
 restore ocean ecosystem function.
 ``
            (D) Requirements to initiate and maintain long-
 term monitoring of environmental change to assess 
 coastal zone adaptation and to adjust when necessary 
 adaptive management strategies and new planning 
 guidelines to attain the policies under 

section 303.
 ``
        (E) Other information considered necessary by the 
 Secretary to identify the full range of climate change 
 impacts affecting coastal communities.
 ``

    (3) State hazard mitigation plans.--Plans developed with 
 a grant under this subsection shall be consistent with State 
 hazard mitigation plans and natural disaster response and 
 recovery programs developed under State or Federal law.
 ``

    (4) Allocation.--Grants under this subsection shall be 
 available only to coastal States with management programs 
 approved by the Secretary under 

section 306 and shall be 
 allocated among such coastal States in a manner consistent with 
 regulations promulgated pursuant to 

section 306
            (c) .
 ``

    (5) Priority.--In the awarding of grants under this 
 subsection, the Secretary may give priority to any coastal 
 State that has received grant funding to develop program 
 changes pursuant to paragraphs

    (1) ,

    (2) ,

    (3) ,

    (5) ,

    (6) ,

    (7) , 
 and

    (8) of 

section 309

    (a) .
 ``

    (6) Technical assistance.--The Secretary may provide 
 technical assistance to a coastal State consistent with 

section 310 to ensure the timely development of plans supported by 
 grants awarded under this subsection.
 ``

    (7) Federal approval.--In order to be eligible for a 
 grant under subsection
            (c) , a coastal State must have its plan 
 developed under this subsection approved by the Secretary.
 ``

    (8) Guidelines.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
 of enactment of this section, the Secretary, in consultation 
 with the coastal States, shall issue guidelines for the 
 implementation of the grant program established under this 
 subsection.
 ``
            (c) Coastal Climate Change Adaptation Project Implementation 
Grants.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--The Secretary may make grants to any 
 coastal State that has a climate change adaptation plan 
 approved under subsection

    (b)

    (7) , in order to support projects 
 that implement strategies contained within such plans.
 ``

    (2) Program requirements.--The Secretary, not later than 
 90 days after approval of the first plan approved under 
 subsection

    (b)

    (7) , shall publish in the Federal Register 
 requirements regarding applications, allocations, eligible 
 activities, and all terms and conditions for grants awarded 
 under this subsection. No less than 30 percent, and no more 
 than 50 percent, of the funds appropriated in any fiscal year 
 for grants under this subsection shall be awarded through a 
 merit-based competitive process.
 ``

    (3) Eligible activities.--The Secretary may award grants 
 to coastal States to implement projects in the coastal zone to 
 address stress factors in order to improve coastal climate 
 change adaptation, including the following:
 ``
        (A) Activities to address physical disturbances 
 within the coastal zone, especially activities related 
 to public facilities and public services, tourism, 
 sedimentation, ocean acidification, and other factors 
 negatively impacting coastal waters.
 ``
        (B) Monitoring, control, or eradication of 
 disease organisms and invasive species.
 ``
            (C) Activities to address the loss, degradation, 
 or fragmentation of wildlife habitat through projects 
 to establish or protect marine and terrestrial habitat 
 buffers, wildlife refugia, other wildlife refuges, or 
 networks thereof, preservation of migratory wildlife 
 corridors and other transition zones, and restoration 
 of fish and wildlife habitat.
 ``
            (D) Projects, with priority given to such 
 projects that use green infrastructure solutions, to 
 reduce, mitigate, or otherwise address likely impacts 
 caused by natural hazards in the coastal zone, 
 including sea level rise, coastal inundation, storm 
 water management, coastal erosion and subsidence, 
 severe weather events such as cyclonic storms, tsunamis 
 and other seismic threats, and fluctuating Great Lakes 
 water levels.
 ``
        (E) Projects to adapt existing infrastructure, 
 including enhancements to both built and natural 
 environments.
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        (F) Provision of technical training and 
 assistance to local coastal policy makers to increase 
 awareness of science, management, and technology 
 information related to climate change and adaptation 
 strategies.
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    (4) Promotion and use of national estuarine research 
 reserves.--The Secretary shall promote and encourage the use of 
 National Estuarine Research Reserves as sites for pilot or 
 demonstration projects carried out with grants awarded under 
 this section.''.

    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--

Section 318

    (a) of the Coastal 
Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1464

    (a) ) is amended--

    (1) by striking ``and'' after the semicolon at the end of 
 paragraph

    (1) ;

    (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph

    (2) and 
 inserting ``; and''; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (3) for grants under 

section 320, such sums as are 
 necessary.''.
            (c) Intent of Congress.--None of the amendments made by this 
section shall be construed to require any coastal State to amend or 
modify its approved management program pursuant to 

section 306

    (e) of 
the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1455

    (e) ) or to 
extend the enforceable policies of a coastal State beyond the coastal 
zone as identified in the coastal State's approved management program.
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