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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 30, 2019
National Oceans and Coastal Security Improvements Act of 2019
This bill revises the National Ocean and Coastal Security Fund. (The fund supports programs and activities to protect, conserve, and restore ocean and coastal resources and coastal infrastructure.)
Specifically, the bill
revises the maximum amounts that may be used to provide grants from the fund;
details new eligible uses for the fund's grant program, including for restoration, protection, or maintenance of living ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources and their habitats;
requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to award grants from the fund to eligible coastal states based on a specified formula; and
specifies additional requirements for coastal states to be eligible to receive funding from the fund.
People & committees
Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8] · D–VA
Legislative record
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Committee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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