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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 6, 2001
Coastal Community Conservation Act of 2001 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to replace the resources management improvement grant program with a coastal community conservation grant program. Makes Coastal Zone Management Fund amounts available to offset costs of implementing coastal zone management programs. Revises coastal zone enhancement grant provisions, including: (1) expanding eligible grant objectives; (2) requiring State matching funds; and (3) amending allocation criteria. Makes the Walter B. Jones Excellence in Coastal Zone Management Awards program discretionary. (Currently the Secretary of Commerce is required to implement the program.) Authorizes appropriations for: (1) administrative grants; (2) coastal zone enhancement grants; and (3) Walter B. Jones Excellence in Coastal Zone Management Awards. Directs the Secretary to: (1) report with respect to coastal zone management program outcome indicators; and (2) submit to specified congressional committees draft legislation authorizing a national coastal zone management outcome monitoring and performance evaluation system.Establishes the National Coastal Reserve System (in lieu of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System). Sets forth System provisions.
People & committees
Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3] · R–NJ
Legislative record
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Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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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