Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act
Latest action · Oct 1, 2003 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 297.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 10, 2003
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Program to protect the environmental integrity of undeveloped coastal and estuarine areas that have significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, or aesthetic values, and that are threatened by conversion from their natural, undeveloped, or recreational state to other uses. Requires such program to be administered by the National Ocean Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management.
Authorizes the Secretary to make program grants to coastal States (except to ones that have lost less than one percent of their wetlands to development or conversion to other land uses) with approved coastal zone management plans or National Estuarine Research Reserve units for the purpose of acquiring property interests that will further the goals of: (1) a Coastal Zone Management Plan or Program approved under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972; (2) a National Estuarine Research Reserve management plan; or (3) a regional or State watershed protection plan involving coastal States with approved coastal zone management plans.
Prohibits: (1) the Secretary from making grants unless they are matched by non-Federal funds; and (2) any more than 75 percent of the grant funding from being derived from Federal sources. Allows the Secretary to waive such limitation for underserved communities, communities that have an inability to draw on other sources of funding, or for other appropriate reasons. Sets forth requirements for the use of land value and certain other costs to determine the non-Federal cost share.
Authorizes the Secretary to provide $5 million for a regional watershed protection demonstration project that: (1) leverages land acquisition funding from other Federal conservation or acquisition programs; (2) involves partnerships with Federal, State, and non-governmental entities; (3) creates conservation corridors and preserves unique coastal habitat; (4) protects habitats under imminent threat of development or conversion; (5) provides water quality protection for areas under the National Estuarine Research Reserve program; and (6) provides a model for future regional watershed protection projects.
Reserves 15 percent of program funds for acquisitions benefitting the National Estuarine Research Reserve. Prohibits any more than five percent of such funds from being used for planning or administrative costs. Requires the Secretary to provide a report to Congress with an account of all expenditures for FY 2004 and 2005 and triennially thereafter.
Specifies that when property is acquired under this program the grant recipient shall provide such assurances that: (1) title will be held by the grant recipient; (2) property will be managed in a manner that is consistent with the purpose of the program and shall not be converted to other uses; and (3) funds will be returned to the Secretary if the property is sold, exchanged, or divested.
Authorizes appropriations to carry out the program. Earmarks separate funds to carry out the regional watershed demonstration project.
Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to allow the Secretary to enter into contracts or other arrangements with other Federal agencies (including interagency financing of Coastal America activities) as well as any other qualified person for the purposes of carrying out technical assistance and research to support coastal zone management. (Current law allows the Secretary to enter into such arrangements only with any qualified person).
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 10, 2003 to Nov 7, 2003; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| D-LA | John B. Breaux | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| D-NJ | Jon S. Corzine | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| R-NH | Judd Gregg | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| R-RI | Lincoln Chafee | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| R-OH | Mike DeWine | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| D-MD | Paul S. Sarbanes | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Original | Apr 10, 2003 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | May 21, 2003 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Nov 7, 2003 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Apr 10, 2003Markup Jun 19, 2003Reported Oct 1, 2003 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 1, 2003Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator McCain with an amendment. With written report No. 108-158.
- Oct 1, 2003Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 297.
- Jun 19, 2003Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- Apr 10, 2003Introduced in Senate
- Apr 10, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5186-5187)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5186–S5188Text printed S5187 | Ernest F. Hollings D-SC (text), Judd Gregg R-NH | Apr 10, 2003 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jun 24, 2003S. 861, Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 19, 2003</p>
- Jun 24, 2003S. 861, Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 19, 2003
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 108-946 | THE PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE U.S. COMMISSION ON OCEAN POLICY99 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Apr 22, 2004 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to authorize the acquisition of interests in undeveloped coastal areas in order to better ensure their protection from development.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Animals
- Coastal zone
- Commerce
- Conservation easements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Environmental Protection
- Estuaries
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Forest conservation
- Government Operations and Politics
- Grants-in-aid
- Habitat conservation
- Housing and Community Development
- Land banking
- Land transfers
- Landscape protection
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine parks and reserves
- Nonprofit organizations
- Performance measurement
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public-private partnerships
- Real estate development
- Regional planning
- Social Welfare
- Water pollution control
- Water quality
- Water Resources Development
- Watersheds
- Wetlands
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 1, 2003Reported to Senate
- Apr 10, 2003Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.