Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act
Latest action · Mar 27, 2006 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 378.
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.
- IntroducedJun 9, 2005
- 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: (1) have significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, or aesthetic values; and (2) are threatened by conversion from their natural, undeveloped, or recreational state to other uses. Directs the National Ocean Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to administer the program.
Authorizes the Secretary to make program grants competitively to coastal states with approved coastal zone management plans or National Estuarine Research Reserve units for acquiring property in such areas from willing sellers.
Prohibits more than 75% of the funding for any project from being derived from federal sources. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such prohibition for underserved communities, for communities unable to draw on other funding because of small populations or low income, or for other appropriate reasons. Permits appraised land value and costs associated with land acquisition, land management planning, remediation, restoration, and enhancement to be used for the non-federal cost share of a project.
Authorizes the Secretary to provide specified funding for a regional watershed protection demonstration project that: (1) leverages land acquisition funding from other federal conservation or acquisition programs; (2) involves funding from and participation by multiple federal, state, and nongovernmental entities; (3) creates conservation corridors and preserves unique coastal habitat; (4) protects unfragmented 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 funds for acquisitions benefiting the National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Requires a grant recipient to provide assurances that: (1) acquired property will be held in perpetuity and managed for the purposes for which the property entered the program; or (2) if such property is divested, funds equal to its correct value will be returned to the Secretary for redistribution in the grant process.
Authorizes appropriations.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 9, 2005 to Feb 2, 2006, with 12 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Jun 9, 2005 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Original | Jun 9, 2005 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Jun 9, 2005 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Jun 9, 2005 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Jun 9, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Jon S. Corzine | Original | Jun 9, 2005 |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Original | Jun 9, 2005 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Jun 9, 2005 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Jun 9, 2005 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Jun 9, 2005 |
| D-MD | Paul S. Sarbanes | Original | Jun 9, 2005 |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Original | Jun 9, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Jun 20, 2005 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Jun 20, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Jul 19, 2005 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2006Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Stevens with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-224.
- Mar 27, 2006Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 378.
- Mar 16, 2006Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jun 9, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Jun 9, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Jun 9, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6318)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3187 | Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act | Related bill | Jun 30, 2005 |
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
- Land use
- 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 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2005Introduced in Senate
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