Coastal Communities Adaptation Act
Latest action · Mar 6, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 22, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Coastal Communities Adaptation Act
This bill provides assistance to coastal states and communities to help them adapt to climate change and extreme weather.
Specifically, it revises the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program. For example, the bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology to award research and development grants under the program for the purpose of improving the resilience and responsiveness of buildings, structures, and lifelines to windstorms.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration must award capitalization grants to each coastal state for the purpose of establishing a community resilience revolving fund. In turn, states must provide financial assistance to municipalities or state agencies for preventing, managing, mitigating, or adapting to coastal hazards related to climate change.
The Department of Commerce may carry out a program to award prizes to stimulate innovation to advance coastal risk reduction and resilience measures.
The National Science Foundation must support research to improve (1) the resilience of buildings, structures, and lifelines to windstorms; and (2) the responsiveness of buildings, structures, and lifelines after a windstorm.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must promote the adoption of windstorm preparedness and mitigation measures for manufactured HUD code housing units.
The U.S. Postal Service must issue a Built to Last stamp as a semipostal stamp. The proceeds from the stamp must be deposited in the Built to Last Stamp Fund established by this bill for shoreline risk and climate change adaptation.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 22, 2019 to Oct 24, 2019; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Feb 22, 2019 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Feb 22, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 22, 2019 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Feb 22, 2019 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Feb 22, 2019 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Feb 22, 2019 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Feb 22, 2019 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Feb 22, 2019 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Feb 22, 2019 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Feb 22, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Original | Feb 22, 2019 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Mar 12, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Mar 12, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell | Mar 12, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Mar 12, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Mar 12, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Max Rose | Mar 12, 2019 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Apr 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Apr 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Apr 25, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | May 22, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | May 22, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | May 22, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | May 22, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jun 20, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jun 27, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Oct 24, 2019 |
Committees 5
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Feb 22, 2019 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Feb 22, 2019 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Feb 25, 2019 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 22, 2019 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Feb 22, 2019 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Feb 22, 2019 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Mar 6, 2019 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Feb 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Feb 22, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 22, 2019Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Financial Services, and Natural Resources, 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.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 33, February 22, 2019, page H2047.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-14 | MEMBER DAY97 pages | Select Committee on the Climate Crisis | Nov 14, 2019 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46743 | Climate Change Adaptation: Department of Commerce Archived | Report | Apr 1, 2021 |
| R46145 | Nature-Based Infrastructure: NOAA’s Role Archived | Report | Jan 2, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve the resilience of the built and natural environment to natural disasters and climate change using, among other measures, natural and nature-based features, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Coastal Communities Adaptation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Air quality
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Building construction
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Environmental Protection
- Floods and storm protection
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Postal service
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Seashores and lakeshores
- State and local government operations
- Wetlands
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 22, 2019Introduced in House
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.
