National Oceans and Coastal Security Improvements Act of 2019
Latest action · Nov 17, 2020 Committee Hearings Held.
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.
- IntroducedJul 30, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 30, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Francis Rooney | Original | Jul 30, 2019 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2020Committee Hearings Held.
- Nov 17, 2020Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
- Aug 21, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Jul 30, 2019Introduced in House
- Jul 30, 2019Referred 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Air quality
- Aquatic ecology
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Economic performance and conditions
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Floods and storm protection
- Government information and archives
- Government trust funds
- Great Lakes
- Infrastructure development
- Lakes and rivers
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Natural disasters
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Seashores and lakeshores
- Small business
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Travel and tourism
- Water quality
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 30, 2019Introduced in House
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