H.R. 4093 — National Oceans and Coastal Security Improvements Act of 2019

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.

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2019-07-30
Introduced in House
2019-07-30
Introduced in House
2019-07-30
Referred 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.
2019-07-30
Referred 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.
2019-08-21
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2020-11-17
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
2020-11-17
Committee Hearings Held.

National Oceans and Coastal Security Improvements Act of 2019

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