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Living Shorelines Act of 2020
This bill revises the National Sea Grant College Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and authorizes NOAA to provide grants to certain coastal states to assist with the design and implementation of climate-resilient living shoreline projects and the application of innovative uses of natural materials and systems to protect coastal communities, habitats, and natural system functions.
What just happenedDec 15, 2020
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 631.
Who’s behind it
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 631.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-327.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-327.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
Living Shorelines Act of 2020
This bill revises the National Sea Grant College Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and authorizes NOAA to provide grants to certain coastal states to assist with the design and implementation of climate-resilient living shoreline projects and the application of innovative uses of natural materials and systems to protect coastal communities, habitats, and natural system functions.
Living Shorelines Act of 2019
This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to award grants to state or local governments, Indian tribes, or nonprofit organizations to (1) implement climate-resilient living shoreline projects; and (2) encourage innovation in the use of natural materials to protect coastal communities, habitats, and natural system functions.