National Oceans and Coastal Security Improvements Act of 2019
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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.
What just happenedNov 17, 2020
Committee Hearings Held.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJul 30, 2019
- Nov 17, 2020Committee
Committee Hearings Held.
Natural Resources Committee - Nov 17, 2020Committee
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
Natural Resources Committee - Aug 21, 2019Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee - Jul 30, 2019IntroReferralH11100
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.
Science, Space, and Technology Committee - Jul 30, 2019IntroReferralH11100
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.
Natural Resources Committee - Jul 30, 2019IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 30, 2019IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House