House Bill 4093
116th Congress(2019-2020)
National Oceans and Coastal Security Improvements Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jul 30, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
4093
Congress
116
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Primary focus of measure is natural areas (including wilderness); lands under government jurisdiction; land use practices and policies; parks, monuments, and historic sites; fisheries and marine resources; mining and minerals. Measures concerning energy supplies and production may fall under Energy policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
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.
July 30, 2019
11/17/2020
Committee Hearings Held.
11/17/2020
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
08/21/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
07/30/2019
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.
07/30/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 1:50:16 PM