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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-316
LIVING SHORELINES ACT OF 2019
NOVEMBER 26, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 3115]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3115) to direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration to make grants to State and local
governments and nongovernmental organizations for purposes of
carrying out climate-resilient living shoreline projects that protect
coastal communities by supporting ecosystem functions and habi-
tats with the use of natural materials and systems, and for other
purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon
with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do
pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Living Shorelines Act of 2019.
SEC. 2. LIVING SHORELINE GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.-The Administrator shall make grants to eligible entities for
purposes of-
(1) designing and implementing large- and small-scale, climate-resilient living
shoreline projects; and
(2) applying innovative uses of natural materials and systems to protect
coastal communities, habitats, and natural system functions.
(b) PROJECT PROPOSALS.-To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an
eligible entity shall-
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