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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-321
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FLOOD PREVENTION ACT OF
2019
DECEMBER 3, 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. 2185]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2185) to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of
1972 to allow the District of Columbia to receive Federal funding
under such Act, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 2185 is to amend the Coastal Zone Manage-
ment Act of 1972 to allow the District of Columbia to receive fed-
eral funding under such Act, and for other purposes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Coastal Zone Management Act of 19721 (CZMA) provides a
number of avenues through which states and territories can ad-
dress the impacts of climate change and ensure that access to key
coastal areas is protected in the face of rising seas and other
threats from climate change. The CZMA allows for voluntary part-
nerships between the federal government and coastal states and
'Pub. L. No. 92-583, 86 Stat. 1280 (1972).
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