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Calendar No. 177
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 118-127
COASTAL HABITAT CONSERVATION ACT OF 2023
DECEMBER 11, 2023.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. CARPER, from the Committee on Environment and Public
Works, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 1381]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was
referred the bill (S. 1381), to authorize the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, through the Coastal Program of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, to work with willing partners and provide support
to efforts to assess, protect, restore, and enhance important coastal
landscapes that provide fish and wildlife habitat on which certain
Federal trust species depend, and for other purposes, having con-
sidered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment
and recommends that the bill do pass.
GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND
The USFWS Coastal Program is a voluntary, partnership-based
habitat conservation program that operates in 24 priority coastal
areas. The program's locally-based staff provide technical and fi-
nancial assistance to help develop and implement habitat restora-
tion and design projects. Through those projects, the program helps
conserve and recover USFWS trust species.
The program also helps build coastal resilience by improving the
health of coastal ecosystems. Another noted benefit of the Coastal
Program is the economic benefit it brings to the communities in
which the projects are located. Not only does the USFWS employ
local businesses to help plan and implement the projects, but the
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