Sec. 1. Front matter

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This Act may be cited as the . Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Front matter. Title I—Coastal Resilience and Economic Enhancement Sec. 101. Grants to further achievement of Tribal coastal zone objectives. Sec. 102. Living Shoreline Grant Program. Sec. 103. Working Waterfronts Grant Program. Sec. 104. Working Waterfronts Preservation Fund; grants. Sec. 105. Eligibility of District of Columbia for Federal funding under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. Sec. 106. Climate change preparedness in the coastal zone.

Sec. 107. Update to environmental sensitivity index products of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for Great Lakes. Sec. 108. Prize competitions. Sec. 109. Catalog of research on applicable coastal risk reduction and resilience measures. Title II—Fishery Research and Conservation Subtitle A—National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnerships Sec. 201. Purpose. Sec. 202. Definitions. Sec. 203. National Fish Habitat Board. Sec. 204. Fish Habitat Partnerships. Sec. 205.

Fish Habitat Conservation Projects. Sec. 206. Technical and scientific assistance. Sec. 207. Coordination with States and Indian Tribes. Sec. 208. Interagency Operational Plan. Sec. 209. Accountability and reporting. Sec. 210. Effect of this subtitle. Sec. 211. Nonapplicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act. Sec. 212. Funding. Sec. 213. Prohibition against implementation of regulatory authority by Federal agencies through Partnerships. Subtitle B—Great Lakes Fishery Research Authorization Sec. 221.

Definitions. Sec. 222. Findings. Sec. 223. Great Lakes monitoring, assessment, science, and research. Sec. 224. Authorization of appropriations. Subtitle C—Chesapeake Bay Oyster Research Sec. 231. Sense of Congress. Sec. 232. Grants for researching oysters in the Chesapeake Bay. Title III—Meeting 21st Century Ocean and Coastal Data Needs Subtitle A—Digital Coast Sec. 301. Findings. Sec. 302. Definitions. Sec. 303. Establishment of the Digital Coast. Subtitle B—Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Sec. 311.

Staggered terms for National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Advisory Committee. Sec. 312. Integrated coastal and ocean observation system cooperative agreements. Sec. 313. Reauthorization of Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009. Sec. 314. Advanced Research Projects Agency–Oceans. Title IV—National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Sec. 401. References to the National Sea Grant College Program Act. Sec. 402. Modification of Dean John A.

Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. Sec. 403. Modification of authority of Secretary of Commerce to accept donations for National Sea Grant College Program. Sec. 404. Repeal of requirement for report on coordination of oceans and coastal research activities. Sec. 405. Reduction in frequency required for National Sea Grant Advisory Board report. Sec. 406. Modification of elements of National Sea Grant College Program. Sec. 407. Direct hire authority; Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship.

Sec. 408. Authorization of appropriations for National Sea Grant College Program. Sec. 409. Technical corrections.