Sec. 503. Coastal and Estuarine Resilience and Restoration Program

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Section 307A of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1456–1 ) is amended— by striking the heading and inserting ; Coastal and Estuarine Resilience and Restoration Program by amending subsection

(a)to read as follows: The Secretary may conduct a Coastal and Estuarine Resilience and Restoration Program, in cooperation with State, regional, and other units of government and the National Estuarine Research Reserves, for the purposes of— protecting important coastal and estuarine areas that— have significant conservation, recreation, coastal access, ecological, historical, or aesthetic value; are threatened by conversion from their natural, undeveloped, or recreational state to other uses; or could be managed or restored to effectively conserve, enhance, or restore ecological function or mitigate climate change; or restoring developed property in vulnerable coastal and estuarine areas to a natural state to restore ecological function, allow for shoreline migration, and protect coastal communities. ; in subsection (c)— by amending paragraph

(7)to read as follows: Priority shall be given to lands that— can be effectively managed and protected and that have significant recreation, ecological, historical, cultural, aesthetic, or community protection value; to the maximum extent practicable, benefit communities that may not have adequate resources to prepare for or respond to coastal hazards or to access the coastline, including low income communities, communities of color, Tribal and Indigenous communities, and rural communities; and are under an imminent threat of conversion to a use that will degrade or otherwise diminish their natural, undeveloped, or recreational state; serve to mitigate the adverse impacts caused by coastal population growth in the coastal environment; are within a national estuarine research reserve designated under section 315, a national wildlife refuge, or a national estuary program, or are proposed for designation as such a reserve or other such protected area; or are under threat due to climate change or may serve to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change, including through the storage of blue carbon, and to facilitate inland migration of coastal ecosystems in response to sea level rise. ; and in paragraph (10), by striking triennially and inserting every 5 years ; in subsection (f)— in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting for any territory of the United States that is unable to provide such match, after community, ; and in paragraph (4)— in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking meets the criteria set forth in section 2(b) and inserting the goals set forth in subsection

(b); by striking subparagraph

(B)and redesignating subparagraph

(C)as subparagraph (B); in subparagraph

(B)(as so redesignated), by striking described in

(A)and inserting described in subparagraph

(A); and by inserting at the end the following new subparagraph: The value of ecosystem services that the acquired land provides, including as a buffer for storm surge, habitat for economically valuable species, and as blue carbon sink. ; in subsection (g), by striking 15 and inserting 20 ; in subsection (h), by striking the second sentence; and in subsection (l), by striking fiscal years 2009 through 2013 and inserting fiscal years 2022 through 2026 .

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Coastal and Estuarine Resilience and Restoration Program

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