Bill Sponsor
House Bill 729
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act
Active
Amendments
Active
Passed House on Dec 10, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jan 23, 2019
Latest Action
Dec 12, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
729
Congress
116
Policy Area
Native Americans
Native Americans
Primary focus of measure is matters affecting Native Americans, including Alaska Natives and Hawaiians, in a variety of domestic policy settings. This includes claims, intergovernmental relations, and Indian lands and resources.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Washington
Republican
Alaska
Democrat
California
Republican
California
Democrat
Hawaii
Democrat
New Mexico
Republican
Oklahoma
Democrat
Washington
Democrat
Washington
Democrat
Washington
Democrat
Wisconsin
House Votes (1)
Senate Votes (0)
checkPassed on December 10, 2019
Question
On Passage
Status
Passed
Type
Roll Call Vote
Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
Roll Call Type
Yea-And-Nay
Roll Number
667
House Roll Call Votes
Summary

Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Commerce to award grants to Indian tribes to further achievement of any of the following tribal coastal zone objectives:

  • protecting, restoring, or preserving areas in the zone that hold important ecological, cultural, or sacred significance for the tribes, or traditional, historic, and esthetic values essential to the tribes;
  • preparing and implementing a special area management plan and technical planning for important coastal areas; and
  • implementing any coastal or shoreline stabilization measure for the purpose of public safety, public access, or cultural or historical preservation.
Text (4)
December 12, 2019
December 10, 2019
November 13, 2019
January 23, 2019
Amendments (10)
Dec 10, 2019
Not Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 709
Amendment sought to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to limit the scope of the moratorium on taking and importing marine mammals and marine mammal products, and revise the requirements for obtaining an authorization for incidentally taking by harassment marine mammals.
Active
Dec 10, 2019
Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 708
Amendment directs NOAA to consider the potential of a living shoreline project to support the resiliency of military communities when developing criteria for grant applications.
Agreed To
Dec 10, 2019
Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 707
Amendment includes corals as a natural element eligible for grants provided for by the Living Shoreline Grant Program.
Agreed To
Dec 10, 2019
Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 706
Amendment adds a finding that collaborations and partnerships between institutions of higher education and Federal agencies help ensure digital data focused on coastal management issues are communicated effectively between such entities.
Agreed To
Dec 10, 2019
Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 705
Amendment includes projects to address harmful algal blooms under the Climate Change Adaptation Preparedness and Response Program.
Agreed To
Dec 10, 2019
Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 704
An amendment numbered 9 printed in House Report 116-330 to provide grant eligibility under the bill to projects that assess the impact of water level regulating practices on the Great Lakes on coastal resiliency.
Agreed To
Dec 10, 2019
Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 703
An amendment numbered 8 printed in House Report 116-330 to add research on harmful algal bloom development to U.S. Geological Survey research conducted under the bill.
Agreed To
Dec 10, 2019
Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 702
An amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 116-330 to require no less than 10 percent of the funds awarded under the Living Shoreline grant program be available to projects located within the Great Lakes.
Agreed To
Dec 10, 2019
Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 701
Amendment authorizes the NOAA Administrator to award grants to eligible entities for collaborative research projects on the conservation, restoration, or management of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay.
Agreed To
Dec 10, 2019
Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 700
Amendments en bloc comprised of the following amendments printed in House Report 116-330 as en bloc No. 1: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, and 28, which appears on pages H9989-H9991 of the Congressional Record of December 10, 2019.
Agreed To
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 2:32:39 PM