S. 1730: Living Shorelines Act of 2020

116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-05 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 631.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-05 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 631. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Living Shorelines Act of 2020

Plain summary

Living Shorelines Act of 2020 This bill revises the National Sea Grant College Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and authorizes NOAA to provide grants to certain coastal states to assist with the design and implementation of climate-resilient living shoreline projects and the application of innovative uses of natural materials and systems to protect coastal communities, habitats, and natural system functions.

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Official text

Living Shorelines Act of 2020

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] · 10 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1730, a bill to direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to make grants to State and local governments and nongovernmental organizations for purposes of carrying out climate-resilient living shoreline projects tha (2020-10-29)

Cosponsors on this site

Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s1730.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s1730 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116