H.R. 3976: To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants to Indian Tribes to further achievement of Tribal coastal zone objectives, and for other purposes.

118th Congress · introduced 2023-06-09 · Native Americans · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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Where it came from: introduced 2023-06-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants to Indian Tribes to further achievement of Tribal coastal zone objectives, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

This bill authorizes the Department of Commerce to award competitive grants to (1) tribal governments to further achievement of tribal coastal zone objectives, and (2) Native Hawaiian organizations to further achievement of the coastal zone objectives identified in a corresponding approved management program. Tribal coastal zone objective means, with respect to a tribal government and its tribal coastal zone, any of the following objectives: protecting, restoring, or preserving areas in the zone that hold important ecological, cultural, or sacred significance for the tribal government or traditional, historic, and aesthetic values essential to the tribal government; preparing and implementing a special area management plan and technical planning for important coastal areas; and taking any coastal or shoreline stabilization measure for the purpose of public safety, public access, or cultural or historical preservation.

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To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants to Indian Tribes to further achievement of Tribal coastal zone objectives, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] · 0 cosponsors

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Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr3976.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

Record fed-us-cong118-hr3976 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118