Resilient Coasts and Estuaries Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2786 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2786 To allow the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Coastal and Estuarine Resilience and Restoration Program, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 9, 2025 Mr. Levin (for himself, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Mast, Mr. Larsen of Washington, and Mr. Carter of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To allow the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Coastal and Estuarine Resilience and Restoration Program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Resilient Coasts and Estuaries Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. COASTAL AND ESTUARINE RESILIENCE AND RESTORATION PROGRAM. Section 307A of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456-1) is amended-- (1) by striking the heading and inserting ``coastal and estuarine resilience and restoration program''; (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may conduct a Coastal and Estuarine Resilience and Restoration Program in cooperation with State, regional, and other units of government, the National Estuarine Research Reserves, and non-governmental organizations for the purposes of-- ``(1) protecting important coastal and estuarine areas that-- ``(A) have significant conservation, recreational, coastal access, ecological, historical, community protection, or aesthetic value; ``(B) are threatened by conversion from their natural, undeveloped, or recreational state to other uses; or ``(C) could be managed or restored to effectively conserve, enhan