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S 533 111th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Aquaculture Land transfers Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Working Waterfront Preservation Act of 2009

Introduced: March 5, 2009 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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Mar 5, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 5, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2832-2833)
Mar 5, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Working Waterfront Preservation Act of 2009 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to award a grant to a state or local government of a coastal state, a nonprofit organization, or a fishing cooperative for projects to: (1) acquire real property in a coastal state to provide access to commercial fishermen or persons in the aquaculture industry to coastal waters in working waterfront areas; or (2) make improvements to real property owned by an eligible entity in a coastal state to provide access to such persons to coastal waters in working waterfront areas.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 533: Working Waterfront Preservation Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-533/
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"S. 533: Working Waterfront Preservation Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-533/.
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S. 533, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-533/.
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