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Living Shorelines Act

Introduced: June 29, 2021 Introduced by: Pallone, Frank Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 24, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Jun 30, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Jun 29, 2021
Introduced in House
Jun 29, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Living Shorelines Act

This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish grant programs to support living shoreline projects and research on nature-based infrastructure.

NOAA must award grants to state or local governments, nonprofit organizations, and Indian tribes to (1) implement climate-resilient living shoreline projects; and (2) encourage innovation in the use of natural materials to protect coastal communities, habitats, and natural system functions.

NOAA shall establish an engineering standard applicable to living shoreline projects for each region of the United States and use such standard to select eligible entities to receive such grants.

A grant to carry out a living shoreline project may be used only to

  • carry out the project, including administration, design, permitting, entry into negotiated indirect cost rate agreements, and construction;
  • monitor, collect, and report data on the performance of the project, in accordance with the engineering standard; or
  • incentivize landowners to engage in such projects.

NOAA shall award competitive research grants to eligible entities, including U.S. territories, to carry out projects focused on developing and assessing the effectiveness of innovative approaches to nature-based infrastructure for specified climate-related purposes. NOAA shall award grants to such entities for projects that focus on, among other things

  • assessing the effectiveness of installed nature-based infrastructure, or
  • novel approaches to nature-based infrastructure and living shorelines.
What's happening now July 24, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1