The Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA; P.L. 92-583, 16 U.S.C. §§1451-1466), enacted in 1972 and since amended, set up a national framework for states and territories to consider and manage coastal resources and potential impacts on those resources, and for the federal government to provide financial assistance to supp…
Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act of 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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In recent years, Congress has considered legislation to advance regional economic development in marine and coastal areas as one of several types of blue economy policies. Definitions of the term blue economy vary. In economic development, the term generally encompasses a range of activities centered on the sustainabl…
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