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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1874
5	5	To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to establish a conclusive
6	6	presumption that a State concurs to certain activities, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	MARCH5, 2025
9	9	Mr. K
10	10	ILEYof California introduced the following bill; which was referred to
11	11	the Committee on Natural Resources
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to
14	14	establish a conclusive presumption that a State concurs
15	15	to certain activities, and for other purposes.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. CONCLUSIVE PRESUMPTION FOR CERTAIN AC-3
19	19	TIVITIES. 4
20	20	Section 307 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 5
21	21	1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456) is amended by adding at the end: 6
22	22	‘‘(j) C
23	23	ONCLUSIVEPRESUMPTION FOR CERTAINAC-7
24	24	TIVITIES.— 8
25	25	‘‘(1) I
26	26	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-9
27	27	graph (3), with respect to a covered activity, a coast-10
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31	31	al state shall be conclusively presumed to concur 1
32	32	with— 2
33	33	‘‘(A) a consistency determination provided 3
34	34	to the coastal state by a Federal agency under 4
35	35	subsection (c)(1)(C); 5
36	36	‘‘(B) a determination or other finding of a 6
37	37	Federal agency under subsection (c)(2) that a 7
38	38	development project in the coastal zone of the 8
39	39	coastal state is consistent with the enforceable 9
40	40	policies of the approved state management pro-10
41	41	gram of the coastal state; 11
42	42	‘‘(C) a certification provided to the coastal 12
43	43	state by an applicant under subsection 13
44	44	(c)(3)(A) or person under subsection (c)(3)(B); 14
45	45	and 15
46	46	‘‘(D) a determination or other finding of a 16
47	47	State or local government under subsection (d) 17
48	48	that an application for Federal assistance sub-18
49	49	mitted by such State or local government is 19
50	50	consistent with the enforceable policies of the 20
51	51	approved state management program of the 21
52	52	coastal state. 22
53	53	‘‘(2) L
54	54	IMITATION ON OBJECTION.—An objection 23
55	55	or other challenge by a coastal state to an activity 24
56	56	subject to a conclusive presumption of concurrence 25
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60	60	under paragraph (1) may not delay or otherwise pre-1
61	61	vent the activity from proceeding. 2
62	62	‘‘(3) R
63	63	EVIEW OF PRESUMPTIVE CONCUR -3
64	64	RENCE.— 4
65	65	‘‘(A) I
66	66	N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 5
67	67	days after the Secretary receives a consistency 6
68	68	determination, certification, or other relevant 7
69	69	finding under this section, the Secretary may 8
70	70	issue a written determination with respect to an 9
71	71	activity subject to a conclusive presumption of 10
72	72	concurrence under paragraph (1) that nullifies 11
73	73	the conclusive presumption of concurrence if the 12
74	74	Secretary finds that the activity is not a cov-13
75	75	ered activity. 14
76	76	‘‘(B) P
77	77	RESUMPTION OF FINALITY .—If the 15
78	78	Secretary does not issue a written determina-16
79	79	tion under subparagraph (A) with respect to an 17
80	80	activity subject to a conclusive presumption of 18
81	81	concurrence under paragraph (1) within the 19
82	82	time period described in that subparagraph, the 20
83	83	conclusive presumption of concurrence shall be 21
84	84	final and binding. 22
85	85	‘‘(4) D
86	86	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 23
87	87	‘‘(A) A
88	88	CTIVITY WITH A SIGNIFICANT NA -24
89	89	TIONAL OR REGIONAL ECONOMIC IMPACT .—The 25
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93	93	term ‘activity with a significant national or re-1
94	94	gional economic impact’ means an activity— 2
95	95	‘‘(i) that is authorized or funded in 3
96	96	whole or in part by the Federal Govern-4
97	97	ment; and 5
98	98	‘‘(ii) that is carried out in— 6
99	99	‘‘(I) an area with a low per cap-7
100	100	ita income; or 8
101	101	‘‘(II) an area with a high unem-9
102	102	ployment rate. 10
103	103	‘‘(B) A
104	104	REA WITH A HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT 11
105	105	RATE.—The term ‘area with a high unemploy-12
106	106	ment rate’ means an area where the unemploy-13
107	107	ment rate, for the most recent 24-month period 14
108	108	for which data is available, is at least 1 percent-15
109	109	age point higher than the national average un-16
110	110	employment rate for such period, as determined 17
111	111	by the Secretary using the most recent data 18
112	112	available from— 19
113	113	‘‘(i) the Bureau of Economic Analysis 20
114	114	of the Department of Commerce; 21
115	115	‘‘(ii) the Bureau of Labor Statistics of 22
116	116	the Department of Labor; 23
117	117	‘‘(iii) another Federal source the Sec-24
118	118	retary determines appropriate; or 25
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122	122	‘‘(iv) if no recent Federal data is 1
123	123	available, data from the State agencies of 2
124	124	such area the Secretary determines appro-3
125	125	priate. 4
126	126	‘‘(C) A
127	127	REA WITH A LOW PER CAPITA IN -5
128	128	COME.—The term ‘area with low per capita in-6
129	129	come’ means an area where the per capita in-7
130	130	come is not more than 20 percent less than the 8
131	131	national average per capita income, as deter-9
132	132	mined by the Secretary using the most recent 10
133	133	data available from— 11
134	134	‘‘(i) the Bureau of Economic Analysis 12
135	135	of the Department of Commerce; or 13
136	136	‘‘(ii) another Federal source the Sec-14
137	137	retary determines appropriate. 15
138	138	‘‘(D) C
139	139	OVERED ACTIVITY.—The term ‘cov-16
140	140	ered activity’ means— 17
141	141	‘‘(i) a national security activity; 18
142	142	‘‘(ii) a critical infrastructure project; 19
143	143	‘‘(iii) a disaster recovery or mitigation 20
144	144	activity; or 21
145	145	‘‘(iv) an activity with a significant na-22
146	146	tional or regional economic impact. 23
147	147	‘‘(E) C
148	148	RITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE .—The 24
149	149	term ‘critical infrastructure’ has the meaning 25
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153	153	given the term in section 1016(e) of the USA 1
154	154	PATRIOT Act (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)). 2
155	155	‘‘(F) C
156	156	RITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE 3
157	157	PROJECT.—The term ‘critical infrastructure 4
158	158	project’ means any project— 5
159	159	‘‘(i) that is authorized or funded in 6
160	160	whole or in part by the Federal Govern-7
161	161	ment; and 8
162	162	‘‘(ii) that involves— 9
163	163	‘‘(I) the planning, construction, 10
164	164	maintenance, or improvement of crit-11
165	165	ical infrastructure; 12
166	166	‘‘(II) a facility or an activity as-13
167	167	sociated with any critical infrastruc-14
168	168	ture sectors; or 15
169	169	‘‘(III) a material or asset that is 16
170	170	essential to the operation, mainte-17
171	171	nance, or development of critical in-18
172	172	frastructure. 19
173	173	‘‘(G) C
174	174	RITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SEC -20
175	175	TORS.—The term ‘critical infrastructure sec-21
176	176	tors’ has the meaning given the term in section 22
177	177	2001 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 23
178	178	U.S.C. 601). 24
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182	182	‘‘(H) DISASTER RECOVERY OR MITIGATION 1
183	183	ACTIVITY.—The term ‘disaster recovery or miti-2
184	184	gation activity’ means an activity— 3
185	185	‘‘(i) that is authorized or funded in 4
186	186	whole or in part by the Federal Govern-5
187	187	ment; and 6
188	188	‘‘(ii) that is carried out to prevent, 7
189	189	prepare for, respond to, recover from, or 8
190	190	mitigate the effects of— 9
191	191	‘‘(I) an emergency; 10
192	192	‘‘(II) a major disaster; or 11
193	193	‘‘(III) any other incident or 12
194	194	threat that the Administrator of the 13
195	195	Federal Emergency Management 14
196	196	Agency determines poses a significant 15
197	197	risk to public health, safety, or prop-16
198	198	erty. 17
199	199	‘‘(I) E
200	200	MERGENCY; MAJOR DISASTER.—The 18
201	201	terms ‘emergency’ and ‘major disaster’ have 19
202	202	such meanings given such terms in section 102 20
203	203	of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 21
204	204	Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122). 22
205	205	‘‘(J) I
206	206	NTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY .—The 23
207	207	term ‘intelligence community’ has the meaning 24
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211	211	given the term in section 3 of the National Se-1
212	212	curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 2
213	213	‘‘(K) N
214	214	ATIONAL SECURITY ACTIVITY .—The 3
215	215	term ‘national security activity’ means an activ-4
216	216	ity that is carried out by or on behalf of— 5
217	217	‘‘(i) the Department of Defense; 6
218	218	‘‘(ii) the Department of Homeland Se-7
219	219	curity; or 8
220	220	‘‘(iii) the intelligence community.’’. 9
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