United StatesResilient Coasts and Estuaries Act of 2025
What it does
Creates a Coastal and Estuarine Resilience and Restoration Program run by the Secretary to protect and restore coastal/estuarine areas and to restore developed or degraded property to a natural state.
Allows qualified non-governmental organizations to receive grants to acquire property, subject to documentation, public-access or restricted-access requirements, and deed transfer provisions if the organization becomes nonviable.
Adds priority criteria emphasizing benefits to under-resourced communities and climate-change mitigation, including carbon storage and shoreline migration space.
Directs the Secretary to initiate designation of at least 5 new National Estuarine Research Reserves within 5 years and to complete designation of at least 5 within 8 years, plus annual reporting to Congress.
Authorizes $47,000,000 per year for grants under section 315 for fiscal years 2025 through 2029.
Argument forDirects federal leadership and funding to protect and restore coastal and estuarine areas, improving ecosystem function and resilience to sea level rise and storms.
Argument againstCreates additional federal spending obligations and program responsibilities that require appropriations and administrative capacity; funding authorization does not guarantee full appropriation or cover all needs.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
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No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Apr 9Introduced in HouseLatest
- Apr 9Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.Introduced
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