Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA): Overview and Issues for Congress

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R45460

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Feb 19, 2026

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Feb 26, 2026, 2:38 pm UTC

Authors: Eva Lipiec

Source topics: Oceans & Fisheries

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Related federal bills

• S 3507An Act to establish a national policy and develop a national program for the management, beneficial use, protection, and development of the land and water resources of the Nation's coastal zones, and for other purposes
  92th Congress
• HR 2735To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change adaptation preparedness and response program, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 6641To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to establish a working waterfronts Task Force and working waterfronts grant and loan programs, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 1808To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to establish a working waterfronts Task Force and working waterfronts grant and loan programs, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 3976To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants to Indian Tribes to further achievement of Tribal coastal zone objectives, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 7607To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at Block 1025, Lots 18 & 19, Northeast Corner of US Route 9 South and Main Street in the Township of Middle, County of Cape May, New Jersey, as the "George Henry White Post Office Building".
  118th Congress
• S 3633A bill to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to allow the District of Columbia to receive Federal funding under such Act, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 6841To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to allow the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Coastal and Estuarine Resilience and Restoration Program, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 1874To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to establish a conclusive presumption that a State concurs to certain activities, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 1518To provide for a reauthorizing schedule for unauthorized Federal programs, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 4435To establish a budgetary level reduction schedule, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 2786To allow the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Coastal and Estuarine Resilience and Restoration Program, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 2990To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change adaptation preparedness and response program, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 3718To reauthorize and amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 5746To require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish an assessment program for commercial-scale offshore aquaculture through demonstration projects, to establish Aquaculture Centers of Excellence, to support aquaculture workforce development and working waterfronts, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 5342Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 143To establish a budgetary level reduction schedule, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 5920To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to allow the District of Columbia to receive Federal funding under such Act, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress