Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Deepwater Port Parity Act”.
Deepwater Port Parity Act
A BILL
To amend the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 to permit the construction of deepwater ports in Federal water adjacent to certain coastal States that do not have an active Coastal Zone Management Program.
Sec. 2 Amendments to Deepwater Port Act of 1974
The Deepwater Port Act of 1974 is amended—
in section 4(c)(9) (33 U.S.C. 1503(c)(9)), by inserting “except for a State which developed an approved coastal zone management program pursuant to the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 and had withdrawn such plan prior to January 1, 2012” before “the adjacent coastal State”; and
in section 9(c) (33 U.S.C. 1508(c)), by striking “The Secretary” and inserting “Except for a State which developed an approved coastal zone management program pursuant to the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 and had withdrawn such plan prior to January 1, 2012, the Secretary”.