Coastal Zone Management Act

Coastal Zone Management Act

Other short titles	Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act of 1966 Amendment
Long title	An 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.
Acronyms (colloquial)	CZMA
Nicknames	Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
Enacted by	the 92nd United States Congress
Effective	October 27, 1972
Citations
Public law	92-583
Statutes at Large	86 Stat. 1280
Codification
Titles amended	16 U.S.C.:Conservation
U.S.C. sections created	16 U.S.C. ch. 33 § 1451 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 3507[1] Passed the Senate on April 25, 1972 (68-0) Passed the House on August 2, 1972 (261-112, in lieu of H.R. 14146[2]) Signed into law by President Richard Nixon on October 27, 1972
Major amendments
Pub. L. No. 109-58, the Energy Policy Act of 2005

The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA; Pub. L. 92–583, 86 Stat. 1280, enacted October 27, 1972, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1451–1464, Chapter 33) is an Act of Congress passed in 1972 to encourage coastal states to develop and implement coastal zone management plans (CZMPs). This act was established as a United States National policy to preserve, protect, develop, and where possible, restore or enhance, the resources of the Nation's coastal zone for this and succeeding generations.

Importantly, Alaska withdrew from participation in the National Coastal Management Program in 2011. Also, while the Deepwater Port Act requires a state to have, or be making progress toward a federally approved coastal management program in order to issue a license for a facility in adjacent federal waters, it does not apply to offshore oil and gas extraction.