; (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) In general The Secretary may conduct a Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, in cooperation with State, regional, and other units of government, for the purposes of protecting important coastal and estuarine areas that— (1) have significant conservation, recreation, coastal access, ecological, historical, or aesthetic value; (2) are threatened by conversion from their natural, undeveloped, or recreational state to other uses; or (3) could be managed or restored to effectively conserve, enhance, or restore ecological function or mitigate climate change. ; (3) in subsection (c)— (A) by amending paragraph (7) to read as follows: (7) Priority shall be given to lands that— (A) can be effectively managed and protected and that have significant ecological value; (B) (i) are under an imminent threat of conversion to a use that will degrade or otherwise diminish their natural, undeveloped, or recreational state; (ii) serve to mitigate the adverse impacts caused by coastal population growth in the coastal environment; (iii) are within a national estuarine research reserve designated under section 315, a national wildlife refuge, or a national estuary program, or are proposed for designation as such a reserve or other such protected area; or (iv) are under threat due to climate change or may serve to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change, including through the storage of blue carbon, and to facilitate inland migration of coastal ecosystems in response to sea level rise; and (C) to the maximum extent practicable, benefit communities that may not have adequate resources to prepare for or respond to coastal hazards or to access the coastline, including low income communities, communities of color, Tribal and Indigenous communities, and rural communities. ; and (B) in paragraph (10), by striking triennially and inserting every 5 years