1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Coastal Habitat Conservation Act of 2023 . 2. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to legislatively authorize the Coastal Program of the Service in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act to conduct collaborative landscape-level planning and on-the-ground coastal habitat assessment, coastal habitat protection, coastal habitat restoration, and coastal habitat enhancement projects in priority coastal landscapes to conserve and recover Federal trust species. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Coastal ecosystem The term coastal ecosystem means a biological community of organisms interacting with each other and their habitats in a coastal landscape. (2) Coastal habitat assessment The term coastal habitat assessment means the process of evaluating the physical, chemical, and biological function of a coastal site to determine the value of the site to fish and wildlife. (3) Coastal habitat enhancement The term coastal habitat enhancement means the manipulation of the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of a coastal ecosystem to increase or decrease specific biological functions that make the ecosystem valuable to fish and wildlife. (4) Coastal habitat planning The term coastal habitat planning means the process of developing a comprehensive plan that— (A) characterizes a coastal ecosystem; (B) sets protection, restoration, or enhancement goals and identifies the priorities of those goals; (C) describes conservation strategies and methodologies; (D) establishes a timetable for implementation of the plan