### Question
What does eligible coastal state mean?


### Answer
**Eligible coastal state** has the following meaning in *16 U.S.C. § 1455a*:

> a coastal state that for any fiscal year for which a grant is applied for under this section—


(A) has a management program approved under section 1455 of this title

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 1455a*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 33-COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT**

