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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3552 

To reauthorize the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 28, 2005 

Mr. GILCHREST introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Resources 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coastal Barrier Re5 sources Reauthorization Act of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DIGITAL MAPPING PILOT PROJECT FINALIZATION. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 

8 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 

9 shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Environ10 ment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee 

11 on Resources of the House of Representatives a report re-
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1 garding the digital maps of the John H. Chafee Coastal 

2 Barrier Resources System units and otherwise protected 

3 areas created under the digital mapping pilot project, car4 ried out under section 6 of the Coastal Barrier Resources 

5 Reauthorization Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note). 

6 (b) CONSULTATION IN PREPARING REPORT.—The 

7 Secretary shall prepare the report required under sub8 section (a) in consultation with the Governors of the 

9 States in which System units and otherwise protected 

10 areas are located, and after providing the opportunity for 

11 submission of, and considering, public comment. 

12 (c) REPORT CONTENT.—The report required under 

13 subsection (a) shall contain— 

14 (1) final recommended digital maps created 

15 under such pilot project; 

16 (2) recommendations for the adoption of such 

17 digital maps by the Congress; 

18 (3) a summary of the comments received from 

19 the Governors of the States, other government offi20 cials, and the public regarding the digital maps; 

21 (4) a summary and update of the protocols and 

22 findings of the report required under section 6(d) of 

23 the Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act 

24 of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note); and 
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1 (5) an analysis of the benefit, if any, that the 

2 public will receive by utilizing digital mapping tech3 nology for all System units and otherwise protected 

4 areas. 

5 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

6 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

7 out this section $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 

8 through 2007. 

9 SEC. 3. DIGITAL MAPPING PROJECT FOR THE REMAINING 

10 JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER RE11 SOURCES SYSTEM UNITS AND OTHERWISE 

12 PROTECTED AREAS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 

14 carry out a project to create digital versions of all of the 

15 John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System maps 

16 referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Re17 sources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), including otherwise pro18 tected areas, as defined in section 12 of the Coastal Bar19 rier Improvement Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note), that 

20 were not included in the pilot project under section 6 of 

21 the Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 

22 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note). 

23 (b) DATA.— 

24 (1) USE OF EXISTING DATA.—To the maximum 

25 extent practicable, in carrying out the project under 
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1 this section, the Secretary shall use digital spatial 

2 data in the possession of Federal, State, and local 

3 agencies, including digital orthophotos, color infra4 red photography, wetlands data, and property parcel 

5 data. 

6 (2) PROVISION OF DATA BY OTHER AGEN7 CIES.—The head of a Federal agency that possesses 

8 data referred to in paragraph (1) shall, upon request 

9 of the Secretary, promptly provide the data to the 

10 Secretary at no cost. 

11 (3) PROVISION OF DATA BY NON-FEDERAL

12 AGENCIES.—State and local agencies, and other en13 tities, that possess data referred to in paragraph (1) 

14 are encouraged, upon request of the Secretary, to 

15 promptly provide the data to the Secretary at no 

16 cost. 

17 (4) ADDITIONAL DATA.—If the Secretary deter18 mines that data necessary to carry out the project 

19 under this section does not exist, the Director of the 

20 United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall enter 

21 into an agreement with the Director of the United 

22 States Geological Survey under which the United 

23 States Geological Survey shall obtain, in cooperation 

24 with the heads of other Federal agencies, as appro25 priate, and provide to the Director of the United 
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1 States Fish and Wildlife Service the data required to 

2 carry out this section. 

3 (5) DATA STANDARDS.—All data used or cre4 ated to carry out this section shall comply with— 

5 (A) the National Spatial Data Infrastruc6 ture established by Executive Order 12906 (59 

7 Fed Reg. 17671 (April 13, 1994)); and 

8 (B) any other standards established by the 

9 Federal Geographic Data Committee estab10 lished by Office of Management and Budget 

11 Circular A–16. 

12 (c) REPORT.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after 

14 the transmittal of the report described in section 2, 

15 the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Com16 mittee on Environment and Public Works of the 

17 Senate and the Committee on Resources of the 

18 House of Representatives a report regarding the dig19 ital maps created under this section. 

20 (2) CONSULTATION IN PREPARING REPORT.— 

21 The Secretary shall prepare the report required 

22 under this subsection in consultation with the Gov23 ernors of the States in which the System units and 

24 otherwise protected areas are located and after pro-
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1 viding opportunity for submission of, and consid2 ering, public comment. 

3 (3) REPORT CONTENT.—The report required 

4 under this subsection shall contain— 

5 (A) the extent to which the boundary lines 

6 on the digital maps differ from the boundary 

7 lines on the original maps; 

8 (B) a summary of the comments received 

9 from Governors, other government officials, and 

10 the public regarding the digital maps created 

11 under this section; 

12 (C) recommendations for the adoption of 

13 the digital maps created under this section by 

14 the Congress; 

15 (D) recommendations for expansion of the 

16 existing System and otherwise protected areas, 

17 after considering the inventories, assessments, 

18 and recommendations of participating States 

19 under section 4; 

20 (E) a summary and update on the imple21 mentation and use of the digital maps created 

22 under the digital mapping pilot project carried 

23 out under section 6 of the Coastal Barrier Re24 sources Reauthorization Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 

25 3503 note); 
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1 (F) a description of the feasibility of, and 

2 the amount of funding necessary for, making all 

3 of the System unit and otherwise protected area 

4 maps available to the public in digital format; 

5 and 

6 (G) a description of the feasibility of, and 

7 the amount of funding necessary for, facili8 tating the integration of digital System unit 

9 and otherwise protected area boundaries into 

10 Federal, State, and local planning tools. 

11 SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM FOR COMPREHENSIVE INVEN12 TORY AND ASSESSMENT OF UNDEVELOPED 

13 COASTAL BARRIERS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Interior shall es15 tablish a program to provide grants to States for the pur16 pose of identifying, assessing, and recommending addi17 tional eligible coastal barriers, or portions thereof, along 

18 the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the shore areas of the 

19 Great Lakes of the United States, for inclusion in the 

20 John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System or for 

21 treatment as otherwise protected areas. 

22 (b) INVENTORY.—Subject to funds being made avail23 able under the program, the Secretary shall develop cri24 teria for soliciting and reviewing grant proposals from, 

25 and issuing grants to States in which System units or oth-
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1 erwise protected areas are located. The criteria shall in2 clude a requirement that States that receive grants 

3 through the program shall conduct a comprehensive state4 wide inventory of all coastal barriers, or portions thereof, 

5 that— 

6 (1) are undeveloped coastal barriers as defined 

7 in section 3(1) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act 

8 (16 U.S.C. 3502(1)); 

9 (2) are not currently designated as a System 

10 unit or otherwise protected area; 

11 (3) consist of five acres or more, of land above 

12 mean high tide; and 

13 (4) have a minimum of approximately one-quar14 ter mile of shoreline on the unprotected (seaward) 

15 side of the coastal barrier. 

16 (c) REPORT.—Each State receiving a grant under 

17 this section, in accordance with the criteria developed by 

18 the Secretary under subsection (b), shall prepare and sub19 mit to the Secretary a report regarding the inventory 

20 under subsection (b). 

21 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 Section 10 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 

23 U.S.C. 3510) is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 ‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec3 retary for carrying out this Act $3,000,000 for each of 

4 fiscal years 2006 through 2010.’’. 

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