PUBLIC LAW 109–226—MAY 25, 2006 120 STAT. 381

Public Law 109–226

109th Congress

An Act

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

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coastal Barrier Resources

Reauthorization Act of 2005’’.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:

(1) OTHERWISE PROTECTED AREA.—The term ‘‘otherwise protected area’’ has the meaning given the term in section 12

of the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C.

3503 note; Public Law 101–591).

(2) PILOT PROJECT.—The term ‘‘pilot project’’ means the

digital mapping pilot project authorized under section 6 of

the Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2000

(16 U.S.C. 3503 note; Public Law 106–514).

(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary

of the Interior.

(4) SYSTEM UNIT.—The term ‘‘System unit’’ has the meaning

given the term in section 3 of the Coastal Barrier Resources

Act (16 U.S.C. 3502).

SEC. 3. DIGITAL MAPPING PILOT PROJECT FINALIZATION.

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

enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee

on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee

on Resources of the House of Representatives a report regarding

the digital maps of the System units and otherwise protected areas

created under the pilot project.

(b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall prepare the report

required under subsection (a)—

(1) in consultation with the Governors of the States in

which any System units and otherwise protected areas are

located; and

(2) after—

(A) providing an opportunity for the submission of

public comments; and

(B) considering any public comments submitted under

subparagraph (A).

(c) CONTENTS.—The report required under subsection (a) shall

contain—

Reports.

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(1) the final recommended digital maps created under the

pilot project;

(2) recommendations for the adoption of the digital maps

by Congress;

(3) a summary of the comments received from the Governors of the States, other government officials, and the public

regarding the digital maps;

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

of the report required under section 6(d) of the Coastal Barrier

Resources Reauthorization Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note;

Public Law 106–514); and

(5) an analysis of any benefits that the public would receive

by using digital mapping technology for all System units and

otherwise protected areas.

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized

to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $500,000

for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2007.

SEC. 4. DIGITAL MAPPING PROJECT FOR THE REMAINING JOHN H.

CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM UNITS

AND OTHERWISE PROTECTED AREAS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a project to

create digital versions of all of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier

Resources System maps referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal

Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), including maps of otherwise protected areas, that were not included in the pilot project.

(b) DATA.—

(1) USE OF EXISTING DATA.—To the maximum extent practicable, in carrying out the project under this section, the Secretary shall use any digital spatial data in the possession

of Federal, State, and local agencies, including digital

orthophotos, color infrared photography, wetlands data, and

property parcel data.

(2) PROVISION OF DATA BY OTHER AGENCIES.—The head

of a Federal agency that possesses any data referred to in

paragraph (1) shall, on request of the Secretary, promptly provide the data to the Secretary at no cost.

(3) PROVISION OF DATA BY NON-FEDERAL AGENCIES.—State

and local agencies and any other non-Federal entities that

possess data referred to in paragraph (1) are encouraged, on

request of the Secretary, to promptly provide the data to the

Secretary at no cost.

(4) ADDITIONAL DATA.—If the Secretary determines that

any data necessary to carry out the project under this section

does not exist, the Director of the United States Fish and

Wildlife Service shall enter into an agreement with the Director

of the United States Geological Survey under which the United

States Geological Survey, in cooperation with the heads of

other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall obtain and provide

to the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service

the data required to carry out this section.

(5) DATA STANDARDS.—All data used or created to carry

out this section shall comply with—

(A) the National Spatial Data Infrastructure established by Executive Order No. 12906 (59 Fed. Reg. 17671);

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(B) any other standards established by the Federal

Geographic Data Committee established by the Office of

Management and Budget circular numbered A–16.

(c) REPORT.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after the submission of the report under section 3(a), the Secretary shall submit

to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the

Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives a report regarding the digital maps created under

this section.

(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall prepare the report

required under paragraph (1)—

(A) in consultation with the Governors of the States

in which the System units and otherwise protected areas

are located; and

(B) after—

(i) providing an opportunity for the submission

of public comments; and

(ii) considering any public comments submitted

under clause (i).

(3) CONTENTS.—The report required under paragraph (1)

shall contain—

(A) a description of the extent to which the boundary

lines on the digital maps differ from the boundary lines

on the original maps;

(B) a summary of the comments received from Governors, other government officials, and the public regarding

the digital maps created under this section;

(C) recommendations for the adoption of the digital

maps created under this section by Congress;

(D) recommendations for expansion of the John H.

Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System and otherwise

protected areas, as in existence on the date of enactment

of this Act;

(E) a summary and update on the implementation

and use of the digital maps created under the pilot project;

and

(F) a description of the feasibility of, and the amount

of funding necessary for—

(i) making all of the System unit and otherwise

protected area maps available to the public in digital

format; and

(ii) facilitating the integration of digital System

unit and otherwise protected area boundaries into Federal, State, and local planning tools.

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized

to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section

$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1869:

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 109–428 (Comm. on Resources).

SENATE REPORTS: No. 109–179 (Comm. on Environment and Public Works).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:

Vol. 151 (2005): Dec. 16, considered and passed Senate.

Vol. 152 (2006): May 16, considered and passed House.

WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 42 (2006):

May 25, Presidential statement.

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SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

Section 10 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C.

3510) is amended by striking ‘‘2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005’’

and inserting ‘‘2006 through 2010’’.

Approved May 25, 2006.

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