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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1869 

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 17, 2005 

Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. JEFFORDS, and Mr. CHAFEE) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

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. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) OTHERWISE PROTECTED AREA.—The term 

9 ‘‘otherwise protected area’’ has the meaning given 

10 the term in section 12 of the Coastal Barrier Im-
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1 provement Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note; Public 

2 Law 101–591). 

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

4 means the digital mapping pilot project authorized 

5 under section 6 of the Coastal Barrier Resources 

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

7 Public Law 106–514). 

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

9 the Secretary of the Interior. 

10 (4) SYSTEM UNIT.—The term ‘‘System unit’’ 

11 has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the 

12 Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3502). 

13 SEC. 3. DIGITAL MAPPING PILOT PROJECT FINALIZATION. 

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

15 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

16 to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 

17 the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House 

18 of Representatives a report regarding the digital maps of 

19 the System units and otherwise protected areas created 

20 under the pilot project. 

21 (b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall prepare 

22 the report required under subsection (a)— 

23 (1) in consultation with the Governors of the 

24 States in which any System units and otherwise pro25 tected areas are located; and 
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1 (2) after— 

2 (A) providing an opportunity for the sub3 mission of public comments; and 

4 (B) considering any public comments sub5 mitted under subparagraph (A). 

6 (c) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub7 section (a) shall contain— 

8 (1) the final recommended digital maps created 

9 under the pilot project; 

10 (2) recommendations for the adoption of the 

11 digital maps by Congress; 

12 (3) a summary of the comments received from 

13 the Governors of the States, other government offi14 cials, and the public regarding the digital maps; 

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

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

17 the Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act 

18 of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note; Public Law 106– 

19 514); and 

20 (5) an analysis of any benefits that the public 

21 would receive by using digital mapping technology 

22 for all System units and otherwise protected areas. 

23 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

24 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
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1 out this section $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 

2 through 2007. 

3 SEC. 4. DIGITAL MAPPING PROJECT FOR THE REMAINING 

4 JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER RE5 SOURCES SYSTEM UNITS AND OTHERWISE 

6 PROTECTED AREAS. 

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

8 project to create digital versions of all of the John H. 

9 Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System maps referred 

10 to in section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act 

11 (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), including maps of otherwise pro12 tected areas, that were not included in the pilot project. 

13 (b) DATA.— 

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

15 extent practicable, in carrying out the project under 

16 this section, the Secretary shall use any digital spa17 tial data in the possession of Federal, State, and 

18 local agencies, including digital orthophotos, color 

19 infrared photography, wetlands data, and property 

20 parcel data. 

21 (2) PROVISION OF DATA BY OTHER AGEN22 CIES.—The head of a Federal agency that possesses 

23 any data referred to in paragraph (1) shall, on re24 quest of the Secretary, promptly provide the data to 

25 the Secretary at no cost. 
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1 (3) PROVISION OF DATA BY NON-FEDERAL

2 AGENCIES.—State and local agencies and any other 

3 non-Federal entities that possess data referred to in 

4 paragraph (1) are encouraged, on request of the 

5 Secretary, to promptly provide the data to the Sec6 retary at no cost. 

7 (4) ADDITIONAL DATA.—If the Secretary deter8 mines that any data necessary to carry out the 

9 project under this section does not exist, the Direc10 tor of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

11 shall enter into an agreement with the Director of 

12 the United States Geological Survey under which the 

13 United States Geological Survey, in cooperation with 

14 the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, 

15 shall obtain and provide to the Director of the 

16 United States Fish and Wildlife Service the data re17 quired to carry out this section. 

18 (5) DATA STANDARDS.—All data used or cre19 ated to carry out this section shall comply with— 

20 (A) the National Spatial Data Infrastruc21 ture established by Executive Order No. 12906 

22 (59 Fed. Reg. 17671); and 

23 (B) any other standards established by the 

24 Federal Geographic Data Committee estab-
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1 lished by the Office of Management and Budget 

2 circular numbered A–16. 

3 (c) REPORT.— 

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

5 the submission of the report under section 3(a), the 

6 Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environ7 ment and Public Works of the Senate and the Com8 mittee on Resources of the House of Representatives 

9 a report regarding the digital maps created under 

10 this section. 

11 (2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall pre12 pare the report required under paragraph (1)— 

13 (A) in consultation with the Governors of 

14 the States in which the System units and other15 wise protected areas are located; and 

16 (B) after— 

17 (i) providing an opportunity for the 

18 submission of public comments; and 

19 (ii) considering any public comments 

20 submitted under clause (i). 

21 (3) CONTENTS.—The report required under 

22 paragraph (1) shall contain— 

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

24 boundary lines on the digital maps differ from 

25 the boundary lines on the original maps; 
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1 (B) a summary of the comments received 

2 from Governors, other government officials, and 

3 the public regarding the digital maps created 

4 under this section; 

5 (C) recommendations for the adoption of 

6 the digital maps created under this section by 

7 Congress; 

8 (D) recommendations for expansion of the 

9 John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources Sys10 tem and otherwise protected areas, as in exist11 ence on the date of enactment of this Act; 

12 (E) a summary and update on the imple13 mentation and use of the digital maps created 

14 under the pilot project; and 

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

16 the amount of funding necessary for— 

17 (i) making all of the System unit and 

18 otherwise protected area maps available to 

19 the public in digital format; and 

20 (ii) facilitating the integration of dig21 ital System unit and otherwise protected 

22 area boundaries into Federal, State, and 

23 local planning tools. 

24 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

25 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
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1 out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 

2 through 2010. 

3 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 Section 10 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 

5 U.S.C. 3510) is amended by striking ‘‘2001, 2002, 2003, 

6 2004, and 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2006 

7 through 2010’’. 

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