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Union Calendar No. 236 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1869 

[Report No. 109–428] 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 17, 2005 

Referred to the Committee on Resources 

APRIL 25, 2006 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

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: 


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1 (1) OTHERWISE PROTECTED AREA.—The term 

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

3 the term in section 12 of the Coastal Barrier Im4 provement Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note; Public 

5 Law 101–591). 

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

7 means the digital mapping pilot project authorized 

8 under section 6 of the Coastal Barrier Resources 

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

10 Public Law 106–514). 

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

12 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

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

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

16 SEC. 3. DIGITAL MAPPING PILOT PROJECT FINALIZATION. 

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

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

19 to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 

20 the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House 

21 of Representatives a report regarding the digital maps of 

22 the System units and otherwise protected areas created 

23 under the pilot project. 

24 (b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall prepare 

25 the report required under subsection (a)— 


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1 (1) in consultation with the Governors of the 

2 States in which any System units and otherwise pro3 tected areas are located; and 

4 (2) after— 

5 (A) providing an opportunity for the sub6 mission of public comments; and 

7 (B) considering any public comments sub8 mitted under subparagraph (A). 

9 (c) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub10 section (a) shall contain— 

11 (1) the final recommended digital maps created 

12 under the pilot project; 

13 (2) recommendations for the adoption of the 

14 digital maps by Congress; 

15 (3) a summary of the comments received from 

16 the Governors of the States, other government offi17 cials, and the public regarding the digital maps; 

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

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

20 the Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act 

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

22 514); and 

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

24 would receive by using digital mapping technology 

25 for all System units and otherwise protected areas. 


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1 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

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

4 through 2007. 

5 SEC. 4. DIGITAL MAPPING PROJECT FOR THE REMAINING 

6 JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER RE7 SOURCES SYSTEM UNITS AND OTHERWISE 

8 PROTECTED AREAS. 

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

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

11 Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System maps referred 

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

13 (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), including maps of otherwise pro14 tected areas, that were not included in the pilot project. 

15 (b) DATA.— 

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

17 extent practicable, in carrying out the project under 

18 this section, the Secretary shall use any digital spa19 tial data in the possession of Federal, State, and 

20 local agencies, including digital orthophotos, color 

21 infrared photography, wetlands data, and property 

22 parcel data. 

23 (2) PROVISION OF DATA BY OTHER AGEN24 CIES.—The head of a Federal agency that possesses 

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1 quest of the Secretary, promptly provide the data to 

2 the Secretary at no cost. 

3 (3) PROVISION OF DATA BY NON-FEDERAL

4 AGENCIES.—State and local agencies and any other 

5 non-Federal entities that possess data referred to in 

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

7 Secretary, to promptly provide the data to the Sec8 retary at no cost. 

9 (4) ADDITIONAL DATA.—If the Secretary deter10 mines that any data necessary to carry out the 

11 project under this section does not exist, the Direc12 tor of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

13 shall enter into an agreement with the Director of 

14 the United States Geological Survey under which the 

15 United States Geological Survey, in cooperation with 

16 the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, 

17 shall obtain and provide to the Director of the 

18 United States Fish and Wildlife Service the data re19 quired to carry out this section. 

20 (5) DATA STANDARDS.—All data used or cre21 ated to carry out this section shall comply with— 

22 (A) the National Spatial Data Infrastruc23 ture established by Executive Order No. 12906 

24 (59 Fed. Reg. 17671); and 


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1 (B) any other standards established by the 

2 Federal Geographic Data Committee estab3 lished by the Office of Management and Budget 

4 circular numbered A–16. 

5 (c) REPORT.— 

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

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

8 Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environ9 ment and Public Works of the Senate and the Com10 mittee on Resources of the House of Representatives 

11 a report regarding the digital maps created under 

12 this section. 

13 (2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall pre14 pare the report required under paragraph (1)— 

15 (A) in consultation with the Governors of 

16 the States in which the System units and other17 wise protected areas are located; and 

18 (B) after— 

19 (i) providing an opportunity for the 

20 submission of public comments; and 

21 (ii) considering any public comments 

22 submitted under clause (i). 

23 (3) CONTENTS.—The report required under 

24 paragraph (1) shall contain— 


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

2 boundary lines on the digital maps differ from 

3 the boundary lines on the original maps; 

4 (B) a summary of the comments received 

5 from Governors, other government officials, and 

6 the public regarding the digital maps created 

7 under this section; 

8 (C) recommendations for the adoption of 

9 the digital maps created under this section by 

10 Congress; 

11 (D) recommendations for expansion of the 

12 John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources Sys13 tem and otherwise protected areas, as in exist14 ence on the date of enactment of this Act; 

15 (E) a summary and update on the imple16 mentation and use of the digital maps created 

17 under the pilot project; and 

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

19 the amount of funding necessary for— 

20 (i) making all of the System unit and 

21 otherwise protected area maps available to 

22 the public in digital format; and 

23 (ii) facilitating the integration of dig24 ital System unit and otherwise protected 


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1 area boundaries into Federal, State, and 

2 local planning tools. 

3 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

4 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

5 out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 

6 through 2010. 

7 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

8 Section 10 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 

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

10 2004, and 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2006 through 2010’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 236 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1869 

[Report No. 109

–428] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, 

and for other purposes. 

APRIL 25, 2006 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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