106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1431

AN ACT

To reauthorize and amend the Coastal Barrier

Resources Act.
106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1431

AN ACT

To reauthorize and amend the Coastal Barrier Resources

Act.

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coastal Barrier Re3 sources Reauthorization Act of 1999’’.

4 SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYS5 TEM.

6 (a) VOLUNTARY ADDITIONS.—Section 4 of the Coast7 al Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503) is amended

8 by adding at the end the following:

9 ‘‘(d) VOLUNTARY ADDITIONS TO SYSTEM.—The Sec10 retary may add any parcel of real property to the System,

11 if—

12 ‘‘(1) the owner of the parcel requests that the

13 Secretary add the parcel to the System; and

14 ‘‘(2) the parcel is a depositional geologic feature

15 described in section 3(1)(A).’’.

16 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO ADDI17 TIONS OF EXCESS PROPERTY.—

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4(d) of the Coastal

19 Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503

20 note)—

21 (A) is redesignated and moved so as to ap22 pear as subsection (e) of section 4 of the Coast23 al Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503); and

24 (B) is amended—

25 (i) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘one

26 hundred and eighty’’ and inserting ‘‘180’’;
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1 (ii) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘sub2 section (d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph

3 (1)’’; and

4 (iii) by striking paragraph (3).

5 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 4(f)

6 of the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 (16

7 U.S.C. 3503 note) is repealed.

8 (c) NOTICE REGARDING ADDITIONS TO SYSTEM.—

9 Section 4 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C.

10 3503) is further amended by adding at the end the fol11 lowing:

12 ‘‘(f) NOTICE REGARDING ADDITIONS TO SYSTEM.—

13 The Secretary shall—

14 ‘‘(1) publish in the Federal Register a notice of

15 any addition of property to the System under this

16 section, including notice of the availability of a map

17 showing the location of the property;

18 ‘‘(2) provide a copy of that map to the State

19 and local government in which the property is lo20 cated and the Committee on Resources of the House

21 of Representatives; and

22 ‘‘(3) revise the maps referred to in subsection

23 (a) to reflect the addition of the property to the Sys24 tem.’’.
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1 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of

2 section 4 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C.

3 3503(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘, which shall consist of’’

4 and all that follows through the end of that subsection

5 and inserting the following: ‘‘, that—

6 ‘‘(1) shall consist of those undeveloped coastal

7 barriers and other areas located on the coasts of the

8 United States that are identified and generally de9 picted on the set of maps on file with the Secretary

10 entitled ‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’, dated

11 October 24, 1990, as such maps may be modified,

12 revised, corrected, or replaced under subsection (c),

13 (d), or (e) of this section, or any other provision of

14 law enacted on or after November 16, 1990, that

15 specifically authorizes the modification, revision, cor16 rection, or replacement; and

17 ‘‘(2) includes areas added to the System in ac18 cordance with subsection (d) or (e).’’.

19 SEC. 3. CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.

20 (a) COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES ACT.—The

21 Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)

22 is amended—

23 (1) in section 3(3) (16 U.S.C. 3502(3)), in the

24 matter following subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘Ef-
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1 fective October 1, 1983, such’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘Such’’; and

3 (2) by repealing section 10 (16 U.S.C. 3509).

4 (b) COASTAL BARRIER IMPROVEMENT ACT OF

5 1990.—Section 8 of the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act

6 of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note) is repealed.

7 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

8 Section 12 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16

9 U.S.C. 3510) is redesignated as section 10 and amended

10 to read as follows:

11 ‘‘SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

12 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec13 retary to carry out this Act $2,000,000 for each of fiscal

14 years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.’’.

15 SEC. 5. DIGITAL MAPPING PILOT PROJECT.

16 (a) REQUIREMENT TO UNDERTAKE PROJECT.—

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte18 rior, in consultation with the Director of the Federal

19 Emergency Management Agency, shall undertake a

20 pilot project to determine the feasibility and cost of

21 creating digital versions of the Coastal Barrier Re22 sources System maps referred to in section 4(a)(1)

23 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, as amended

24 by this Act. The pilot project shall include the cre-
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1 ation of digital maps for at least 5 units of the Sys2 tem.

3 (2) USE OF EXISTING DATA.—(A) To the ex4 tent practicable, in completing the pilot project

5 under this subsection, the Secretary shall use exist6 ing digital spatial data including digital orthophotos;

7 shoreline, elevation, and bathymetric data; and elec8 tronic navigational charts in the possession of other

9 Federal agencies, including the United States Geo10 logical Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmos11 pheric Administration.

12 (B) The head of any Federal agency that pos13 sesses digital spatial data referred to in subpara14 graph (A) shall promptly provide that data to the

15 Secretary at no cost upon request by the Secretary.

16 (3) OBTAINING ADDITIONAL DATA.—If the Sec17 retary determines that data necessary to complete

18 the pilot project under this subsection does not exist,

19 the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the

20 Director of the United States Geological Survey

21 under which the Director shall obtain, in cooperation

22 with other Federal agencies, as appropriate, and

23 provide to the Secretary any digital spatial data re24 quired to carry out this subsection.
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1 (4) DATA STANDARDS.—All digital spatial data

2 used or created to carry out this subsection shall

3 comply with the National Spatial Data Infrastruc4 ture established by Executive Order 12906 and any

5 other standards established by the Federal Geo6 graphic Data Committee established by the Office of

7 Management and Budget Circular A–16.

8 (5) DIGITAL MAPS NOT CONTROLLING.—Any

9 determination of whether a location is inside or out10 side of the System shall be made without regard to

11 the digital maps prepared under this subsection.

12 (6) REPORT.—(A) Not later than 2 years after

13 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary

14 shall submit a report to the Committee on Resources

15 of the House of Representatives that describes the

16 results of the pilot project and the feasibility, data

17 needs, and costs of completing digital maps for the

18 entire System.

19 (B) The report shall include a description of—

20 (i) the cooperative agreements entered into

21 by the Secretary with other Federal agencies to

22 complete the pilot project and cooperative

23 agreements needed to complete digital mapping

24 of the entire System;
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1 (ii) the availability of existing data to com2 plete digital mapping of the entire System;

3 (iii) the need for additional data to com4 plete digital mapping of the entire System; and

5 (iv) the funding needed to complete digital

6 mapping of the entire System.

7 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

8 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the

9 Interior $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, and

10 2002 to carry out the pilot project required under this sec11 tion.

12 SEC. 6. CORRECTIONS TO MAPS RELATING TO UNIT P19–P.

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

14 shall, before the end of the 30-day period beginning on

15 the date of the enactment of this Act, make such correc16 tions to the map described in subsection (b) as are nec17 essary to ensure that depictions of areas on that map are

18 consistent with the depictions of areas appearing on the

19 map relating to unit P19–P entitled ‘‘Amendment to the

20 Coastal Barrier Resources System’’ and dated September

21 16, 1998.

22 (b) MAP DESCRIBED.—The map described in this

23 subsection is the map that—
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1 (1) is included in a set of maps entitled ‘‘Coast2 al Barrier Resources System’’, dated November 2,

3 1994; and

4 (2) relates to unit P19–P of the Coastal Bar5 rier Resources System.

6 SEC. 7. REPLACEMENT OF MAPS RELATING TO UNITS NC–

7 03P AND L03.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The 7 maps included in the set

9 of maps entitled ‘‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’’ and

10 referred to in section 4(a)(1) of the Coastal Barrier Re11 sources Act, as amended by this Act, relating to the por12 tions of Coastal Barrier Resources System units NC–03P

13 and L03 located in Dare County, North Carolina, are

14 hereby replaced by other maps relating to that unit that

15 are entitled ‘‘DARE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA,

16 Coastal Barrier Resources System, Cape Hatteras Unit

17 NC–03P’’ or ‘‘DARE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA,

18 Coastal Barrier Resources System, Cape Hatteras Unit

19 NC–03P, Hatteras Island Unit L03’’ and dated July 1,

20 1999.

21 (b) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of the Interior

22 shall keep the maps referred to in subsection (a) on file

23 and available for inspection in accordance with the provi24 sions of section 4(b) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act

25 (16 U.S.C. 3503(b)).
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1 SEC. 8. CORRECTIONS TO MAP RELATING TO UNIT DE–03P.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the

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

4 shall make such corrections to the map described in sub5 section (b) as are necessary to move on that map the

6 boundary of the otherwise protected area (as defined in

7 section 12 of the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of

8 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note; Public Law 101–591)) to the

9 Cape Henlopen State Park boundary to the extent

10 necessary—

11 (1) to exclude from the otherwise protected area

12 the adjacent property leased, as of the date of enact13 ment of this Act, by the Barcroft Company and

14 Cape Shores Associates (which are privately held

15 corporations under the law of the State of Dela16 ware); and

17 (2) to include in the otherwise protected area

18 the northwestern corner of Cape Henlopen State

19 Park seaward of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal.

20 (b) MAP DESCRIBED.—The map described in this

21 subsection is the map that is included in a set of maps

22 entitled ‘‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’’, dated Octo23 ber 24, 1990, as revised October 15, 1992, and that re-
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1 lates to the unit of the Coastal Barrier Resources System

2 entitled ‘‘Cape Henlopen Unit DE–03P’’.

Passed the House of Representatives September 21,

1999.

Attest:

Clerk.