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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1431

To reauthorize and amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 15, 1999

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

Committee on Resources

A BILL

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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coastal Barrier Re5 sources Reauthorization Act of 1999’’.

6 SEC. 2. VOLUNTARY ADDITIONS TO COASTAL BARRIER RE7 SOURCES SYSTEM.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Coastal Barrier

9 Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503) is amended by adding

10 at the end the following:

11 ‘‘(d) ADDITIONS TO SYSTEM.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may add

2 any parcel of real property to the System, if—

3 ‘‘(A) the owner of the parcel requests that

4 the Secretary add the parcel to the System; and

5 ‘‘(B) the parcel consists of at least 5 acres

6 of a depositional geologic feature described in

7 section 3(1)(A).

8 ‘‘(2) MAPS.—The Secretary shall publish in the

9 Federal Register a map showing the location of

10 property added to the System under this subsection,

11 and provide a copy of that map to the State and

12 local government in which the property is located

13 and the Committee on Resources of the House of

14 Representatives.’’.

15 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of

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

17 3503(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘, which shall consist of’’

18 and all that follows through the end of that subsection

19 and inserting the following: ‘‘, which—

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

21 barriers and other areas located on the coasts of the

22 United States that are identified and generally de23 picted on the maps on file with the Secretary enti24 tled ‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’, dated Octo25 ber 24, 1990, as such maps may be modified, re-
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1 vised, or corrected under subsection (c) of this sec2 tion, section 4 of the Coastal Barrier Improvement

3 Act of 1990, or any other provision of law enacted

4 on or after November 2, 1990, that specifically au5 thorizes the modification, revision, or correction; and

6 ‘‘(2) includes areas added to the System in ac7 cordance with subsection (d) that are identified and

8 generally depicted on the maps published under sub9 section (d)(2).’’.

10 SEC. 3. CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.

11 The Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3501

12 et seq.) is amended—

13 (1) in section 3(3) (16 U.S.C. 3502(3)) by

14 striking the matter following subparagraph (D); and

15 (2) by repealing sections 10 and 11 (16 U.S.C.

16 3509, 97 Stat. 1658).

17 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

18 Section 12 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16

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

20 to read as follows:

21 ‘‘SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

22 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec23 retary to carry out this Act $500,000 for each of fiscal

24 years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.’’.
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1 SEC. 5. STUDIES.

2 (a) OTHERWISE PROTECTED AREAS.—Not later than

3 one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec4 retary of the Interior shall submit to the Committee on

5 Resources of the House of Representatives maps showing

6 areas that—

7 (1) are identified as otherwise protected areas

8 on Coastal Barrier Resources System maps referred

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

10 Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)); but

11 (2) do not constitute otherwise protected areas

12 under the definition of that term set forth in section

13 12 of the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990

14 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note).

15 (b) DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS.—Not later than one

16 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary

17 of the Interior shall submit a report to the Committee on

18 Resources of the House of Representatives that describes

19 the impact of the Coastal Barrier Resources System on

20 the rate and patterns of development of coastal barriers.

21 The report shall include a comparison of development pat22 terns between areas in the System and areas outside of

23 the System.

24 (c) DIGITAL MAPPING PILOT PROJECT.—

25 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte26 rior shall undertake a pilot project to determine the
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1 feasibility and cost of creating digital versions of the

2 Coastal Barrier Resources System maps referred to

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

4 (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), as amended by this Act. The

5 pilot project shall include the creation of digital

6 maps for at least 5 units of the System.

7 (2) USE OF EXISTING DATA.—(A) To the ex8 tent practicable, in completing the pilot project

9 under this subsection, the Secretary shall use exist10 ing digital spatial data including digital orthophotos;

11 shoreline, elevation, and bathymetric data; and elec12 tronic navigational charts in the possession of other

13 Federal agencies, including the United States Geo14 logical Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmos15 pheric Administration.

16 (B) The head of any Federal agency that pos17 sesses digital spatial data referred to in subpara18 graph (A) shall promptly provide that data to the

19 Secretary at no cost upon request by the Secretary.

20 (3) OBTAINING ADDITIONAL DATA.—If the Sec21 retary determines that data necessary to complete

22 the pilot project under this subsection does not exist,

23 the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the

24 Director of the United States Geological Survey

25 under which the Director shall obtain, in cooperation
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1 with other Federal agencies, as appropriate, and

2 provide to the Secretary any digital spatial data re3 quired to carry out this subsection.

4 (4) DATA STANDARDS.—All digital spatial data

5 used or created to carry out this subsection shall

6 comply with the National Spatial Data Infrastruc7 ture established by Executive Order 12906 and any

8 other standards established by the Federal Geo9 graphic Data Committee established by the Office of

10 Management and Budget Circular A–16.

11 (5) DIGITAL MAPS NOT CONTROLLING.—Any

12 determination of whether a location is inside or out13 side of the System shall be made without regard to

14 the digital maps prepared under this subsection.

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

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

17 shall submit a report to the Committee on Resources

18 of the House of Representatives that describes the

19 results of the pilot project and the feasibility, data

20 needs, and costs of completing digital maps for the

21 entire System.

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

23 (i) the cooperative agreements entered into

24 by the Secretary with other Federal agencies to

25 complete the pilot project and cooperative
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1 agreements needed to complete digital mapping

2 of the entire System;

3 (ii) the availability of existing data to com4 plete digital mapping of the entire System;

5 (iii) the need for additional data to com6 plete digital mapping of the entire System; and

7 (iv) the funding needed to complete digital

8 mapping of the entire System.

9 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

10 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the

11 Interior $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001,

12 and 2002 to carry out the studies and pilot project re13 quired under this section.

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