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One Hundred Sixth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,

the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine

An Act

To redesignate the Coastal Barrier Resources System as the ‘‘John H. Chafee

Coastal Barrier Resources System’’.

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 ‘‘John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier

Resources System Act’’.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds that—

(1) during the past 2 decades, Senator John H. Chafee

was a leading voice for the protection of the environment and

the conservation of the natural resources of the United States;

(2) Senator Chafee served on the Environment and Public

Works Committee of the Senate for 22 years, influencing every

major piece of environmental legislation enacted during that

time;

(3) Senator Chafee led the fight for clean air, clean water,

safe drinking water, and cleanup of toxic wastes, and for

strengthening of the National Wildlife Refuge System and

protections for endangered species and their habitats;

(4) millions of people of the United States breathe cleaner

air, drink cleaner water, and enjoy more plentiful outdoor recreation opportunities because of the work of Senator Chafee;

(5) in 1982, Senator Chafee authored and succeeded in

enacting into law the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.) to minimize loss of human life, wasteful expenditure of Federal revenues, and damage to fish, wildlife, and

other natural resources associated with the coastal barriers

along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts; and

(6) to reflect the invaluable national contributions made

by Senator Chafee during his service in the Senate, the Coastal

Barrier Resources System should be named in his honor.
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SEC. 3. REDESIGNATION OF COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM

IN HONOR OF JOHN H. CHAFEE.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Coastal Barrier Resources System established by section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16

U.S.C. 3503(a)) is redesignated as the ‘‘John H. Chafee Coastal

Barrier Resources System’’.

(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation,

document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Coastal

Barrier Resources System shall be deemed to be a reference to

the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(1) Section 2(b) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16

U.S.C. 3501(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘a Coastal Barrier

Resources System’’ and inserting ‘‘the John H. Chafee Coastal

Barrier Resources System’’.

(2) Section 3 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16

U.S.C. 3502) is amended by striking ‘‘Coastal Barrier Resources

System’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘John H. Chafee

Coastal Barrier Resources System’’.

(3) Section 4 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16

U.S.C. 3503) is amended—

(A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM’’ and inserting ‘‘JOHN H. CHAFEE

COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM’’; and

(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the Coastal Barrier

Resources System’’ and inserting ‘‘the John H. Chafee

Coastal Barrier Resources System’’.

(4) Section 10(c)(2) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act

(16 U.S.C. 3509(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘Coastal Barrier

Resources System’’ and inserting ‘‘System’’.

(5) Section 10(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 1441a–3(c)(2)(B)(i)) is amended

by striking ‘‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’’ and inserting

‘‘John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System’’.

(6) Section 12(5) of the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act

of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note; Public Law 101–591) is amended

by striking ‘‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’’ and inserting

‘‘John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System’’.

(7) Section 1321 of the National Flood Insurance Act of

1968 (42 U.S.C. 4028) is amended—

(A) by striking the section heading and inserting the

following:

‘‘JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM’’;

and
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(B) by striking ‘‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’’

each place it appears and inserting ‘‘John H. Chafee Coastal

Barrier Resources System’’.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.