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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1866

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Referred to the Committee on Resources

AN ACT

To redesignate the Coastal Barrier Resources System as

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

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 ‘‘John H. Chafee Coast5 al Barrier Resources System Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 Congress finds that—

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

4 Chafee was a leading voice for the protection of the

5 environment and the conservation of the natural re6 sources of the United States;

7 (2) Senator Chafee served on the Environment

8 and Public Works Committee of the Senate for 22

9 years, influencing every major piece of environ10 mental legislation enacted during that time;

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

12 clean water, safe drinking water, and cleanup of

13 toxic wastes, and for strengthening of the National

14 Wildlife Refuge System and protections for endan15 gered species and their habitats;

16 (4) millions of people of the United States

17 breathe cleaner air, drink cleaner water, and enjoy

18 more plentiful outdoor recreation opportunities be19 cause of the work of Senator Chafee;

20 (5) in 1982, Senator Chafee authored and suc21 ceeded in enacting into law the Coastal Barrier Re22 sources Act (16 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) to minimize

23 loss of human life, wasteful expenditure of Federal

24 revenues, and damage to fish, wildlife, and other

25 natural resources associated with the coastal bar26 riers along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts; and
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1 (6) to reflect the invaluable national contribu2 tions made by Senator Chafee during his service in

3 the Senate, the Coastal Barrier Resources System

4 should be named in his honor.

5 SEC. 3. REDESIGNATION OF COASTAL BARRIER RE6 SOURCES SYSTEM IN HONOR OF JOHN H.

7 CHAFEE.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Coastal Barrier Resources

9 System established by section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier

10 Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)) is redesignated as the

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

12 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg13 ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United

14 States to the Coastal Barrier Resources System shall be

15 deemed to be a reference to the John H. Chafee Coastal

16 Barrier Resources System.

17 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

18 (1) Section 2(b) of the Coastal Barrier Re19 sources Act (16 U.S.C. 3501(b)) is amended by

20 striking ‘‘a Coastal Barrier Resources System’’ and

21 inserting ‘‘the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Re22 sources System’’.

23 (2) Section 3 of the Coastal Barrier Resources

24 Act (16 U.S.C. 3502) is amended by striking

25 ‘‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’’ each place it
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1 appears and inserting ‘‘John H. Chafee Coastal Bar2 rier Resources System’’.

3 (3) Section 4 of the Coastal Barrier Resources

4 Act (16 U.S.C. 3503) is amended—

5 (A) in the section heading, by striking

6 ‘‘COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM’’

7 and inserting ‘‘JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL

8 BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM’’; and

9 (B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the

10 Coastal Barrier Resources System’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Re12 sources System’’.

13 (4) Section 10(c)(2) of the Coastal Barrier Re14 sources Act (16 U.S.C. 3509(c)(2)) is amended by

15 striking ‘‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’’ and in16 serting ‘‘System’’.

17 (5) Section 10(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Coastal Bar18 rier Improvement Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 1441a–

19 3(c)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘Coastal Bar20 rier Resources System’’ and inserting ‘‘John H.

21 Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System’’.

22 (6) Section 12(5) of the Coastal Barrier Im23 provement Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note; Public

24 Law 101–591) is amended by striking ‘‘Coastal Bar-
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1 rier Resources System’’ and inserting ‘‘John H.

2 Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System’’.

3 (7) Section 1321 of the National Flood Insur4 ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4028) is amended—

5 (A) by striking the section heading and in6 serting the following:

7 ‘‘JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES

8 SYSTEM’’;

9 and

10 (B) by striking ‘‘Coastal Barrier Resources

11 System’’ each place it appears and inserting

12 ‘‘John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources

13 System’’.

Passed the Senate November 4, 1999.

Attest: GARY SISCO,

Secretary.