Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018

To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to give effect to more accurate maps of units of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System that were produced by digital mapping of such units, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018 2. Replacement of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System maps (a) In general Subject to subsection (c), each map included in the set of maps referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act ( 16 U.S.C. 3503(a) (b) Replacement maps described The replacement maps referred to in subsection (a) are the following: (1) The map entitled Delaware Seashore Unit DE–07/DE–07P North Bethany Beach Unit H01 (2) The map entitled Pine Island Bay Unit NC–01/NC–01P (3) The map entitled Roosevelt Natural Area Unit NC–05P (4) The map entitled Hammocks Beach Unit NC–06/NC–06P (2 of 2) Onslow Beach Complex L05 (1 of 2) (5) The map entitled Onslow Beach Complex L05 (2 of 2) Topsail Unit L06 (1 of 2) (6) The map entitled Topsail Unit L06 (2 of 2) (7) The map entitled Litchfield Beach Unit M02 Pawleys Inlet Unit M03 (8) The map entitled Fort Clinch Unit FL–01/FL–01P (9) The map entitled Usina Beach Unit P04A Conch Island Unit P05/P05P (10) The map entitled Ponce Inlet Unit P08/P08P (11) The map entitled Spessard Holland Park Unit FL–13P Coconut Point Unit P09A/P09AP (12) The map entitled Blue Hole Unit P10A Pepper Beach Unit FL–14P (13) The map entitled Hutchinson Island Unit P11/P11P (1 of 2) (14) The map entitled Hutchinson Island Unit P11 (2 of 2) (15) The map entitled Blowing Rocks Unit FL–15 Jupiter Beach Unit FL–16P Carlin Unit FL–17P (16) The map entitled MacArthur Beach Unit FL–18P (17) The map entitled Birch Park Unit FL–19P (18) The map entitled Lloyd Beach Unit FL–20P North Beach Unit P14A (19) The map entitled Tavernier Key Unit FL–39 Snake Creek Unit FL–40 (20) The map entitled Channel Key Unit FL–43 Toms Harbor Keys Unit FL–44 Deer/Long Point Keys Unit FL–45 (21) The map entitled Boot Key Unit FL–46 (22) The map entitled Bowditch Point Unit P17A Bunche Beach Unit FL–67/FL–67P Sanibel Island Complex P18P (1 of 2) (23) The map entitled Bocilla Island Unit P21/P21P (24) The map entitled Venice Inlet Unit FL–71P Casey Key Unit P22 (25) The map entitled Lido Key Unit FL–72P (26) The map entitled De Soto Unit FL–73P Rattlesnake Key Unit FL–78 Bishop Harbor Unit FL–82 (27) The map entitled Passage Key Unit FL–80P Egmont Key Unit FL–81/FL–81P The Reefs Unit P24P (1 of 2) (28) The map entitled Cockroach Bay Unit FL–83 (29) The map entitled Sand Key Unit FL–85P (30) The map entitled Pepperfish Keys Unit P26 (31) The map entitled Peninsula Point Unit FL–89 (32) The map entitled Phillips Inlet Unit FL–93/FL–93P Deer Lake Complex FL–94 (33) The map entitled St. Andrew Complex P31 (1 of 3) (34) The map entitled St. Andrew Complex P31 (2 of 3) (35) The map entitled St. Andrew Complex P31/P31P (3 of 3) (c) Limitations For purposes of subsection (a)— (1) nothing in this section affects the boundaries of any of Units NC–06 and NC–06P; (2) the occurrence in subsection (b) of the name of a Unit solely in the title of a map shall not be construed to be a reference to such Unit; and (3) the depiction of boundaries of any of Units P18P, FL–71P, and P24P in a map referred to in paragraph (22), (24), or (27) of subsection (b) shall not be construed to affect the boundaries of such Unit. (d) Conforming amendment Section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act ( 16 U.S.C. 3503(a) (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting replaced, may be (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting replaces such a map or that specifically 3. Digital maps of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Units Section 4(b) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act ( 16 U.S.C. 3503(b) (1) by inserting before the first sentence the following: (1) In general ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (2) Digital maps (A) Availability The Secretary shall make available to the public on the Internet web site of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service digital versions of the maps included in the set of maps referred to in subsection (a). (B) Effect Any determination as to whether a location is inside or outside the System shall be made without regard to the digital maps available under this paragraph, except that this subparagraph does not apply with respect to any printed version of such a digital map if the printed version is included in the maps referred to in subsection (a). . October 30, 2018 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018 (Sec.2)This bill modifies certain boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Units located in Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. (The John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System consists of those undeveloped coastal barriers and other areas located on the coasts of the United States that are identified and generally depicted on the map on file with the Department of the Interior titled "Coastal Barrier Resources System.") (Sec.3)Interior must publish digital versions of its Coastal Barrier Resources System maps on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website. Interior must submit to Congress a report regarding the progress and challenges of transitioning from paper to digital maps and a timetable for completion of the digitization.