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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5787 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2018 
Mr. DUNN (for himself, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, and Mr. THOMAS J. ROO-
NEY of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Coastal 
Communities Act of 2018’’. 
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(34) The map entitled ‘‘St. Andrew Complex 
P31 (2 of 3)’’ and dated October 7, 2016, with re-
spect to Unit P31. 
(35) The map entitled ‘‘St. Andrew Complex 
P31 (3 of 3)’’ and dated October 7, 2016, with re-
spect to Unit P31. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—For purposes of subsection (a)— 
(1) nothing in this section affects the bound-
aries 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 con-
strued 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 (21), (23), or (26) 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)) is 
amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘replaced,’’ after ‘‘may be’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘replaces 
such a map or’’ after ‘‘that specifically’’. 
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SEC. 3. DIGITAL MAPS OF JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BAR-
RIER RESOURCES SYSTEM UNITS. 
Section 4(b) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 
U.S.C. 3503(b)) is amended— 
(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 Sys-
tem shall be made without regard to the digital 
maps available under this paragraph, except 
that this subparagraph does not apply with re-
spect to any printed version of such a digital 
map if the printed version is included in the 
maps referred to in subsection (a).’’. 
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