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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.
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 ‘‘Coastal Barrier Re-
sources Reauthorization Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. VOLUNTARY ADDITIONS TO COASTAL BARRIER RE-
SOURCES SYSTEM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Coastal Barrier
Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(d) ADDITIONS TO SYSTEM.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may add
any parcel of real property to the System, if—
‘‘(A) the owner of the parcel requests that
the Secretary add the parcel to the System; and
‘‘(B) the parcel consists of at least 5 acres
of a depositional geologic feature described in
section 3(1)(A).
‘‘(2) MAPS.—The Secretary shall publish in the
Federal Register a map showing the location of
property added to the System under this subsection,
and provide a copy of that map to the State and
local government in which the property is located
and the Committee on Resources of the House of
Representatives.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of
section 4 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C.
3503(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘, which shall consist of’’
and all that follows through the end of that subsection
and inserting the following: ‘‘, which—
‘‘(1) shall consist of those undeveloped coastal
barriers and other areas located on the coasts of the
United States that are identified and generally de-
picted on the maps on file with the Secretary enti-
tled ‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’, dated Octo-
ber 24, 1990, as such maps may be modified, re-
vised, or corrected under subsection (c) of this sec-
tion, section 4 of the Coastal Barrier Improvement
Act of 1990, or any other provision of law enacted
on or after November 2, 1990, that specifically au-
thorizes the modification, revision, or correction; and
‘‘(2) includes areas added to the System in ac-
cordance with subsection (d) that are identified and
generally depicted on the maps published under sub-
section (d)(2).’’.
SEC. 3. CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.
The Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 3(3) (16 U.S.C. 3502(3)) by
striking the matter following subparagraph (D); and
(2) by repealing sections 10 and 11 (16 U.S.C.
3509, 97 Stat. 1658).
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 12 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16
U.S.C. 3510) is redesignated as section 10 and amended
to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out this Act $500,000 for each of fiscal
years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.’’.
SEC. 5. STUDIES.
(a) OTHERWISE PROTECTED AREAS.—Not later than
one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall submit to the Committee on
Resources of the House of Representatives maps showing
areas that—
(1) are identified as otherwise protected areas
on Coastal Barrier Resources System maps referred
to in section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources
Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)); but
(2) do not constitute otherwise protected areas
under the definition of that term set forth in section
12 of the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990
(16 U.S.C. 3503 note).
(b) DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS.—Not later than one
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of the Interior shall submit a report to the Committee on
Resources of the House of Representatives that describes
the impact of the Coastal Barrier Resources System on
the rate and patterns of development of coastal barriers.
The report shall include a comparison of development pat-
terns between areas in the System and areas outside of
the System.
(c) DIGITAL MAPPING PILOT PROJECT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall undertake a pilot project to determine the
feasibility and cost of creating digital versions of the
Coastal Barrier Resources System maps referred to
in section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act
(16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), as amended by this Act. The
pilot project shall include the creation of digital
maps for at least 5 units of the System.
(2) USE OF EXISTING DATA.—(A) To the ex-
tent practicable, in completing the pilot project
under this subsection, the Secretary shall use exist-
ing digital spatial data including digital orthophotos;
shoreline, elevation, and bathymetric data; and elec-
tronic navigational charts in the possession of other
Federal agencies, including the United States Geo-
logical Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration.
(B) The head of any Federal agency that pos-
sesses digital spatial data referred to in subpara-
graph (A) shall promptly provide that data to the
Secretary at no cost upon request by the Secretary.
(3) OBTAINING ADDITIONAL DATA.—If the Sec-
retary determines that data necessary to complete
the pilot project under this subsection does not exist,
the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the
Director of the United States Geological Survey
under which the Director shall obtain, in cooperation
with other Federal agencies, as appropriate, and
provide to the Secretary any digital spatial data re-
quired to carry out this subsection.
(4) DATA STANDARDS.—All digital spatial data
used or created to carry out this subsection shall
comply with the National Spatial Data Infrastruc-
ture established by Executive Order 12906 and any
other standards established by the Federal Geo-
graphic Data Committee established by the Office of
Management and Budget Circular A–16.
(5) DIGITAL
MAPS
NOT
CONTROLLING.—Any
determination of whether a location is inside or out-
side of the System shall be made without regard to
the digital maps prepared under this subsection.
(6) REPORT.—(A) Not later than 2 years after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall submit a report to the Committee on Resources
of the House of Representatives that describes the
results of the pilot project and the feasibility, data
needs, and costs of completing digital maps for the
entire System.
(B) The report shall include a description of—
(i) the cooperative agreements entered into
by the Secretary with other Federal agencies to
complete the pilot project and cooperative
agreements needed to complete digital mapping
of the entire System;
(ii) the availability of existing data to com-
plete digital mapping of the entire System;
(iii) the need for additional data to com-
plete digital mapping of the entire System; and
(iv) the funding needed to complete digital
mapping of the entire System.
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the
Interior $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001,
and 2002 to carry out the studies and pilot project re-
quired under this section.
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