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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3552 
To reauthorize the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2005 
Mr. GILCHREST introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, 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 ‘‘Coastal Barrier Re-
sources Reauthorization Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. DIGITAL MAPPING PILOT PROJECT FINALIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Environ-
ment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee 
on Resources of the House of Representatives a report re-
garding the digital maps of the John H. Chafee Coastal 
Barrier Resources System units and otherwise protected 
areas created under the digital mapping pilot project, car-
ried out under section 6 of the Coastal Barrier Resources 
Reauthorization Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note). 
(b) CONSULTATION IN PREPARING REPORT.—The 
Secretary shall prepare the report required under sub-
section (a) in consultation with the Governors of the 
States in which System units and otherwise protected 
areas are located, and after providing the opportunity for 
submission of, and considering, public comment. 
(c) REPORT CONTENT.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall contain— 
(1) final recommended digital maps created 
under such pilot project; 
(2) recommendations for the adoption of such 
digital maps by the Congress; 
(3) a summary of the comments received from 
the Governors of the States, other government offi-
cials, and the public regarding the digital maps; 
(4) a summary and update of the protocols and 
findings of the report required under section 6(d) of 
the Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act 
of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note); and
(5) an analysis of the benefit, if any, that the 
public will receive by utilizing digital mapping tech-
nology for all System units and otherwise protected 
areas. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 
through 2007. 
SEC. 3. DIGITAL MAPPING PROJECT FOR THE REMAINING 
JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER RE-
SOURCES SYSTEM UNITS AND OTHERWISE 
PROTECTED AREAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
carry out a project to create digital versions of all of the 
John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System maps 
referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Re-
sources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), including otherwise pro-
tected areas, as defined in section 12 of the Coastal Bar-
rier Improvement Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note), that 
were not included in the pilot project under section 6 of 
the Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note). 
(b) DATA.— 
(1) USE OF EXISTING DATA.—To the maximum 
extent practicable, in carrying out the project under
this section, the Secretary shall use digital spatial 
data in the possession of Federal, State, and local 
agencies, including digital orthophotos, color infra-
red photography, wetlands data, and property parcel 
data. 
(2) PROVISION
OF
DATA
BY
OTHER
AGEN-
CIES.—The head of a Federal agency that possesses 
data referred to in paragraph (1) shall, upon request 
of the Secretary, promptly provide the data to the 
Secretary at no cost. 
(3) PROVISION
OF
DATA
BY
NON-FEDERAL 
AGENCIES.—State and local agencies, and other en-
tities, that possess data referred to in paragraph (1) 
are encouraged, upon request of the Secretary, to 
promptly provide the data to the Secretary at no 
cost. 
(4) ADDITIONAL DATA.—If the Secretary deter-
mines that data necessary to carry out the project 
under this section does not exist, the Director of the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall enter 
into an agreement with the Director of the United 
States Geological Survey under which the United 
States Geological Survey shall obtain, in cooperation 
with the heads of other Federal agencies, as appro-
priate, and provide to the Director of the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service the data required to 
carry out this section. 
(5) DATA STANDARDS.—All data used or cre-
ated to carry out this section shall comply with— 
(A) the National Spatial Data Infrastruc-
ture established by Executive Order 12906 (59 
Fed Reg. 17671 (April 13, 1994)); and 
(B) any other standards established by the 
Federal Geographic Data Committee estab-
lished by Office of Management and Budget 
Circular A–16. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after 
the transmittal of the report described in section 2, 
the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Com-
mittee on Environment and Public Works of the 
Senate and the Committee on Resources of the 
House of Representatives a report regarding the dig-
ital maps created under this section. 
(2) CONSULTATION IN PREPARING REPORT.— 
The Secretary shall prepare the report required 
under this subsection in consultation with the Gov-
ernors of the States in which the System units and 
otherwise protected areas are located and after pro-
viding opportunity for submission of, and consid-
ering, public comment. 
(3) REPORT
CONTENT.—The report required 
under this subsection shall contain— 
(A) the extent to which the boundary lines 
on the digital maps differ from the boundary 
lines on the original maps; 
(B) a summary of the comments received 
from Governors, other government officials, and 
the public regarding the digital maps created 
under this section; 
(C) recommendations for the adoption of 
the digital maps created under this section by 
the Congress; 
(D) recommendations for expansion of the 
existing System and otherwise protected areas, 
after considering the inventories, assessments, 
and recommendations of participating States 
under section 4; 
(E) a summary and update on the imple-
mentation and use of the digital maps created 
under the digital mapping pilot project carried 
out under section 6 of the Coastal Barrier Re-
sources Reauthorization Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 
3503 note);