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Union Calendar No. 124
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1431
[Report No. 106–218]
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
JULY 1, 1999
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 15, 1999]
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. ADDITIONS TO COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYS-
TEM.
(a) VOLUNTARY ADDITIONS.—Section 4 of the Coastal
Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(d) VOLUNTARY ADDITIONS TO SYSTEM.—The Sec-
retary may add any parcel of real property to the System,
if—
‘‘(1) the owner of the parcel requests that the
Secretary add the parcel to the System; and
‘‘(2) the parcel is a depositional geologic feature
described in section 3(1)(A).’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO ADDI-
TIONS OF EXCESS PROPERTY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4(d) of the Coastal
Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503
note)—
(A) is redesignated and moved so as to ap-
pear as subsection (e) of section 4 of the Coastal
Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503); and
(B) is amended—
(i) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘one
hundred and eighty’’ and inserting ‘‘180’’;
(ii) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘sub-
section (d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph
(1)’’; and
(iii) by striking paragraph (3).
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 4(f) of
the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 (16
U.S.C. 3503 note) is repealed.
(c) NOTICE REGARDING ADDITIONS TO SYSTEM.—Sec-
tion 4 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C.
3503) is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(f) NOTICE REGARDING ADDITIONS TO SYSTEM.—
The Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) publish in the Federal Register a notice of
any addition of property to the System under this
section, including notice of the availability of a map
showing the location of the property;
‘‘(2) 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 Rep-
resentatives; and
‘‘(3) revise the maps referred to in subsection (a)
to reflect the addition of the property to the System.’’.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of sec-
tion 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: ‘‘, that—
‘‘(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 set of maps on file with the Secretary
entitled ‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’, dated Oc-
tober 24, 1990, as such maps may be modified, re-
vised, corrected, or replaced under subsection (c), (d),
or (e) of this section, or any other provision of law
enacted on or after November 2, 1990, that specifi-
cally authorizes the modification, revision, correction,
or replacement; and
‘‘(2) includes areas added to the System in ac-
cordance with subsections (d) or (e).’’.
SEC. 3. CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES ACT.—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)), in the
matter following subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘Ef-
fective October 1, 1983, such’’ and inserting ‘‘Such’’;
and
(2) by repealing sections 10 and 11 (16 U.S.C.
3509, 97 Stat. 1658).
(b) COASTAL BARRIER IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1990.—
Section 8 of the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990
(16 U.S.C. 3503 note) is repealed.
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 $1,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.’’.
SEC. 5. DIGITAL MAPPING PILOT PROJECT.
(a) REQUIREMENT TO UNDERTAKE PROJECT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior,
in consultation with the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, shall undertake a
pilot project to determine the feasibility and cost of
creating digital versions of the Coastal Barrier Re-
sources System maps referred to in section 4(a)(1) of
the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, 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 extent
practicable, in completing the pilot project under this
subsection, the Secretary shall use existing digital
spatial data including digital orthophotos; shoreline,
elevation, and bathymetric data; and electronic navi-
gational charts in the possession of other Federal
agencies, including the United States Geological Sur-
vey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration.
(B) The head of any Federal agency that pos-
sesses digital spatial data referred to in subparagraph
(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 Di-
rector 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 required to
carry out this subsection.
(4) DATA STANDARDS.—All digital spatial data
used or created to carry out this subsection shall com-
ply with the National Spatial Data Infrastructure es-
tablished by Executive Order 12906 and any other
standards established by the Federal Geographic Data
Committee established by the Office of Management
and Budget Circular A–16.
(5) DIGITAL MAPS NOT CONTROLLING.—Any de-
termination of whether a location is inside or outside
of the System shall be made without regard to the dig-
ital 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 re-
sults 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 agree-
ments 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.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Inte-
rior $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002
to carry out the pilot project required under this section.
SEC. 6. CORRECTIONS TO MAPS RELATING TO UNIT P19–P.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall,
before the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date
of the enactment of this Act, make such corrections to the
map described in subsection (b) as are necessary to ensure
that depictions of areas on that map are consistent with
the depictions of areas appearing on the map relating to
unit P19–P entitled ‘‘Amendment to the Coastal Barrier
Resources System’’ and dated September 16, 1998.
(b) MAP DESCRIBED.—The map described in this sub-
section is the map that—
(1) is included in a set of maps entitled ‘‘Coastal
Barrier Resources System’’, dated November 2, 1994;
and
(2) relates to unit P19–P of the Coastal Barrier
Resources System.
SEC. 7. REPLACEMENT OF MAPS RELATING TO UNITS NC–
03P AND L03.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The 7 maps included in the set of
maps entitled ‘‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’’ and re-
ferred to in section 4(a)(1) of the Coastal Barrier Resources
Act, as amended by this Act, relating to the portions of
Coastal Barrier Resources System units NC–03P and L03
located in Dare County, North Carolina, are hereby re-
placed by other maps relating to that unit that are entitled
‘‘DARE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, Coastal Barrier
Resources System, Cape Hatteras Unit NC–03P’’ and
‘‘DARE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, Coastal Barrier
Resources System, Cape Hatteras Unit NC–03P and Hat-
teras Island Unit L03’’ and dated May 26, 1999.
(b) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of the Interior shall
keep the maps referred to in subsection (a) on file and avail-
able for inspection in accordance with the provisions of sec-
tion 4(b) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C.
3503(b)).
SEC. 8. CORRECTIONS TO MAP RELATING TO UNIT DE–03P.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior
shall make such corrections to the map described in sub-
section (b) as are necessary to move on that map the bound-
ary of the otherwise protected area (as defined in section
12 of the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 (16
U.S.C. 3503 note; Public Law 101–591)) to the Cape Hen-
lopen State Park boundary to the extent necessary—
(1) to exclude from the otherwise protected area
the adjacent property leased, as of the date of enact-