Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2000
PL 106-514 (S.1752), enacted 11/13/2000

114 STAT. 2394 
PUBLIC LAW 106-514—NOV. 13, 2000 
Public Law 106-514 
106th Congress 
An Act 
:—'• 
To reauthorize and amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act. 
[S. 1752] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
Coastal Barrier 
the United States of America in Congress assembled. 
Resources 
Reauthorization 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
16 use 3501 
This Act may be cited as the "Coastal Barrier Resources 
note. 
Reauthorization Act of 2000". 
SEC. 2. GUIDELINES FOR CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS AND DETER-
MINATIONS. 
Section 4 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503), 
as otherwise amended by this Act, is further amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
"(g) GUIDELINES FOR CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS AND DETER-
MINATIONS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—In making any recommendation to the 
Congress regarding the addition of any area to the System 
or in determining whether, at the time of the inclusion of 
a System unit within the System, a coastal barrier is undevel-
oped, the Secretary shall consider whether within the area— 
"(A) the density of development is less than 1 structure 
per 5 acres of land above mean high tide; and 
"(B) there is existing infrastructure consisting of— 
"(i) a road, with a reinforced road bed, to each 
lot or building site in the area; 
"(ii) a wastewater disposal system sufficient to 
serve each lot or building site in the area; 
"(iii) electric service for each lot or building site 
in the area; and 
"(iv) a fresh water supply for each lot or building 
site in the area. 
"(2) STRUCTURE DEFINED.—In paragraph (1), the term 
'structure' means a walled and roofed building, other than 
a gas or liquid storage tank, that— 
"(A) is principally above ground and affixed to a perma-
nent site, including a manufactured home on a permanent 
foundation; and 
"(B) covers an area of at least 200 square feet. 
"(3) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this subsection super-
sedes the official maps referred to in subsection (a).". 
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SEC. 3. VOLUNTARY ADDITIONS TO JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BAR-
RIER RESOURCES SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Coastal Barrier Resources 
Act (16 U.S.C. 3503) is amended by inserting after subsection 
(c) the following: 
"(d) ADDITIONS TO SYSTEM.—The Secretary may add a parcel 
of real property to the System, if— 
"(1) the owner of the parcel requests, in writing, that 
the Secretary add the parcel to the System; and 
"(2) the parcel is an undeveloped coastal barrier.". 
(b) 
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO ADDITIONS OF 
EXCESS PROPERTY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4(d) of the Coastal Barrier 
Improvement Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note; PubHc Law 
101-591)— 
(A) is redesignated and moved so as to appear 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)— 
(I) by striking "one hundred and eighty" and 
inserting "180"; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by striking "shall"; 
and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking "subsection 
(d)(1)(B)" and inserting "paragraph (1)(B)"; and 
(iii) by striking paragraph (3). 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 4 of the Coastal 
Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note; Public 
Law 101-591) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking "subsection (d) of 
this section" and inserting "section 4(e) of the Coastal Bar-
rier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(e))"; and 
(B) by striking subsection (f). 
(c) ADDITIONS TO SYSTEM.—Section 4 of the Coastal Barrier 
Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503) is further amended by inserting 
after subsection (e) (as added by subsection (b)(1)) the following: 
"(f) MAPS.—The Secretary shall— 
"(1) keep a map showing the location of each boundary 
modification made under subsection (c) and of each parcel of 
real property added to the System under subsection (d) or 
(e) on file and available for public inspection in the Office 
of the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
and in such other offices of the Service as the Director considers 
appropriate; 
"(2) provide a copy of the map to— 
"(A) the State and unit of local government in which 
the property is located; 
"(B) the Committees; and 
"(C) the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and 
"(3) revise the maps referred to in subsection (a) to reflect 
Federal Register, 
each boundary modification under subsection (c) and each addi- publication. 
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tion of real property to the System under subsection (d) or 
(e), after publishing in the Federal Register a notice of any 
such proposed revision.". 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 4(a) of the Coastal Bar-
rier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)) is amended by striking 
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"which shall consist of and all that follows and inserting the 
following: "which shall consist of those undeveloped coastal barriers 
and other areas located on the coasts of the United States that 
are identified and generally depicted on the maps on file with 
the Secretary entitled 'Coastal Barrier Resources System', dated 
October 24, 1990, as those maps may be modified, revised, or 
corrected under— 
"(1) subsection (f)(3); 
"(2) section 4 of the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 
1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note; Public Law 101-591); or 
"(3) any other provision of law enacted on or after 
November 16, 1990, that specifically authorizes the modifica-
tion, revision, or correction.". 
SEC. 4. 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(2) (16 U.S.C. 3502(2)), by striking "refers 
to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries" and 
inserting "means the Committee on Resources"; 
(2) in section 3(3) (16 U.S.C. 3502(3)), in the matter fol-
lowing subparagraph (D), by striking "Effective October 1, 1983, 
such" and inserting "Such"; and 
(3) by repealing section 10 (16 U.S.C. 3509). 
(b) COASTAL BARRIER IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1990.—Section 8 
of the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 
note; Public Law 101-591) is repealed. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 12 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 
3510) is redesignated as section 10, moved to appear after section 
9, and amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
"There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to 
carry out this Act $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001, 2002, 
2003, 2004, and 2005.". 
16 u s e 3503 
SEC. 6. DIGITAL MAPPING PILOT PROJECT. 
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(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) PROJECT.—The Secretary of the Interior (referred to 
in this section as the "Secretary"), in consultation with the 
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall 
carry out a pilot project to determine the feasibility and cost 
of creating digital versions of the John H. Chafee 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 section 3(d)). 
(2) NUMBER OF UNITS.—The pilot project shall consist of 
the creation of digital maps for no more than 75 units and 
no fewer than 50 units of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier 
Resources System (referred to in this section as the "System"), 
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a of which shall be otherwise protected areas (as defined 
in section 12 of the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 
(16 U.S.C. 3503 note; Public Law 101-591)). 
(b) DATA.— 
(1) USE OF EXISTING DATA.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, in carrying out the pilot project under this section. 
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the Secretary shall use digital spatial data in the possession 
of State, local, 
and 
Federal 
agencies 
including 
digital 
orthophotos, and shoreline, elevation, and bathymetric data. 
(2) PROVISION OF DATA BY OTHER AGENCIES.—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) ADDITIONAL DATA.—If the Secretary determines that 
data necessary to carry out the pilot project under this section 
do 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 Fed-
eral agencies, as appropriate, and provide to the Secretary 
the data required to carry out this section. 
(4) DATA STANDARDS.—^All data used or created to carry 
out this section shall comply with— 
(A) the National Spatial Data Infrastructure estab-
Hshed by Executive Order 12906 (59 Fed. Reg. 17671 (April 
13, 1994)); and 
(B) any other standards established by the Federal 
Geographic Data Committee established by Office of 
Management and Budget Circular A-16. 
(c) DIGITAL MAPS NOT CONTROLLING.—Any determination as 
to whether a location is inside or outside the System shall be 
made without regard to the digital maps created under this section. 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representa-
tives a report that describes the results of the pilot project 
and the feasibility, data needs, and costs of completing digital 
maps for the entire System. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include a description of— 
(A) the cooperative agreements that would be necessary 
to complete digital mapping of the entire System; 
(B) the extent to which the data necessary to complete 
digital mapping of the entire System are available; 
(C) the need for additional data to complete digital 
mapping of the entire System; 
(D) the extent to which the boundary lines on the 
digital maps differ from the boundary lines on the original 
maps; and 
(E) the amount of funding necessary to complete digital 
mapping of the entire System. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $500,000 
for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2004. 
SEC. 7. ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BAR-
RIER RESOURCES SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to 
the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives 
£in economic assessment of the John H, Chafee Coastal Barrier 
Resources System. 
Deadline. 
16 use 3501 
note. 
Deadline. 
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(b) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—The assessment shall consider the 
impact on Federal expenditures of the Coastal Barrier Resources 
Act (16 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), including impacts resulting from the 
avoidance of Federal expenditures for— 
(1) disaster relief under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); 
(2) the national flood insurance program established under 
chapter 1 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 4011 et seq.); and 
(3) development assistance for roads, potable water sup-
plies, and wastewater infrastructure. 
Approved November 13, 2000. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1752 (H.R. 1431): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-218 accompanying H.R. 1431 (Comm. on Resources). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-252 (Comm. on Environment and Public Works). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000): 
Sept. 27, considered and passed Senate. 
Oct. 24, considered and passed House.