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106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1431
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 22, 1999
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and
Public Works
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AN ACT
To reauthorize and amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Coastal Barrier Resources
Reauthorization Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM.
(a) Voluntary Additions.--Section 4 of the Coastal Barrier
Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(d) Voluntary Additions to System.--The Secretary 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 Additions 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 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) by striking ``one
hundred and eighty'' and inserting ``180'';
(ii) in paragraph (2) by striking
``subsection (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repealed.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.--Section 4 of the Coastal
Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503) is further amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(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 Representatives; 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 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: ``, 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 depicted on the set of maps on
file with the Secretary entitled `Coastal Barrier Resources
System', dated October 24, 1990, as such maps may be modified,
revised, corrected, or replaced under subsection (c), (d), or
(e) of this section, or any other provision of law enacted on
or after November 16, 1990, that specifically authorizes the
modification, revision, correction, or replacement; and
``(2) includes areas added to the System in accordance with
subsection (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 ``Effective October 1,
1983, such'' and inserting ``Such''; and
(2) 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) 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 Secretary to carry
out this Act $2,000,000 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 Resources 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 navigational charts in the possession of
other Federal agencies, including the United States Geological
Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(B) The head of any Federal agency that possesses 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 Secretary 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 required 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 Infrastructure established 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 determination of
whether a location is inside or outside 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 complete
digital mapping of the entire System;
(iii) the need for additional data to complete
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 Interior $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 subsection 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 referred 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 replaced by
other maps relating to that unit that are entitled ``DARE COUNTY, NORTH
CAROLINA, Coastal Barrier Resources System, Cape Hatteras Unit NC-03P''
or ``DARE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, Coastal Barrier Resources System,
Cape Hatteras Unit NC-03P, Hatteras Island Unit L03'' and dated July 1,
1999.
(b) Availability.--The Secretary of the Interior shall keep the
maps referred to in subsection (a) on file and available for inspection
in accordance with the provisions of section 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 subsection (b) as are necessary to move on that
map the boundary 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 Henlopen State Park boundary to the
extent necessary--
(1) to exclude from the otherwise protected area the
adjacent property leased, as of the date of enactment of this
Act, by the Barcroft Company and Cape Shores Associates (which
are privately held corporations under the law of the State of
Delaware); and
(2) to include in the otherwise protected area the
northwestern corner of Cape Henlopen State Park seaward of the
Lewes and Rehoboth Canal.
(b) Map Described.--The map described in this subsection is the map
that is included in a set of maps entitled ``Coastal Barrier Resources
System'', dated October 24, 1990, as revised October 15, 1992, and that
relates to the unit of the Coastal Barrier Resources System entitled
``Cape Henlopen Unit DE-03P''.
Passed the House of Representatives September 21, 1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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