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<dc:title>115 HR 5787 EH: Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018</dc:title>
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<congress display="yes">115th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session> 
<legis-num display="yes">H. R. 5787</legis-num> 
<current-chamber display="no">IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber> 
<legis-type>AN ACT</legis-type> 
<official-title display="yes">To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to give effect to more accurate maps of units of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System that were produced by digital mapping of such units, and for other purposes.</official-title> 
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<section id="HC0F32FC4DEBA429B9DD5629D3457975B" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="HBD3F6EB3316241A9B938D9CDF28EC6A9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>Replacement of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System maps</header> <subsection id="HE8F22CFE76444A529DED5A1C339F78EC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection (c), each map included in the set of maps referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3503">16 U.S.C. 3503(a)</external-xref>) that relates to a Unit of such System referred to in subsection (b) of this section is replaced in such set with the map described in subsection (b) with respect to that Unit.</text></subsection> 
<subsection id="H1D6DE12F3DE145D4916307F951A45B63"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Replacement maps described</header><text>The replacement maps referred to in subsection (a) are the following:</text> <paragraph id="H4F1E34303EA846FFA0688D35040EBB1E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Delaware Seashore Unit DE–07/DE–07P North Bethany Beach Unit H01</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit DE–07, Unit DE–07P, and Unit H01.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HD9692315BEF34E20907E7D08D3FECCED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Pine Island Bay Unit NC–01/NC–01P</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit NC–01 and Unit NC–01P.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H676EB90F12F9443383AE2CE2E72D2970"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Roosevelt Natural Area Unit NC–05P</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit NC–05P.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H59E8C788C825476DB2EB480588BDDD72"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Hammocks Beach Unit NC–06/NC–06P (2 of 2) Onslow Beach Complex L05 (1 of 2)</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit L05.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1818BD98F4604E5285513153D4ED3222"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The map entitled <quote>Onslow Beach Complex L05 (2 of 2) Topsail Unit L06 (1 of 2)</quote> and dated November 20, 2013, with respect to Unit L05 and Unit L06.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H6137654B99A149BDABC8844D4F671725"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The map entitled <quote>Topsail Unit L06 (2 of 2)</quote> and dated November 20, 2013, with respect to Unit L06.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE3F97BC1A69F4D9C8A36125F96B12BB4"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Litchfield Beach Unit M02 Pawleys Inlet Unit M03</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit M02 and Unit M03.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H70C6247DBC8445AA81D9C2E808E9BD56"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Fort Clinch Unit FL–01/FL–01P</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–01 and Unit FL–01P.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1354FF835FE140BE8AC51D10C53931B3"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Usina Beach Unit P04A Conch Island Unit P05/P05P</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit P04A, Unit P05, and Unit P05P.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H4D301299C8834647B6ECEA9EE1DD598D"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Ponce Inlet Unit P08/P08P</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit P08 and Unit P08P.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H857E7762F36D45C0A856A79C8E9EADD7"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Spessard Holland Park Unit FL–13P Coconut Point Unit P09A/P09AP</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–13P, Unit P09A, and Unit P09AP.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H64A44E34AD6345C5BE321D287BA51D23"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Blue Hole Unit P10A Pepper Beach Unit FL–14P</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit P10A and Unit FL–14P.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7210693E941E43E0905505F640D9B43C"><enum>(13)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Hutchinson Island Unit P11/P11P (1 of 2)</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit P11 and Unit P11P.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H78579F6A6D574DDDA86376DFCF054686"><enum>(14)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Hutchinson Island Unit P11 (2 of 2)</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit P11.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF7D2156F530B484B821117860247893C"><enum>(15)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Blowing Rocks Unit FL–15 Jupiter Beach Unit FL–16P Carlin Unit FL–17P</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–15, Unit FL–16P, and Unit FL–17P.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HCED8B04352054F97874D6DEEE7C931F4"><enum>(16)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>MacArthur Beach Unit FL–18P</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–18P.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3068785C87AC45BE8164941526D7B06A"><enum>(17)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Birch Park Unit FL–19P</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–19P.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H769F3193F83E4CC8A061193ADD96A4CA"><enum>(18)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Lloyd Beach Unit FL–20P North Beach Unit P14A</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–20P and Unit P14A.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7FFA43F9345647BC821CADBD5A6EC453"><enum>(19)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Tavernier Key Unit FL–39 Snake Creek Unit FL–40</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–39 and Unit FL–40.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H54F03A3252334DFC97480A2FD80EEBB1"><enum>(20)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Channel Key Unit FL–43 Toms Harbor Keys Unit FL–44 Deer/Long Point Keys Unit FL–45</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–43, Unit FL–44, and FL–45.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD481F7D88EA74AC3A74C34CDA13CD496"><enum>(21)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Boot Key Unit FL–46</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–46.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H95E77C450404468AAB13C8E4862F1CC1"><enum>(22)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Bowditch Point Unit P17A Bunche Beach Unit FL–67/FL–67P Sanibel Island Complex P18P (1 of 2)</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit P17A, Unit FL–67, and Unit FL–67P.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5404452A66C649D7B28F00AD55AD9808"><enum>(23)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Bocilla Island Unit P21/P21P</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit P21 and Unit P21P.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H8F59F4DA939748D486585AC76EA28E37"><enum>(24)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Venice Inlet Unit FL–71P Casey Key Unit P22</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit P22.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4BEFC0AB1F2944CDBAB8D6738A39ECEE"><enum>(25)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Lido Key Unit FL–72P</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–72P.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H94D3D477D64842A7A1D0963315DF9A5C"><enum>(26)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>De Soto Unit FL–73P Rattlesnake Key Unit FL–78 Bishop Harbor Unit FL–82</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–73P, Unit FL–78, and Unit FL–82.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H130E303099464BBB8A11662364E27911"><enum>(27)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Passage Key Unit FL–80P Egmont Key Unit FL–81/FL–81P The Reefs Unit P24P (1 of 2)</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–80P, Unit FL–81, and Unit FL–81P.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H1CC22147AE0C4E46BC7802B5340144DD"><enum>(28)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Cockroach Bay Unit FL–83</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–83.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H35235BB5285B4C43BAF4027002A22FBC"><enum>(29)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Sand Key Unit FL–85P</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–85P.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H81D22F1D829E49BC815BA21F5E45B073"><enum>(30)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Pepperfish Keys Unit P26</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit P26.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H64594539F26940C1A965560358F9EE7D"><enum>(31)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Peninsula Point Unit FL–89</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–89.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H0A88207FFDED4802B4C58BFF2C7FDD1B"><enum>(32)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>Phillips Inlet Unit FL–93/FL–93P Deer Lake Complex FL–94</quote> and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–93, Unit FL–93P, and Unit FL–94.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H98EEEEE1623A4482B5223933D1CC11A0"><enum>(33)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>St. Andrew Complex P31 (1 of 3)</quote> and dated October 7, 2016, with respect to Unit P31.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HAB5C9296776949099506D3CE5CBD09E8"><enum>(34)</enum><text>The map entitled <quote>St. Andrew Complex P31 (2 of 3)</quote> and dated October 7, 2016, with respect to Unit P31.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H00342BC5EC8441D4BD09FA00AD413B96"><enum>(35)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The map entitled <quote>St. Andrew Complex P31/P31P (3 of 3)</quote> and dated October 7, 2016, with respect to Unit P31 and Unit P31P.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H8C03AFB0700D4466AC669E03DFA7B796"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a)—</text> <paragraph id="H9FFCC0E0FBBA4119878FFAA49FD4A4E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>nothing in this section affects the boundaries of any of Units NC–06 and NC–06P;</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HF4C8E4D7AC0D4F60A705462C6C6CD26E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the occurrence in subsection (b) of the name of a Unit solely in the title of a map shall not be construed to be a reference to such Unit; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5E07F9956A0B410A96DE47A396115A25"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the depiction of boundaries of any of Units P18P, FL–71P, and P24P in a map referred to in paragraph (22), (24), or (27) of subsection (b) shall not be construed to affect the boundaries of such Unit.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="HC41D8D6D626144FFBC009EFB982F4250"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3503">16 U.S.C. 3503(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H538A85152379482086052CFA40E18AD2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>replaced,</quote> after <quote>may be</quote>; and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H069E0446376D4712B44A2A905FA7C7EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>replaces such a map or</quote> after <quote>that specifically</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HB6FF0053C164461BA8C349CAA73EA4A9"><enum>3.</enum><header>Digital maps of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Units</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(b) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3503">16 U.S.C. 3503(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="H568530AAB05441E39C78E5B6F4975C2C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting before the first sentence the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43342F57CE4F4C1CBEEB61C88D7E9742" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H698830ACAD694FFEA967646285410653"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0BF5C49932AC4D3E904790A3003205B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> 
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<paragraph id="H746DF857881346149A4B359B40952A8F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Digital maps</header> 
<subparagraph id="H0CBEB04271F44703B2F79B8896C6976D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make available to the public on the Internet web site of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service digital versions of the maps included in the set of maps referred to in subsection (a).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6A9F424EF3884BB5A9B21E78800A9A14"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Any determination as to whether a location is inside or outside the System shall be made without regard to the digital maps available under this paragraph, except that this subparagraph does not apply with respect to any printed version of such a digital map if the printed version is included in the maps referred to in subsection (a).</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HC14A18EF2C1D48DDAEC161926C253A86"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report regarding the progress and challenges in the transition from paper to digital maps and a timetable for completion of the digitization of all maps related to the System.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HE62EC5EFA14344BFA22B83140921EEEE"><enum>4.</enum><header>Repeal of report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/226">Public Law 109–226</external-xref> is repealed.</text></section> 
</legis-body> <attestation><attestation-group><attestation-date date="20181116" chamber="House">Passed the House of Representatives November 16, 2018.</attestation-date><attestor display="no">Karen L. Haas,</attestor><role>Clerk.</role></attestation-group></attestation>
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