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<meta><dc:title>Public Law 113–253: To revise the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units.</dc:title>
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<preface><centerRunningHead>PUBLIC LAW 113–253—DEC. 18, 2014</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/128/2895">128 STAT. 2895</page>
<dc:type>Public Law</dc:type><docNumber>113–253</docNumber>
<congress value="113">113th Congress</congress>
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<docTitle class="centered fontsize12" style="-uslm-lc:I658005">An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658011">To revise the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8" id="x8a097276-e883-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658076"><approvedDate date="2014-12-18">Dec. 18, 2014</approvedDate></p><p class="centered fontsize8" id="x8a097277-e883-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658076">[<ref href="/us/bill/113/hr/3572">H.R. 3572</ref>]<?GPOvSpace 08?></p></sidenote></officialTitle>
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<enactingFormula style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><i>  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x8a097278-e883-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3503">16 USC 3503 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>
<section id="d376307e90" identifier="/us/pl/113/253/s1" style="-uslm-lc:I658146"><num class="bold" value="1">SECTION 1. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x8a097279-e883-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">North Carolina.</p></sidenote><heading>REPLACEMENT OF JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM MAPS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y8a09998a-e883-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/113/253/s1/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>The maps subtitled “Lea Island Complex L07”; “Wrightsville Beach Unit L08, Masonboro Island Unit L09”; and “Masonboro Island Unit L09”, included in the set of maps entitled “John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System” referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3503/a">16 U.S.C. 3503(a)</ref>) and relating to certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in North Carolina, are hereby replaced by other maps relating to the units entitled “Lea Island Complex L07”; “Wrightsville Beach Unit L08, Masonboro Island Unit L09”; and “Masonboro Island Unit L09”, respectively, and dated March 12, 2014.</content></subsection>
<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y8a09998b-e883-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/113/253/s1/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Availability</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of the Interior shall keep the replacement maps referred to in subsection (a) on file and available for inspection in accordance with section 4(b) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3503/b">16 U.S.C. 3503(b)</ref>).</content></subsection>
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<section id="d376307e124" identifier="/us/pl/113/253/s2" style="-uslm-lc:I658141"><num class="fontsize12" value="2">SEC. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x8a09998c-e883-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Rhode Island.</p></sidenote><heading>REPLACEMENT OF JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM MAP.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y8a09c09d-e883-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/113/253/s2/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>The map subtitled “Sachuest Point Unit RI–04P, Easton Beach Unit RI–05P, Almy Pond Unit RI–06, Hazards Beach Unit RI–07”, included in the set of maps entitled “John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System” referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3503/a">16 U.S.C. 3503(a)</ref>) and relating to certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in Rhode Island, is hereby replaced by another map relating to the units entitled “John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Sachuest Point Unit RI–04P, Easton Beach Unit RI–05P, Almy Pond Unit RI–06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI–07” and dated September 16, 2013.</content></subsection>
<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y8a09c09e-e883-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/113/253/s2/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Availability</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of the Interior shall keep the replacement map 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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3503/b">16 U.S.C. 3503(b)</ref>).<page identifier="/us/stat/128/2896">128 STAT. 2896</page></content></subsection>
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<section id="d376307e160" identifier="/us/pl/113/253/s3" style="-uslm-lc:I658141"><num class="fontsize12" value="3">SEC. 3. </num><heading>JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM GASPARILLA ISLAND UNIT, FLORIDA.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y8a09e7af-e883-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/113/253/s3/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>The map subtitled “Gasparilla Island Unit FL–70P” included in the set of maps entitled “Coastal Barrier Resources System” referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3503/a">16 U.S.C. 3503(a)</ref>) and relating to the Gasparilla Island Unit in Florida is hereby replaced by another map relating to the same unit entitled “John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Gasparilla Unit FL–70/FL–70P”, draft dated May 23, 2012.</content></subsection>
<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y8a09e7b0-e883-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/113/253/s3/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Availability</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of the Interior shall keep the replacement map referred to in subsection (a) on file and available for inspection in accordance with section 4(b) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3503/b">16 U.S.C. 3503(b)</ref>).</content></subsection>
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<section id="d376307e192" identifier="/us/pl/113/253/s4" style="-uslm-lc:I658141"><num class="fontsize12" value="4">SEC. 4. </num><heading>REMOVAL OF PROPERTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA FROM JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y8a0a0ec1-e883-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/113/253/s4/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>The map subtitled “Long Pond Unit SC–01” included in the sets of maps entitled “Coastal Barrier Resources System” referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3503/a">16 U.S.C. 3503(a)</ref>) and relating to the Long Pond Unit in South Carolina is hereby replaced by another map relating to the same unit entitled “John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Long Pond Unit SC–01” dated September 30, 2014.</content></subsection>
<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y8a0a0ec2-e883-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/113/253/s4/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Availability</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of the Interior shall keep each map revised under subsection (a) on file and available for inspection in accordance with section 4(b) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3503/b">16 U.S.C. 3503(b)</ref>).</content></subsection>
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<section id="d376307e223" identifier="/us/pl/113/253/s5" style="-uslm-lc:I658141"><num class="fontsize12" value="5">SEC. 5. </num><heading>REMOVAL OF PROPERTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA FROM JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y8a0a35d3-e883-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/113/253/s5/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>The map subtitled “Huntington Beach Unit SC–03” included in the sets of maps entitled “Coastal Barrier Resources System” referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3503/a">16 U.S.C. 3503(a)</ref>) and relating to the Huntington Beach Unit in South Carolina is hereby replaced by another map relating to the same unit entitled “John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Huntington Beach Unit SC–03” dated September 30, 2014.</content></subsection>
<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y8a0a35d4-e883-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/113/253/s5/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Availability</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of the Interior shall keep each map revised under subsection (a) on file and available for <page identifier="/us/stat/128/2897">128 STAT. 2897</page>
inspection in accordance with section 4(b) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t16/s3503/b">16 U.S.C. 3503(b)</ref>).</content></subsection>
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<actionDescription style="-uslm-lc:I658030">Approved</actionDescription> <date date="2014-12-18">December 18, 2014</date>.</action>
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658031"><inline class="underline">LEGISLATIVE HISTORY</inline>—<ref href="/us/bill/113/hr/3572">H.R. 3572</ref>:</heading>
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<headingText style="-uslm-lc:I658032">HOUSE REPORTS:</headingText> ┐No. <ref href="/us/hrpt/113/633">113–633</ref> (<committee>Comm. on Natural Resources</committee>).
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658032">CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014):</heading>
<p class="indentUp4 firstIndent-1" id="x8a0a35d5-e883-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658035">Dec. 1, 2, considered and passed House.</p><p class="indentUp4 firstIndent-1" id="x8a0a35d6-e883-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658035">Dec. 15, considered and passed Senate.</p></note>
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