[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 1431 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1431

      To reauthorize and amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 1999

  Mr. Saxton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
      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. VOLUNTARY ADDITIONS TO COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Section 4 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 
U.S.C. 3503) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Additions to System.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may add any parcel of real 
        property to the System, if--
                    ``(A) the owner of the parcel requests that the 
                Secretary add the parcel to the System; and
                    ``(B) the parcel consists of at least 5 acres of a 
                depositional geologic feature described in section 
                3(1)(A).
            ``(2) Maps.--The Secretary shall publish in the Federal 
        Register a map showing the location of property added to the 
        System under this subsection, and 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.''.
    (b) 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: ``, which--
            ``(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 maps on file with 
        the Secretary entitled `Coastal Barrier Resources System', 
        dated October 24, 1990, as such maps may be modified, revised, 
        or corrected under subsection (c) of this section, section 4 of 
        the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990, or any other 
        provision of law enacted on or after November 2, 1990, that 
        specifically authorizes the modification, revision, or 
        correction; and
            ``(2) includes areas added to the System in accordance with 
        subsection (d) that are identified and generally depicted on 
        the maps published under subsection (d)(2).''.

SEC. 3. CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.

    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)) by striking the 
        matter following subparagraph (D); and
            (2) by repealing sections 10 and 11 (16 U.S.C. 3509, 97 
        Stat. 1658).

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 $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 
and 2004.''.

SEC. 5. STUDIES.

    (a) Otherwise Protected Areas.--Not later than one year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
submit to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives 
maps showing areas that--
            (1) are identified as otherwise protected areas on Coastal 
        Barrier Resources System maps referred to in section 4(a) of 
        the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)); but
            (2) do not constitute otherwise protected areas under the 
        definition of that term set forth in section 12 of the Coastal 
        Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note).
    (b) Development Impacts.--Not later than one year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit a 
report to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives 
that describes the impact of the Coastal Barrier Resources System on 
the rate and patterns of development of coastal barriers. The report 
shall include a comparison of development patterns between areas in the 
System and areas outside of the System.
    (c) Digital Mapping Pilot Project.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior 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) of the Coastal Barrier 
        Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), 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.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior $1,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002 to carry out the studies and pilot 
project required under this section.
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