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[S. 1866 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1866

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine


                                 An Act


 
  To redesignate the Coastal Barrier Resources System as the ``John H. 
               Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System''.

    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 ``John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier 
Resources System Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
        (1) during the past 2 decades, Senator John H. Chafee was a 
    leading voice for the protection of the environment and the 
    conservation of the natural resources of the United States;
        (2) Senator Chafee served on the Environment and Public Works 
    Committee of the Senate for 22 years, influencing every major piece 
    of environmental legislation enacted during that time;
        (3) Senator Chafee led the fight for clean air, clean water, 
    safe drinking water, and cleanup of toxic wastes, and for 
    strengthening of the National Wildlife Refuge System and 
    protections for endangered species and their habitats;
        (4) millions of people of the United States breathe cleaner 
    air, drink cleaner water, and enjoy more plentiful outdoor 
    recreation opportunities because of the work of Senator Chafee;
        (5) in 1982, Senator Chafee authored and succeeded in enacting 
    into law the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 
    to minimize loss of human life, wasteful expenditure of Federal 
    revenues, and damage to fish, wildlife, and other natural resources 
    associated with the coastal barriers along the Atlantic and Gulf 
    Coasts; and
        (6) to reflect the invaluable national contributions made by 
    Senator Chafee during his service in the Senate, the Coastal 
    Barrier Resources System should be named in his honor.
SEC. 3. REDESIGNATION OF COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM IN HONOR OF 
JOHN H. CHAFEE.
    (a) In General.--The Coastal Barrier Resources System established 
by section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 
3503(a)) is redesignated as the ``John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier 
Resources System''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the Coastal Barrier 
Resources System shall be deemed to be a reference to the John H. 
Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
        (1) Section 2(b) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 
    U.S.C. 3501(b)) is amended by striking ``a Coastal Barrier 
    Resources System'' and inserting ``the John H. Chafee Coastal 
    Barrier Resources System''.
        (2) Section 3 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 
    3502) is amended by striking ``Coastal Barrier Resources System'' 
    each place it appears and inserting ``John H. Chafee Coastal 
    Barrier Resources System''.
        (3) Section 4 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 
    3503) is amended--
            (A) in the section heading, by striking ``coastal barrier 
        resources system'' and inserting ``john h. chafee coastal 
        barrier resources system''; and
            (B) in subsection (a), by striking ``the Coastal Barrier 
        Resources System'' and inserting ``the John H. Chafee Coastal 
        Barrier Resources System''.
        (4) Section 10(c)(2) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 
    U.S.C. 3509(c)(2)) is amended by striking ``Coastal Barrier 
    Resources System'' and inserting ``System''.
        (5) Section 10(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Coastal Barrier Improvement 
    Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 1441a-3(c)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by striking 
    ``Coastal Barrier Resources System'' and inserting ``John H. Chafee 
    Coastal Barrier Resources System''.
        (6) Section 12(5) of the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 
    1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note; Public Law 101-591) is amended by 
    striking ``Coastal Barrier Resources System'' and inserting ``John 
    H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System''.
        (7) Section 1321 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
    (42 U.S.C. 4028) is amended--
            (A) by striking the section heading and inserting the 
        following:


           ``john h. chafee coastal barrier resources system'';

        and
            (B) by striking ``Coastal Barrier Resources System'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier 
        Resources System''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.