[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[H.R. 3552 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3552

    To reauthorize the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To reauthorize the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 2005''.

SEC. 2. DIGITAL MAPPING PILOT PROJECT FINALIZATION.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare and submit to 
the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the 
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives a report 
regarding the digital maps of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier 
Resources System units and otherwise protected areas created under the 
digital mapping pilot project, carried out under section 6 of the 
Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503 
note).
    (b) Consultation in Preparing Report.--The Secretary shall prepare 
the report required under subsection (a) in consultation with the 
Governors of the States in which System units and otherwise protected 
areas are located, and after providing the opportunity for submission 
of, and considering, public comment.
    (c) Report Content.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
contain--
            (1) final recommended digital maps created under such pilot 
        project;
            (2) recommendations for the adoption of such digital maps 
        by the Congress;
            (3) a summary of the comments received from the Governors 
        of the States, other government officials, and the public 
        regarding the digital maps;
            (4) a summary and update of the protocols and findings of 
        the report required under section 6(d) of the Coastal Barrier 
        Resources Reauthorization Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note); 
        and
            (5) an analysis of the benefit, if any, that the public 
        will receive by utilizing digital mapping technology for all 
        System units and otherwise protected areas.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $500,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2006 through 2007.

SEC. 3. DIGITAL MAPPING PROJECT FOR THE REMAINING JOHN H. CHAFEE 
              COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM UNITS AND OTHERWISE 
              PROTECTED AREAS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall carry out a 
project to create digital versions of all of the John H. Chafee Coastal 
Barrier Resources System maps referred to in section 4(a) of the 
Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), including otherwise 
protected areas, as defined in section 12 of the Coastal Barrier 
Improvement Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note), that were not included 
in the pilot project under section 6 of the Coastal Barrier Resources 
Reauthorization Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note).
    (b) Data.--
            (1) Use of existing data.--To the maximum extent 
        practicable, in carrying out the project under this section, 
        the Secretary shall use digital spatial data in the possession 
        of Federal, State, and local agencies, including digital 
        orthophotos, color infrared photography, wetlands data, and 
        property parcel data.
            (2) Provision of data by other agencies.--The head of a 
        Federal agency that possesses data referred to in paragraph (1) 
        shall, upon request of the Secretary, promptly provide the data 
        to the Secretary at no cost.
            (3) Provision of data by non-federal agencies.--State and 
        local agencies, and other entities, that possess data referred 
        to in paragraph (1) are encouraged, upon request of the 
        Secretary, to promptly provide the data to the Secretary at no 
        cost.
            (4) Additional data.--If the Secretary determines that data 
        necessary to carry out the project under this section does not 
        exist, the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
        Service shall enter into an agreement with the Director of the 
        United States Geological Survey under which the United States 
        Geological Survey shall obtain, in cooperation with the heads 
        of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, and provide to the 
        Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service the 
        data required to carry out this section.
            (5) Data standards.--All data used or created to carry out 
        this section shall comply with--
                    (A) the National Spatial Data Infrastructure 
                established by Executive Order 12906 (59 Fed Reg. 17671 
                (April 13, 1994)); and
                    (B) any other standards established by the Federal 
                Geographic Data Committee established by Office of 
                Management and Budget Circular A-16.
    (c) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 5 years after the 
        transmittal of the report described in section 2, the Secretary 
        shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Environment and 
        Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of 
        the House of Representatives a report regarding the digital 
        maps created under this section.
            (2) Consultation in preparing report.--The Secretary shall 
        prepare the report required under this subsection in 
        consultation with the Governors of the States in which the 
        System units and otherwise protected areas are located and 
        after providing opportunity for submission of, and considering, 
        public comment.
            (3) Report content.--The report required under this 
        subsection shall contain--
                    (A) the extent to which the boundary lines on the 
                digital maps differ from the boundary lines on the 
                original maps;
                    (B) a summary of the comments received from 
                Governors, other government officials, and the public 
                regarding the digital maps created under this section;
                    (C) recommendations for the adoption of the digital 
                maps created under this section by the Congress;
                    (D) recommendations for expansion of the existing 
                System and otherwise protected areas, after considering 
                the inventories, assessments, and recommendations of 
                participating States under section 4;
                    (E) a summary and update on the implementation and 
                use of the digital maps created under the digital 
                mapping pilot project carried out under section 6 of 
                the Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 
                2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note);
                    (F) a description of the feasibility of, and the 
                amount of funding necessary for, making all of the 
                System unit and otherwise protected area maps available 
                to the public in digital format; and
                    (G) a description of the feasibility of, and the 
                amount of funding necessary for, facilitating the 
                integration of digital System unit and otherwise 
                protected area boundaries into Federal, State, and 
                local planning tools.

SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM FOR COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY AND ASSESSMENT OF 
              UNDEVELOPED COASTAL BARRIERS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Interior shall establish a 
program to provide grants to States for the purpose of identifying, 
assessing, and recommending additional eligible coastal barriers, or 
portions thereof, along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the shore 
areas of the Great Lakes of the United States, for inclusion in the 
John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System or for treatment as 
otherwise protected areas.
    (b) Inventory.--Subject to funds being made available under the 
program, the Secretary shall develop criteria for soliciting and 
reviewing grant proposals from, and issuing grants to States in which 
System units or otherwise protected areas are located. The criteria 
shall include a requirement that States that receive grants through the 
program shall conduct a comprehensive statewide inventory of all 
coastal barriers, or portions thereof, that--
            (1) are undeveloped coastal barriers as defined in section 
        3(1) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3502(1));
            (2) are not currently designated as a System unit or 
        otherwise protected area;
            (3) consist of five acres or more, of land above mean high 
        tide; and
            (4) have a minimum of approximately one-quarter mile of 
        shoreline on the unprotected (seaward) side of the coastal 
        barrier.
    (c) Report.--Each State receiving a grant under this section, in 
accordance with the criteria developed by the Secretary under 
subsection (b), shall prepare and submit to the Secretary a report 
regarding the inventory under subsection (b).

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 10 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3510) is 
amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for 
carrying out this Act $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 
2010.''.
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