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        S.1869

                       One Hundred Ninth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the third day of January, two thousand and six


                                 An Act


 
    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. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
        (1) Otherwise protected area.--The term ``otherwise protected 
    area'' has the meaning given the term in section 12 of the Coastal 
    Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note; Public Law 
    101-591).
        (2) Pilot project.--The term ``pilot project'' means the 
    digital mapping pilot project authorized under section 6 of the 
    Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 
    3503 note; Public Law 106-514).
        (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior.
        (4) System unit.--The term ``System unit'' has the meaning 
    given the term in section 3 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act 
    (16 U.S.C. 3502).

SEC. 3. DIGITAL MAPPING PILOT PROJECT FINALIZATION.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall 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 
System units and otherwise protected areas created under the pilot 
project.
    (b) Consultation.--The Secretary shall prepare the report required 
under subsection (a)--
        (1) in consultation with the Governors of the States in which 
    any System units and otherwise protected areas are located; and
        (2) after--
            (A) providing an opportunity for the submission of public 
        comments; and
            (B) considering any public comments submitted under 
        subparagraph (A).
    (c) Contents.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
contain--
        (1) the final recommended digital maps created under the pilot 
    project;
        (2) recommendations for the adoption of the digital maps by 
    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; Public Law 106-
    514); and
        (5) an analysis of any benefits that the public would receive 
    by using 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. 4. DIGITAL MAPPING PROJECT FOR THE REMAINING JOHN H. CHAFEE 
              COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM UNITS AND OTHERWISE 
              PROTECTED AREAS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary 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 maps of otherwise 
protected areas, that were not included in the pilot project.
    (b) Data.--
        (1) Use of existing data.--To the maximum extent practicable, 
    in carrying out the project under this section, the Secretary shall 
    use any 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 any data referred to in paragraph (1) shall, 
    on 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 any other non-Federal entities that possess data 
    referred to in paragraph (1) are encouraged, on request of the 
    Secretary, to promptly provide the data to the Secretary at no 
    cost.
        (4) Additional data.--If the Secretary determines that any 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, in cooperation with the heads of other Federal agencies, as 
    appropriate, shall obtain 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 No. 12906 (59 Fed. Reg. 17671); and
            (B) any other standards established by the Federal 
        Geographic Data Committee established by the Office of 
        Management and Budget circular numbered A-16.
    (c) Report.--
        (1) In general.--Not later than 5 years after the submission of 
    the report under section 3(a), the Secretary shall 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.--The Secretary shall prepare the report 
    required under paragraph (1)--
            (A) in consultation with the Governors of the States in 
        which the System units and otherwise protected areas are 
        located; and
            (B) after--
                (i) providing an opportunity for the submission of 
            public comments; and
                (ii) considering any public comments submitted under 
            clause (i).
        (3) Contents.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall 
    contain--
            (A) a description of 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 Congress;
            (D) recommendations for expansion of the John H. Chafee 
        Coastal Barrier Resources System and otherwise protected areas, 
        as in existence on the date of enactment of this Act;
            (E) a summary and update on the implementation and use of 
        the digital maps created under the pilot project; and
            (F) a description of the feasibility of, and the amount of 
        funding necessary for--
                (i) making all of the System unit and otherwise 
            protected area maps available to the public in digital 
            format; and
                (ii) facilitating the integration of digital System 
            unit and otherwise protected area boundaries into Federal, 
            State, and local planning tools.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $1,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 10 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3510) is 
amended by striking ``2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005'' and inserting 
``2006 through 2010''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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