[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1869 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1869

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


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 17, 2005

 Mr. Inhofe (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, and Mr. Chafee) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Environment and Public Works

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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. 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 
``each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010''.
                                 <all>