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[H.R. 5490 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 563
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5490

                          [Report No. 118-667]

To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to expand the John H. Chafee 
       Coastal Barrier Resources System, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2023

   Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

                           September 12, 2024

                Additional sponsor: Ms. Blunt Rochester

                           September 12, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                          September 14, 2023]


_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to expand the John H. Chafee 
       Coastal Barrier Resources System, 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 ``Bolstering Ecosystems Against 
Coastal Harm Act'' or the ``BEACH Act''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.

           TITLE I--COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES ACT AMENDMENTS

Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System.
Sec. 103. Require disclosure to prospective buyers that property is in 
                            System.
Sec. 104. Exceptions to limitations on expenditures.
Sec. 105. Improve Federal agency compliance with Coastal Barrier 
                            Resources Act.
Sec. 106. Authorization of appropriations.

 TITLE II--CHANGES TO JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM 
                                  MAPS

Sec. 201. Changes to John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System 
                            maps.

           TITLE I--COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES ACT AMENDMENTS

SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 3 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3502) is 
amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--For purposes of this Act:
            ``(1) Coastal barrier.--The term `coastal barrier' means--
                    ``(A) a depositional geologic feature (such as a 
                bay barrier, tombolo, barrier spit, bluff, or barrier 
                island) that--
                            ``(i) is subject to wave, tidal, and wind 
                        energies; and
                            ``(ii) protects landward aquatic habitats 
                        from direct wave attack; and
                    ``(B) all associated aquatic habitats including the 
                adjacent wetlands, marshes, estuaries, inlets, and 
                nearshore waters.
            ``(2) Committees.--The term `Committees' means the 
        Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 
        and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
        Senate.
            ``(3) Financial assistance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `financial assistance' 
                means any form of loan, grant, guaranty, insurance, 
                payment, rebate, subsidy, or any other form of direct 
                or indirect Federal assistance other than--
                            ``(i) deposit or account insurance for 
                        customers of banks, savings and loan 
                        associations, credit unions, or similar 
                        institutions;
                            ``(ii) the purchase of mortgages or loans 
                        by the Government National Mortgage 
                        Association, the Federal National Mortgage 
                        Association, or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
                        Corporation;
                            ``(iii) assistance for environmental 
                        studies, planning, and assessments that are 
                        required incident to the issuance of permits or 
                        other authorizations under Federal law; and
                            ``(iv) assistance pursuant to programs 
                        entirely unrelated to development, such as any 
                        Federal or federally assisted public assistance 
                        program or any Federal old-age survivors or 
                        disability insurance program.
                    ``(B) Flood insurance.--The term `financial 
                assistance' includes flood insurance described in 
                section 1321 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
                1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4028).
            ``(4) Great lakes.--The term `Great Lakes' means Lake 
        Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake St. Clair, Lake Michigan, 
        and Lake Superior, to the extent that those lakes are subject 
        to the jurisdiction of the United States.
            ``(5) Otherwise protected area.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `Otherwise Protected 
                Area' means any unit of the System that, at the time of 
                designation, was predominantly composed of areas 
                established under Federal, State, or local law, or held 
                by a qualified organization, primarily for wildlife 
                refuge, wildlife sanctuary, recreational, or natural 
                resource conservation purposes.
                    ``(B) Qualified organization.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (A), the term `qualified organization' has 
                the meaning given the term in section 170(h)(3) of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
            ``(6) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            ``(7) System.--The term `System' means the John H. Chafee 
        Coastal Barrier Resources System established under section 
        4(a).
            ``(8) System unit.--The term `System unit' means any 
        undeveloped coastal barrier, or combination of closely-related 
        undeveloped coastal barriers, included within the John H. 
        Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System established under 
        section 4(a).
            ``(9) Undeveloped coastal barrier.--The term `undeveloped 
        coastal barrier' means a coastal barrier the features and 
        associated habitats of which contain few manmade structures and 
        these structures, and man's activities on such features and 
        within such habitats, do not significantly impede geomorphic 
        and ecological processes.
    ``(b) Savings Clause.--Nothing in this section supersedes the 
official maps described in section 4(a).''.

SEC. 102. JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM.

    Section 4 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), to read as follows:
    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established the John H. Chafee 
Coastal Barrier Resources System, which shall consist of those 
undeveloped coastal barriers and other areas located on the coasts of 
the United States that are identified and generally depicted as System 
units or Otherwise Protected Areas--
            ``(1) on the maps on file with the Secretary entitled 
        `Coastal Barrier Resources System', dated October 24, 1990;
            ``(2) on a map described in section 201(b) of the 
        Bolstering Ecosystems Against Coastal Harm Act; or
            ``(3) on a map described in paragraph (1) or (2) as such 
        map may be replaced, modified, revised, or corrected under--
                    ``(A) subsection (f)(3);
                    ``(B) section 4 of the Coastal Barrier Improvement 
                Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note); or
                    ``(C) any other provision of law enacted on or 
                after November 16, 1990, that specifically replaces or 
                authorizes the modification, revision, or correction of 
                such a map.'';
            (2) in subsection (e), by striking ``undeveloped'' each 
        place it appears; and
            (3) in subsection (f)(2), in the matter preceding 
        subparagraph (A), by striking ``copy of the map'' and inserting 
        ``notification of the availability of the map''.

SEC. 103. REQUIRE DISCLOSURE TO PROSPECTIVE BUYERS THAT PROPERTY IS IN 
              SYSTEM.

    Section 5 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3504) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Disclosure of Limitations.--Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of the Bolstering Ecosystems Against Coastal Harm 
Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, shall issue regulations requiring the owner or 
lessor of real property located in a community affected by this Act, as 
determined by the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, to disclose to a prospective buyer or lessee such location of 
such real property.''.

SEC. 104. EXCEPTIONS TO LIMITATIONS ON EXPENDITURES.

    Section 6 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3505) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(6)(E), to read as follows:
                    ``(E) Emergency actions necessary to the saving of 
                lives and the protection of property and the public 
                health and safety, if such actions are performed 
                pursuant to sections 402, 403, 407, and 502 of the 
                Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
                Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170a, 5170b, 5173, 5192) and 
                are limited to actions that are necessary to alleviate 
                the applicable emergency.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Applicability to Otherwise Protected Areas.--
            ``(1) In general.--The prohibitions on new Federal 
        expenditures and financial assistance described in section 5(a) 
        do not apply within Otherwise Protected Areas except with 
        respect to limitations on new flood insurance coverage 
        described in section 1321 of the National Flood Insurance Act 
        of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4028).
            ``(2) Exception.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), new 
        Federal flood insurance may be provided for a structure in an 
        Otherwise Protected Area that is used in a manner consistent 
        with the purpose for which such Otherwise Protected Area is 
        protected.
    ``(f) Applicability to Additions and Insurable Structures.--
            ``(1) Additions.--With respect to an addition to the System 
        made under section 4 on or after the date of the enactment of 
        the Bolstering Ecosystems Against Coastal Harm Act, subject to 
        paragraph (2), the prohibitions on new Federal expenditures and 
        financial assistance described in section 5(a) and section 1321 
        of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4028) 
        shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date on 
        which such addition is made.
            ``(2) Insurable structures.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The prohibitions on new Federal 
                expenditures and financial assistance described in 
                section 5(a) and section 1321 of the National Flood 
                Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4028) do not apply to 
                an insurable structure.
                    ``(B) Insurable structure defined.--In this 
                subsection, the term `insurable structure' means an 
                insurable structure that is--
                            ``(i) located within an addition described 
                        in paragraph (1); and
                            ``(ii) in existence before the expiration 
                        of the applicable 1-year period described in 
                        paragraph (1).''.

SEC. 105. IMPROVE FEDERAL AGENCY COMPLIANCE WITH COASTAL BARRIER 
              RESOURCES ACT.

    Section 7(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 
3506(a)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of the Bolstering Ecosystems Against Coastal Harm Act, the 
head of each Federal agency affected by this Act shall revise or issue 
regulations and guidance as necessary to ensure compliance with the 
provisions of this Act.''.

SEC. 106. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 10 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3510) is 
amended by striking ``2010'' and inserting ``2031''.

 TITLE II--CHANGES TO JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM 
                                  MAPS

SEC. 201. CHANGES TO JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM 
              MAPS.

    (a) Replacement Maps Described.--Each map included in the set of 
maps referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act 
(16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), as amended by this Act, that relates to a unit of 
the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System established by 
section 4 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503) (in 
this section referred to as the ``System'') referred to in this 
subsection is replaced in such set with the map described in the 
following list with respect to that unit and any other new, deleted, or 
reclassified units depicted on that map panel:
            (1) The map entitled ``Salisbury Beach Unit MA-01P Plum 
        Island Unit MA-02P (1 of 2)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (2) The map entitled ``Clark Pond Unit C00 Plum Island Unit 
        MA-02P (2 of 2) Castle Neck Unit MA-03 Wingaersheek Unit C01 (1 
        of 2)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (3) The map entitled ``Wingaersheek Unit C01 (2 of 2) Good 
        Harbor Beach/Milk Island Unit C01A Cape Hedge Beach Unit MA-48 
        Brace Cove Unit C01B'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (4) The map entitled ``West Beach Unit MA-04 Phillips Beach 
        Unit MA-06'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (5) The map entitled ``Snake Island Unit MA-08P, Squantum 
        Unit MA-09P Merrymount Park Unit MA-10P West Head Beach Unit 
        C01C/C01CP Peddocks/Rainsford Island Unit MA-11/MA-11P'' and 
        dated December 18, 2020.
            (6) The map entitled ``Cohassett Harbor Unit MA-12 North 
        Scituate Unit C02P Rivermoor Unit C03'' and dated December 18, 
        2020.
            (7) The map entitled ``Rexhame Unit C03A Duxbury Beach Unit 
        MA-13/MA-13P (1 of 2)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (8) The map entitled ``Duxbury Beach Unit MA-13/MA-13P (2 
        of 2) Plymouth Bay Unit C04'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (9) The map entitled ``Center Hill Complex C06 Scusset 
        Beach Unit MA-38P Town Neck Unit MA-14P'' and dated December 
        18, 2020.
            (10) The map entitled ``Scorton Unit C08 Sandy Neck Unit 
        C09/C09P (1 of 2)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (11) The map entitled ``Sandy Neck Unit C09/C09P (2 of 2) 
        Chapin Beach Unit MA-15P'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (12) The map entitled ``Nobscusset Unit MA-16 Freemans Pond 
        Unit C10'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (13) The map entitled ``Provincetown Unit MA-19P (1 of 2)'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (14) The map entitled ``Provincetown Unit MA-19P (2 of 2) 
        Pamet Harbor Unit MA-18AP Ballston Beach Unit MA-18P'' and 
        dated December 18, 2020.
            (15) The map entitled ``Griffin/Great Islands Complex MA-
        17P Lieutenant Island Unit MA-17AP'' and dated December 18, 
        2020.
            (16) The map entitled ``Namskaket Spits Unit C11/C11P Boat 
        Meadow Unit C11A/C11AP Nauset Beach/Monomoy Unit MA-20P (1 of 
        3)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (17) The map entitled ``Nauset Beach/Monomoy Unit MA-20P (2 
        of 3) Harding Beach Unit MA-40P Chatham Roads Unit C12/C12P Red 
        River Beach Unit MA-41P'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (18) The map entitled ``Nauset Beach/Monomoy Unit MA-20P (3 
        of 3)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (19) The map entitled ``Davis Beach Unit MA-23P Lewis Bay 
        Unit C13/C13P'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (20) The map entitled ``Squaw Island Unit C14 Centerville 
        Unit C15/C15P Dead Neck Unit C16 (1 of 2)'' and dated December 
        18, 2020.
            (21) The map entitled ``Dead Neck Unit C16 (2 of 2) 
        Popponesset Spit Unit C17 Waquoit Bay Unit C18 Falmouth Ponds 
        Unit C18A'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (22) The map entitled ``Quissett Beach/Falmouth Beach Unit 
        MA-42P Black Beach Unit C19, Little Sippewisset Marsh Unit C19P 
        Chapoquoit Beach Unit MA-43/MA-43P Herring Brook Unit MA-30'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (23) The map entitled ``Squeteague Harbor Unit MA-31 
        Bassetts Island Unit MA-32 Phinneys Harbor Unit MA-33 Buzzards 
        Bay Complex C19A (1 of 3)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (24) The map entitled ``Buzzards Bay Complex C19AP (2 of 3) 
        Planting Island Unit MA-35'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (25) The map entitled ``Buzzards Bay Complex C19A (3 of 3) 
        West Sconticut Neck Unit C31A/C31AP Little Bay Unit MA-47P 
        Harbor View Unit C31B'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (26) The map entitled ``Round Hill Unit MA-36, Mishaum 
        Point Unit C32 Demarest Lloyd Park Unit MA-37P Little Beach 
        Unit C33 (1 of 2) Round Hill Point Unit MA-45P, Teal Pond Unit 
        MA-46'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (27) The map entitled ``Little Beach Unit C33 (2 of 2) 
        Horseneck Beach Unit C34/C34P Richmond/Cockeast Ponds Unit 
        C35'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (28) The map entitled ``Coatue Unit C20/C20P (1 of 2) 
        Sesachacha Pond Unit C21'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (29) The map entitled ``Coatue Unit C20/C20P (2 of 2) Cisco 
        Beach Unit C22P Esther Island Complex C23/23P (1 of 2) 
        Tuckernuck Island Unit C24 (1 of 2)'' and dated December 18, 
        2020.
            (30) The map entitled ``Esther Island Complex C23 (2 of 2) 
        Tuckernuck Island Unit C24 (2 of 2) Muskeget Island Unit C25'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (31) The map entitled ``Harthaven Unit MA-26, Edgartown 
        Beach Unit MA-27P Trapps Pond Unit MA-27, Eel Pond Beach Unit 
        C26 Cape Poge Unit C27, Norton Point Unit MA-28P South Beach 
        Unit C28 (1 of 2)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (32) The map entitled ``South Beach Unit C28 (2 of 2)'' and 
        dated December 18, 2020.
            (33) The map entitled ``Squibnocket Complex C29/C29P Nomans 
        Land Unit MA-29P'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (34) The map entitled ``James Pond Unit C29A Mink Meadows 
        Unit C29B Naushon Island Complex MA-24 (1 of 2)'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (35) The map entitled ``Naushon Island Complex MA-24 (2 of 
        2) Elizabeth Island Unit C31 (1 of 2)'' and dated December 18, 
        2020.
            (36) The map entitled ``Elizabeth Island Unit C31 (2 of 2) 
        Penikese Island Unit MA-25P'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (37) The map entitled ``Cedar Cove Unit C34A'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (38) The map entitled ``Little Compton Ponds Unit D01 
        Tunipus Pond Unit D01P Brown Point Unit RI-01'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (39) The map entitled ``Fogland Marsh Unit D02/D02P, 
        Sapowet Point Unit RI-02/RI-02P McCorrie Point Unit RI-02A 
        Sandy Point Unit RI-03P Prudence Island Complex D02B/D02BP (1 
        of 3)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (40) The map entitled ``Prudence Island Complex D02B/D02BP 
        (2 of 3)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (41) The map entitled ``Prudence Island Complex D02B/D02BP 
        (3 of 3)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (42) The map entitled ``West Narragansett Bay Complex 
        D02C'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (43) The map entitled ``Fox Hill Marsh Unit RI-08/RI-08P 
        Bonnet Shores Beach Unit RI-09 Narragansett Beach Unit RI-10/
        RI-10P'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (44) The map entitled ``Seaweed Beach Unit RI-11P East 
        Matunuck Beach Unit RI-12P Point Judith Unit RI-14P, Card Ponds 
        Unit D03/D03P Green Hill Beach Unit D04 (1 of 2)'' and dated 
        September 8, 2023.
            (45) The map entitled ``Green Hill Beach Unit D04 (2 of 2) 
        East Beach Unit D05P Quonochontaug Beach Unit D06/D06P'' and 
        dated December 18, 2020.
            (46) The map entitled ``Misquamicut Beach Unit RI-13P 
        Maschaug Ponds Unit D07 Napatree Unit D08/D08P'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (47) The map entitled ``Block Island Unit D09/D09P'' and 
        dated December 18, 2020.
            (48) The map entitled ``Wilcox Beach Unit E01 Ram Island 
        Unit E01A Mason Island Unit CT-01'' and dated December 18, 
        2020.
            (49) The map entitled ``Bluff Point Unit CT-02 Goshen Cove 
        Unit E02'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (50) The map entitled ``Jordan Cove Unit E03, Niantic Bay 
        Unit E03A Old Black Point Unit CT-03, Hatchett Point Unit CT-04 
        Little Pond Unit CT-05, Mile Creek Unit CT-06'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (51) The map entitled ``Griswold Point Unit CT-07 Lynde 
        Point Unit E03B Cold Spring Brook Unit CT-08'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (52) The map entitled ``Menunketesuck Island Unit E04 
        Hammonasset Point Unit E05 Toms Creek Unit CT-10 Seaview Beach 
        Unit CT-11'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (53) The map entitled ``Lindsey Cove Unit CT-12 Kelsey 
        Island Unit CT-13 Nathan Hale Park Unit CT-14P Morse Park Unit 
        CT-15P'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (54) The map entitled ``Milford Point Unit E07 Long Beach 
        Unit CT-18P Fayerweather Island Unit E08AP'' and dated December 
        18, 2020.
            (55) The map entitled ``Norwalk Islands Unit E09/E09P'' and 
        dated December 18, 2020.
            (56) The map entitled ``Jamaica Bay Unit NY-60P (1 of 2)'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (57) The map entitled ``Jamaica Bay Unit NY-60P (2 of 2)'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (58) The map entitled ``Sands Point Unit NY-03 Prospect 
        Point Unit NY-04P Dosoris Pond Unit NY-05P'' and dated December 
        18, 2020.
            (59) The map entitled ``The Creek Beach Unit NY-06/NY-06P 
        Centre Island Beach Unit NY-07P, Centre Island Unit NY-88 Lloyd 
        Beach Unit NY-09P Lloyd Point Unit NY-10/NY-10P'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (60) The map entitled ``Lloyd Harbor Unit NY-11/NY-11P, 
        Eatons Neck Unit F02 Hobart Beach Unit NY-13, Deck Island 
        Harbor Unit NY-89 Centerpoint Harbor Unit NY-12, Crab Meadow 
        Unit NY-14'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (61) The map entitled ``Sunken Meadow Unit NY-15/NY-15P 
        Stony Brook Harbor Unit NY-16 (1 of 2)'' and dated December 18, 
        2020.
            (62) The map entitled ``Stony Brook Harbor Unit NY-16/NY-
        16P (2 of 2) Crane Neck Unit F04P Old Field Beach Unit F05/F05P 
        Cedar Beach Unit NY-17/NY-17P'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (63) The map entitled ``Wading River Unit NY-18 Baiting 
        Hollow Unit NY-19P'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (64) The map entitled ``Luce Landing Unit NY-20P, Mattituck 
        Inlet Unit NY-21P East Creek Unit NY-34P, Indian Island Unit 
        NY-35P Flanders Bay Unit NY-36/NY-36P, Red Creek Pond Unit NY-
        37 Iron Point Unit NY-97P'' and dated September 8, 2023.
            (65) The map entitled ``Goldsmith Inlet Unit NY-22P, Pipes 
        Cove Unit NY-26 (1 of 2) Southold Bay Unit NY-28, Cedar Beach 
        Point Unit NY-29P (1 of 2) Hog Neck Bay Unit NY-30 Peconic 
        Dunes Unit NY-90P'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (66) The map entitled ``Little Creek Unit NY-31/NY-31P, 
        Cutchogue Harbor Unit NY-31A Downs Creek Unit NY-32, Robins 
        Island Unit NY-33 Squire Pond Unit NY-38, Cow Neck Unit NY-39 
        North Sea Harbor Unit NY-40/NY-40P, Cold Spring Pond Unit NY-
        92'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (67) The map entitled ``Truman Beach Unit NY-23/NY-23P 
        Orient Beach Unit NY-25P Hay Beach Point Unit NY-47'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (68) The map entitled ``F06, NY-26 (2 of 2), NY-27, NY-29P 
        (2 of 2), NY-41P NY-42, NY-43/NY-43P, NY-44, NY-45 NY-46, NY-
        48, NY-49, NY-50 NY-51P, NY-93, NY-94, NY-95P'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (69) The map entitled ``Gardiners Island Barriers Unit F09 
        (1 of 2) Plum Island Unit NY-24'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (70) The map entitled ``Sammys Beach Unit F08A, Accabonac 
        Harbor Unit F08B Gardiners Island Barriers Unit F09 (2 of 2) 
        Napeague Unit F10P (1 of 2), Hog Creek Unit NY-52 Amagansett 
        Unit NY-56/NY-56P, Bell Park Unit NY-96P'' and dated December 
        18, 2020.
            (71) The map entitled ``Fisher Island Barriers Unit F01'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (72) The map entitled ``Big Reed Pond Unit NY-53P Oyster 
        Pond Unit NY-54P Montauk Point Unit NY-55P'' and dated December 
        18, 2020.
            (73) The map entitled ``Napeague Unit F10/F10P (2 of 2)'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (74) The map entitled ``Mecox Unit F11 Georgica/Wainscott 
        Ponds Unit NY-57 Sagaponack Pond Unit NY-58/NY-58P'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (75) The map entitled ``Southampton Beach Unit F12 Tiana 
        Beach Unit F13/F13P'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (76) The map entitled ``Fire Island Unit NY-59P (1 of 6)'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (77) The map entitled ``Fire Island Unit NY-59P (2 of 6)'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (78) The map entitled ``Fire Island Unit NY-59P (3 of 6)'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (79) The map entitled ``Fire Island Unit NY-59/NY-59P (4 of 
        6)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (80) The map entitled ``Fire Island Unit NY-59/NY-59P (5 of 
        6)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (81) The map entitled ``Fire Island Unit NY-59/NY-59P (6 of 
        6)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (82) The map entitled ``Sandy Hook Unit NJ-01P Monmouth 
        Cove Unit NJ-17P'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (83) The map entitled ``Navesink/Shrewsbury Complex NJ-04A/
        NJ-04AP'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (84) The map entitled ``Metedeconk Neck Unit NJ-04B/NJ-
        04BP'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (85) The map entitled ``Island Beach Unit NJ-05P (1 of 2)'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (86) The map entitled ``Island Beach Unit NJ-05P (2 of 2)'' 
        and dated September 8, 2023.
            (87) The map entitled ``Cedar Bonnet Island Unit NJ-06/NJ-
        06P'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (88) The map entitled ``Brigantine Unit NJ-07P (1 of 4)'' 
        and dated September 8, 2023.
            (89) The map entitled ``Brigantine Unit NJ-07P (2 of 4)'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (90) The map entitled ``Brigantine Unit NJ-07P (3 of 4)'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (91) The map entitled ``Brigantine Unit NJ-07P (4 of 4)'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (92) The map entitled ``Corson's Inlet Unit NJ-08P'' and 
        dated December 18, 2020.
            (93) The map entitled ``Stone Harbor Unit NJ-09/NJ-09P'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (94) The map entitled ``Two Mile Beach Unit NJ-20P Cape May 
        Unit NJ-10P Higbee Beach Unit NJ-11P'' and dated December 18, 
        2020.
            (95) The map entitled ``Sunray Beach Unit NJ-21P Del Haven 
        Unit NJ-12/NJ-12P Kimbles Beach Unit NJ-13 Moores Beach Unit 
        NJ-14/NJ-14P (1 of 3)'' and dated September 8, 2023.
            (96) The map entitled ``Moores Beach Unit NJ-14/NJ-14P (2 
        of 3)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (97) The map entitled ``Moores Beach Unit NJ-14/NJ-14P (3 
        of 3)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (98) The map entitled ``Little Creek Unit DE-01/DE-01P (1 
        of 2) Broadkill Beach Unit H00/H00P (1 of 4)'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (99) The map entitled ``Broadkill Beach Unit H00/H00P (2 of 
        4)'' and dated September 8, 2023.
            (100) The map entitled ``Broadkill Beach Unit H00/H00P (3 
        of 4)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (101) The map entitled ``Broadkill Beach Unit H00/H00P (4 
        of 4) Beach Plum Island Unit DE-02P'' and dated September 8, 
        2023.
            (102) The map entitled ``Cape Henlopen Unit DE-03P Silver 
        Lake Unit DE-06'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (103) The map entitled ``Fenwick Island Unit DE-08P'' and 
        dated September 8, 2023.
            (104) The map entitled ``Bombay Hook Unit DE-11P (2 of 2) 
        Little Creek Unit DE-01P (2 of 2)'' and dated December 18, 
        2020.
            (105) The map entitled ``Assateague Island Unit MD-01P (1 
        of 3)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (106) The map entitled ``Assateague Island Unit MD-01P (2 
        of 3)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (107) The map entitled ``Assateague Island Unit MD-01P (3 
        of 3)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (108) The map entitled ``Fair Island Unit MD-02 Sound Shore 
        Unit MD-03/MD-03P'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (109) The map entitled ``Cedar/Janes Islands Unit MD-04P (1 
        of 2) Joes Cove Unit MD-06 (1 of 2)'' and dated December 18, 
        2020.
            (110) The map entitled ``Cedar/Janes Islands Unit MD-04P (2 
        of 2) Joes Cove Unit MD-06 (2 of 2) Scott Point Unit MD-07P, 
        Hazard Island Unit MD-08P St. Pierre Point Unit MD-09P'' and 
        dated December 18, 2020.
            (111) The map entitled ``Little Deal Island Unit MD-11 Deal 
        Island Unit MD-12 Franks Island Unit MD-14/MD-14P Long Point 
        Unit MD-15'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (112) The map entitled ``Stump Point Unit MD-16'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (113) The map entitled ``Martin Unit MD-17P'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (114) The map entitled ``Marsh Island Unit MD-18P Holland 
        Island Unit MD-19'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (115) The map entitled ``Jenny Island Unit MD-20 Lower 
        Hooper Island Unit MD-58'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (116) The map entitled ``Barren Island Unit MD-21P Meekins 
        Neck Unit MD-59'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (117) The map entitled ``Hooper Point Unit MD-22 Covey 
        Creek Unit MD-24'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (118) The map entitled ``Boone Creek Unit MD-26 Benoni 
        Point Unit MD-27 Chlora Point Unit MD-60'' and dated December 
        18, 2020.
            (119) The map entitled ``Lowes Point Unit MD-28 Rich Neck 
        Unit MD-29 Kent Point Unit MD-30'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (120) The map entitled ``Stevensville Unit MD-32 Wesley 
        Church Unit MD-33 Eastern Neck Island Unit MD-34P Wilson Point 
        Unit MD-35'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (121) The map entitled ``Tanner Creek Unit MD-47 Point 
        Lookout Unit MD-48P Potter Creek Unit MD-63 Bisco Creek Unit 
        MD-49'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (122) The map entitled ``Biscoe Pond Unit MD-61P, Carroll 
        Pond Unit MD-62 St. Clarence Creek Unit MD-44 Deep Point Unit 
        MD-45, Point Look-In Unit MD-46 Chicken Cock Creek Unit MD-50'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (123) The map entitled ``Drum Point Unit MD-39 Lewis Creek 
        Unit MD-40 Green Holly Pond Unit MD-41'' and dated December 18, 
        2020.
            (124) The map entitled ``Flag Ponds Unit MD-37P Cove Point 
        Marsh Unit MD-38/MD-38P'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (125) The map entitled ``Cherryfield Unit MD-64, Piney 
        Point Creek Unit MD-51 McKay Cove Unit MD-52, Blake Creek Unit 
        MD-53 Belvedere Creek Unit MD-54'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (126) The map entitled ``St. Clements Island Unit MD-55P 
        St. Catherine Island Unit MD-56'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (127) The map entitled ``Assateague Island Unit VA-01P (1 
        of 4)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (128) The map entitled ``Assateague Island Unit VA-01P (2 
        of 4)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (129) The map entitled ``Assateague Island Unit VA-01P (3 
        of 4)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (130) The map entitled ``Assateague Island Unit VA-01P (4 
        of 4) Assawoman Island Unit VA-02P (1 of 3)'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (131) The map entitled ``Assawoman Island Unit VA-02P (2 of 
        3)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (132) The map entitled ``Assawoman Island Unit VA-02P (3 of 
        3) Metompkin Island Unit VA-03P Cedar Island Unit K03 (1 of 
        3)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (133) The map entitled ``Cedar Island Unit K03 (2 of 3) 
        Parramore/Hog/Cobb Islands Unit VA-04P (1 of 5)'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (134) The map entitled ``Cedar Island Unit K03 (3 of 3) 
        Parramore/Hog/Cobb Islands Unit VA-04P (2 of 5)'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (135) The map entitled ``Parramore/Hog/Cobb Islands Unit 
        VA-04P (3 of 5)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (136) The map entitled ``Parramore/Hog/Cobb Islands Unit 
        VA-04P (4 of 5)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (137) The map entitled ``Parramore/Hog/Cobb Islands Unit 
        VA-04P (5 of 5) Little Cobb Island Unit K04 Wreck Island Unit 
        VA-05P (1 of 4)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (138) The map entitled ``Wreck Island Unit VA-05P (2 of 
        4)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (139) The map entitled ``Wreck Island Unit VA-05P (3 of 4) 
        Smith Island Unit VA-06P (1 of 3)'' and dated December 18, 
        2020.
            (140) The map entitled ``Wreck Island Unit VA-05P (4 of 4) 
        Smith Island Unit VA-06P (2 of 3) Fishermans Island Unit K05/
        K05P (1 of 2)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (141) The map entitled ``Smith Island Unit VA-06P (3 of 3) 
        Fishermans Island Unit K05/K05P (2 of 2)'' and dated December 
        18, 2020.
            (142) The map entitled ``Elliotts Creek Unit VA-09 Old 
        Plantation Creek Unit VA-10 Wescoat Point Unit VA-11'' and 
        dated December 18, 2020.
            (143) The map entitled ``Great Neck Unit VA-12 Westerhouse 
        Creek Unit VA-13 Shooting Point Unit VA-14'' and dated December 
        18, 2020.
            (144) The map entitled ``Scarborough Neck Unit VA-16/VA-16P 
        Craddock Neck Unit VA-17/VA-17P (1 of 2)'' and dated December 
        18, 2020.
            (145) The map entitled ``Craddock Neck Unit VA-17 (2 of 2) 
        Hacks Neck Unit VA-18 Parkers/Finneys Islands Unit VA-19 
        Parkers Marsh Unit VA-20/VA-20P (1 of 3)'' and dated December 
        18, 2020.
            (146) The map entitled ``Parkers Marsh Unit VA-20 (2 of 3) 
        Beach Island Unit VA-21 (1 of 2) Russell Island Unit VA-22/VA-
        22P Simpson Bend Unit VA-23'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (147) The map entitled ``Parkers Marsh Unit VA-20/VA-20P (3 
        of 3) Beach Island Unit VA-21 (2 of 2) Watts Island Unit VA-
        27'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (148) The map entitled ``Drum Bay Unit VA-24'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (149) The map entitled ``Fox Islands Unit VA-25'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (150) The map entitled ``Cheeseman Island Unit VA-26'' and 
        dated December 18, 2020.
            (151) The map entitled ``Tangier Island Unit VA-28/VA-28P'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (152) The map entitled ``Elbow Point Unit VA-29 White Point 
        Unit VA-30 Cabin Point Unit VA-31 Glebe Point Unit VA-32'' and 
        dated December 18, 2020.
            (153) The map entitled ``Sandy Point Unit VA-33 Judith 
        Sound Unit VA-34'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (154) The map entitled ``Cod Creek Unit VA-35 Presley Creek 
        Unit VA-36 Cordreys Beach Unit VA-37 Marshalls Beach Unit VA-
        38'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (155) The map entitled ``Ginny Beach Unit VA-39P, Gaskin 
        Pond Unit VA-40 Owens Pond Unit VA-41, Chesapeake Beach Unit 
        VA-42 Fleet Point Unit VA-43 Bussel Point Unit VA-44'' and 
        dated December 18, 2020.
            (156) The map entitled ``Harveys Creek Unit VA-45, Dameron 
        Marsh Unit VA-63P Ingram Cove Unit VA-46 Bluff Point Neck Unit 
        VA-47/VA-47P Barnes Creek Unit VA-48'' and dated December 18, 
        2020.
            (157) The map entitled ``Little Bay Unit VA-64, North Point 
        Unit VA-49 White Marsh Unit VA-65P, Windmill Point Unit VA-50 
        Deep Hole Point Unit VA-51, Sturgeon Creek Unit VA-52 Jackson 
        Creek Unit VA-53'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (158) The map entitled ``Rigby Island/Bethal Beach Unit VA-
        55/VA-55P (1 of 2)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (159) The map entitled ``Rigby Island/Bethal Beach Unit VA-
        55 (2 of 2) New Point Comfort Unit VA-56'' and dated December 
        18, 2020.
            (160) The map entitled ``Lone Point Unit VA-66 Oldhouse 
        Creek Unit VA-67 Ware Neck Unit VA-57 Severn River Unit VA-58 
        (1 of 2)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (161) The map entitled ``Severn River Unit VA-58 (2 of 2) 
        Bay Tree Beach Unit VA-68/VA-68P Plum Tree Island Unit VA-59P 
        (1 of 2)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (162) The map entitled ``Plum Tree Island Unit VA-59P (2 of 
        2) Long Creek Unit VA-60/VA-60P'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (163) The map entitled ``Cape Henry Unit VA-61P'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (164) The map entitled ``Back Bay Unit VA-62P (1 of 2)'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (165) The map entitled ``Back Bay Unit VA-62P (2 of 2)'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (166) The map entitled ``Onslow Beach Complex L05 (2 of 2) 
        Topsail Unit L06 (1 of 2)'' and dated April 30, 2021.
            (167) The map entitled ``Morris Island Unit M06/M06P'' and 
        dated April 29, 2021.
            (168) The map entitled ``Hunting Island Unit SC-09P (1 of 
        2) Harbor Island Unit M11 (1 of 2) St. Phillips Island Unit 
        M12/M12P (1 of 3)'' and dated April 29, 2021.
            (169) The map entitled ``Hunting Island Unit SC-09P (2 of 
        2) Harbor Island Unit M11 (2 of 2) St. Phillips Island Unit 
        M12/M12P (2 of 3)'' and dated April 29, 2021.
            (170) The map entitled ``St. Phillips Island Unit M12 (3 of 
        3)'' and dated April 29, 2021.
            (171) The map entitled ``Grayton Beach Unit FL-95P Draper 
        Lake Unit FL-96'' and dated April 30, 2021.
            (172) The map entitled ``Moreno Point Unit P32/P32P'' and 
        dated April 29, 2021.
            (173) The map entitled ``Isle au Pitre Unit LA-01'' and 
        dated March 18, 2016.
            (174) The map entitled ``Half Moon Island Unit LA-02'' and 
        dated March 18, 2016.
            (175) The map entitled ``Timbalier Bay Unit S04 Timbalier 
        Islands Unit S05 (1 of 3)'' and dated March 18, 2016.
            (176) The map entitled ``Timbalier Islands Unit S05 (2 of 
        3)'' and dated March 18, 2016.
            (177) The map entitled ``Timbalier Islands Unit S05 (3 of 
        3)'' and dated March 18, 2016.
            (178) The map entitled ``Isles Dernieres Unit S06 (1 of 
        3)'' and dated March 18, 2016.
            (179) The map entitled ``Isles Dernieres Unit S06 (2 of 
        3)'' and dated March 18, 2016.
            (180) The map entitled ``Isles Dernieres Unit S06 (3 of 
        3)'' and dated March 18, 2016.
            (181) The map entitled ``Point au Fer Unit S07 (1 of 4)'' 
        and dated March 18, 2016.
            (182) The map entitled ``Point au Fer Unit S07 (2 of 4)'' 
        and dated March 18, 2016.
            (183) The map entitled ``Point au Fer Unit S07 (3 of 4)'' 
        and dated March 18, 2016.
            (184) The map entitled ``Point au Fer Unit S07 (4 of 4)'' 
        and dated March 18, 2016.
    (b) New Maps Described.--The maps referred to in section 4(a)(2) of 
the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)(2)), as amended by 
this Act, are the following:
            (1) The map entitled ``Odiorne Point Unit NH-01P'' and 
        dated December 18, 2020.
            (2) The map entitled ``Guilford Harbor Unit CT-19P'' and 
        dated December 18, 2020.
            (3) The map entitled ``Silver Sands Unit CT-21P'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (4) The map entitled ``Calf Islands Unit CT-20P'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (5) The map entitled ``Malibu Beach Unit NJ-19P'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (6) The map entitled ``Egg Island Unit NJ-22P (1 of 2)'' 
        and dated December 18, 2020.
            (7) The map entitled ``Egg Island Unit NJ-22P (2 of 2) Dix 
        Unit NJ-23P (1 of 3)'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (8) The map entitled ``Dix Unit NJ-23P (2 of 3)'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (9) The map entitled ``Dix Unit NJ-23P (3 of 3) Greenwich 
        Unit NJ-24P'' and dated December 18, 2020.
            (10) The map entitled ``Woodland Beach Unit DE-09P Fraland 
        Beach Unit DE-10 Bombay Hook Unit DE-11P (1 of 2)'' and dated 
        December 18, 2020.
            (11) The map entitled ``Swan Point Unit MD-65 Lower Cedar 
        Point Unit MD-66'' and dated December 18, 2020.
    (c) Availability.--The Secretary of the Interior shall keep the 
maps described in subsections (a) and (b) on file and available for 
inspection in accordance with section 4(b) of the Coastal Barrier 
Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(b)).
    (d) Special Unit.--
            (1) In general.--``Squaw Island Unit C14'' of the System, 
        as depicted on the maps referred to in section 4(a) of the 
        Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), as amended 
        by this Act, is designated as ``Halls Island Unit C14'' and in 
        revising such maps under that section, the Secretary of the 
        Interior shall so identify that unit.
            (2) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
        document, paper, or other record of the United States to 
        ``Squaw Island Unit C14'' is deemed to be a reference to 
        ``Halls Island Unit C14''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 563

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5490

                          [Report No. 118-667]

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to expand the John H. Chafee 
       Coastal Barrier Resources System, and for other purposes.

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                           September 12, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed