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                                                       Calendar No. 213
118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2958

To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to make improvements to that 
                      Act, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 27 (legislative day, September 22), 2023

    Mr. Carper, from the Committee on Environment and Public Works, 
 reported the following original bill; which was read twice and placed 
                            on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to make improvements to that 
                      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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening 
Coastal Communities Act of 2023''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
           TITLE I--COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES ACT AMENDMENTS

Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. Coastal hazard pilot project.
Sec. 103. John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System.
Sec. 104. Nonapplicability of prohibitions to otherwise protected areas 
                            and structures in new additions to the 
                            System.
Sec. 105. Require disclosure to prospective buyers that property is in 
                            the Coastal Barrier Resources System.
Sec. 106. Guidance for emergencies adjacent to the System.
Sec. 107. Exceptions to limitations on expenditures.
Sec. 108. Improve Federal agency compliance with Coastal Barrier 
                            Resources Act.
Sec. 109. 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--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``For purposes of'' and inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--For purposes of'';
            (2) in subsection (a) (as so designated)--
                    (A) by indenting the margins of each of paragraphs 
                (1) through (7), and each of the subparagraphs and 
                clauses within those paragraphs, appropriately;
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking ``means'' and inserting 
                        ``includes'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) in the matter preceding clause 
                                (i), by inserting ``bluff,'' after 
                                ``barrier spit,''; and
                                    (II) in clause (ii), by inserting 
                                ``and related lands'' after ``aquatic 
                                habitats'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``, 
                        including areas that are and will be vulnerable 
                        to coastal hazards, such as flooding, storm 
                        surge, wind, erosion, and sea level rise'' 
                        after ``nearshore waters''; and
                            (iv) in the matter following subparagraph 
                        (B), by striking ``, and man's activities on 
                        such features and within such habitats,'';
                    (C) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (7) as 
                paragraphs (6) through (8), respectively; and
                    (D) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(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, 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.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this section supersedes the 
official maps described in section 4(a).''.

SEC. 102. COASTAL HAZARD PILOT PROJECT.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Project.--The Secretary of the Interior, in 
        consultation with the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
        Works, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration, the Administrator of the Federal 
        Emergency Management Agency, and the heads of appropriate State 
        coastal zone management agencies, shall carry out a coastal 
        hazard pilot project to propose definitions and criteria and 
        produce maps of areas, including coastal mainland areas, which 
        could be added to the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources 
        System established by section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier 
        Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)) that are and will be 
        vulnerable to coastal hazards, such as flooding, storm surge, 
        wind, erosion and sea level rise, and areas to which barriers 
        and associated habitats are likely to migrate or be lost as sea 
        level rises.
            (2) Number of units.--The project carried out under this 
        section shall consist of the creation of maps for at least 10 
        percent of the System and may also identify additional new 
        System units.
    (b) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
        Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
        Representatives a report describing the results of the pilot 
        project and the proposed definitions and criteria and costs of 
        completing maps for the entire System.
            (2) Contents.--The report shall include a description of--
                    (A) the final recommended maps created under the 
                coastal hazard pilot project;
                    (B) recommendations for the adoption of the final 
                recommended maps created under this section by 
                Congress;
                    (C) a summary of the comments received from the 
                Governors of the States, other government officials, 
                and the public regarding the definitions, criteria, and 
                draft maps;
                    (D) a description of the criteria used for the 
                project and any related recommendations; and
                    (E) the amount of funding necessary for completing 
                maps for the entire System.
    (c) Consultation.--The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare the 
report required under subsection (b)--
            (1) in consultation with the Governors of the States in 
        which any newly identified 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).

SEC. 103. JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM.

    (a) Technical Amendments.--Section 4 of the Coastal Barrier 
Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by inserting ``as System units and Otherwise Protected 
        Areas'' after ``generally depicted''; and
            (2) 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''.
    (b) Excess Federal Property.--Section 4(e) of the Coastal Barrier 
Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(e)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(3) Definition of undeveloped coastal area.--
        Notwithstanding section 3(1) and subsection (g), in this 
        subsection the term `undeveloped coastal barrier' means any 
        coastal barrier regardless of the degree of development.''.

SEC. 104. NONAPPLICABILITY OF PROHIBITIONS TO OTHERWISE PROTECTED AREAS 
              AND STRUCTURES IN NEW ADDITIONS TO THE SYSTEM.

    Section 5 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3504) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by inserting ``subsections (c) and (d) and'' after 
        ``Except as provided in''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Applicability to Otherwise Protected Areas.--Consistent with 
the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-591; 104 
Stat. 2931), except for limitations on new flood insurance coverage 
described in section 1321 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 4028), the prohibitions on Federal expenditures and 
financial assistance described in subsection (a) shall not apply within 
Otherwise Protected Areas.
    ``(d) Prohibitions Affecting Existing Insurable Structures Within 
the System.--
            ``(1) In general.--With respect to additions to the System 
        made on or after the date of enactment of the Strengthening 
        Coastal Communities Act of 2023 but subject to paragraphs (2) 
        and (3), the prohibitions on new expenditures and new financial 
        assistance under subsection (a) shall take effect on the date 
        that is 1 year after the date on which the addition to the 
        System was made.
            ``(2) Existing structures.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An insurable structure described 
                in subparagraph (B) shall remain eligible for new 
                Federal expenditures and new Federal financial 
                assistance.
                    ``(B) Insurable structure described.--An insurable 
                structure referred to in subparagraph (A) is an 
                insurable structure that is--
                            ``(i) located within a new addition to the 
                        System made on or after the date of enactment 
                        of the Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 
                        2023; and
                            ``(ii) in existence before the expiration 
                        of the applicable 1-year period described in 
                        paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Insurable structures in otherwise protected areas.--
        Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, new 
        Federal expenditures and financial assistance may be provided 
        for insurable structures in Otherwise Protected Areas that are 
        used in a manner consistent with the purpose for which the area 
        is protected.''.

SEC. 105. REQUIRE DISCLOSURE TO PROSPECTIVE BUYERS THAT PROPERTY IS IN 
              THE COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM.

    Section 5 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3504) (as 
amended by section 104(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(e) Disclosure of Limitations.--Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of the Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2023, 
the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, shall promulgate regulations that, with respect to real 
property located in an affected community, as determined by the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, that is offered for sale or lease, 
require disclosure that the real property is located within a community 
affected by this Act.''.

SEC. 106. GUIDANCE FOR EMERGENCIES ADJACENT TO THE SYSTEM.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Chief of Engineers, 
shall develop and finalize guidance relating to the expenditure of 
Federal funds pursuant to the exception described in section 5(a)(3) of 
the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3504(a)(3)) for emergency 
situations that threaten life, land, and property immediately adjacent 
to a System unit (as defined in subsection (a) of section 3 of that Act 
(16 U.S.C. 3502)).

SEC. 107. EXCEPTIONS TO LIMITATIONS ON EXPENDITURES.

    (a) Emergency Actions.--Section 6(a)(6) of the Coastal Barrier 
Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3505(a)(6)) is amended by striking 
subparagraph (E) and inserting the following:
                    ``(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 emergency.''.
    (b) Aquaculture Operations.--Section 6(a)(6) of the Coastal Barrier 
Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3505(a)(6)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
                    ``(H) Aquaculture operations that--
                            ``(i) produce shellfish (including oysters, 
                        clams, and mussels), micro-algae and macro-
                        algae cultivation, or other forms of 
                        aquaculture that do not require use of 
                        aquaculture feeds; and
                            ``(ii) adhere to best management practices 
                        and conservation measures recommended by the 
                        Secretary through the consultation process 
                        referred to in this subsection.''.
    (c) Federal Coastal Storm Risk Management Projects.--Section 6(a) 
of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3505(a)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Sourcing of sediment resources for Federal coastal 
        storm risk management projects that have used a System unit for 
        sand to nourish adjacent beaches outside the System pursuant to 
        section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (commonly known as the 
        `Flood Control Act of 1941') (55 Stat. 650, chapter 377; 33 
        U.S.C. 701n), at any time in the 15-year period prior to the 
        date of enactment of the Strengthening Coastal Communities Act 
        of 2023 in response to a federally declared disaster.''.

SEC. 108. IMPROVE FEDERAL AGENCY COMPLIANCE WITH COASTAL BARRIER 
              RESOURCES ACT.

    (a) In General.--Section 7(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act 
(16 U.S.C. 3506(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 
        1990'' and inserting ``the Strengthening Coastal Communities 
        Act of 2023''; and
            (2) by striking ``promulgate regulations'' and inserting 
        ``revise or promulgate regulations and guidance, as 
        necessary,''.
    (b) Technical Correction.--Section 3(2) of the Coastal Barrier 
Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3502(2)) is amended by striking ``Committee on 
Resources'' and inserting ``Committee on Natural Resources''.

SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 10 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3510) is 
amended by striking ``$2,000,000'' and all that follows through the 
period at the end of the sentence and inserting ``$5,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.''.

 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) In General.--
            (1) Replacement maps.--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)) that relates to a unit of the John H. 
        Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System established by that 
        section referred to in subsection (b) is replaced in such set 
        with the map described in that subsection with respect to that 
        unit and any other new or reclassified units depicted on that 
        map panel.
            (2) New maps.--The set of maps referred to in section 4(a) 
        of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)) is 
        amended to include the new maps described in subsection (c).
    (b) Replacement Maps Described.--The replacement maps referred to 
in subsection (a)(1) are the following:
            (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 
        December 18, 2020.
            (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 December 18, 2020.
            (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 December 18, 2020.
            (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 December 18, 2020.
            (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 December 18, 2020.
            (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 December 18, 2020.
            (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 December 18, 
        2020.
            (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 December 18, 2020.
            (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.
    (c) New Maps Described.--The new maps referred to in subsection 
(a)(2) 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.
    (d) Availability.--The Secretary of the Interior shall keep the 
maps described in subsections (b) and (c) on file and available for 
inspection in accordance with section 4(b) of the Coastal Barrier 
Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(b)).
                                                       Calendar No. 213

118th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 2958

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to make improvements to that 
                      Act, and for other purposes.

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           September 27 (legislative day, September 22), 2023

                 Read twice and placed on the calendar