[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 56 (Thursday, April 22, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S4139]
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              COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM CORRECTIONS

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 83, S. 574.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative assistant read as follows:

       A bill (S. 574) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     make corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier 
     Resources System.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I am pleased to offer my support for S. 
574, a bill that would direct the Secretary of the Interior to make two 
technical corrections to a coastal barrier unit in Delaware. Congress 
enacted the Coastal Barrier Resources Act in 1982 to address financial 
and ecological problems caused by development of coastal barriers along 
the eastern seaboard. The law was so successful that we expanded the 
Coastal Barrier System in 1990 with the support of the National 
Taxpayers Union, the American Red Cross, Coast Alliance, and Tax Payers 
for Common Sense, to name just a few.
  When we mapped the coastline some mistakes were made, and S. 574 
would make technical corrections. the first change modifies the upper 
northeastern boundary to exclude land under development at the time of 
its inclusion into the system. the second change modifies the 
northwestern boundary to include a section of the Cape Henlopen State 
Park that was mistakenly excluded when the boundary was drawn. S. 574 
is identical to a bill that passed the Senate by unanimous consent last 
year.
  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
considered read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to the bill be 
printed at the appropriate place in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 574) was considered read a third time and passed, as 
follows:

                                 S. 574

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. CORRECTIONS TO MAP.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
     make such corrections to the map described in subsection (b) 
     as are necessary to move on that map the boundary of the 
     otherwise protected area (as defined in section 12 of the 
     Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note; 
     Public Law 101-591)) to the Cape Henlopen State Park boundary 
     to the extent necessary--
       (1) to exclude from the otherwise protected area the 
     adjacent property leased, as of the date of enactment of this 
     Act, by the Barcroft Company and Cape Shores Associates 
     (which are privately held corporations under the law of the 
     State of Delaware); and
       (2) to include in the otherwise protected area the 
     northwestern corner of Cape Henlopen State Park seaward of 
     the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal.
       (b) Map Described.--The map described in this subsection is 
     the map that is included in a set of maps entitled ``Coastal 
     Barrier Resources System'', dated October 24, 1990, as 
     revised October 15, 1992, and that relates to the unit of the 
     Coastal Barrier Resources System entitled ``Cape Henlopen 
     Unit DE-03P''.

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