[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. 1869 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.1869
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and six
An Act
To reauthorize the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Coastal Barrier Resources
Reauthorization Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Otherwise protected area.--The term ``otherwise protected
area'' has the meaning given the term in section 12 of the Coastal
Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note; Public Law
101-591).
(2) Pilot project.--The term ``pilot project'' means the
digital mapping pilot project authorized under section 6 of the
Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C.
3503 note; Public Law 106-514).
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
the Interior.
(4) System unit.--The term ``System unit'' has the meaning
given the term in section 3 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act
(16 U.S.C. 3502).
SEC. 3. DIGITAL MAPPING PILOT PROJECT FINALIZATION.
(a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment
and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the
House of Representatives a report regarding the digital maps of the
System units and otherwise protected areas created under the pilot
project.
(b) Consultation.--The Secretary shall prepare the report required
under subsection (a)--
(1) in consultation with the Governors of the States in which
any System units and otherwise protected areas are located; and
(2) after--
(A) providing an opportunity for the submission of public
comments; and
(B) considering any public comments submitted under
subparagraph (A).
(c) Contents.--The report required under subsection (a) shall
contain--
(1) the final recommended digital maps created under the pilot
project;
(2) recommendations for the adoption of the digital maps by
Congress;
(3) a summary of the comments received from the Governors of
the States, other government officials, and the public regarding
the digital maps;
(4) a summary and update of the protocols and findings of the
report required under section 6(d) of the Coastal Barrier Resources
Reauthorization Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note; Public Law 106-
514); and
(5) an analysis of any benefits that the public would receive
by using digital mapping technology for all System units and
otherwise protected areas.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $500,000 for
each of fiscal years 2006 through 2007.
SEC. 4. DIGITAL MAPPING PROJECT FOR THE REMAINING JOHN H. CHAFEE
COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM UNITS AND OTHERWISE
PROTECTED AREAS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a project to create
digital versions of all of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources
System maps referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier
Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), including maps of otherwise
protected areas, that were not included in the pilot project.
(b) Data.--
(1) Use of existing data.--To the maximum extent practicable,
in carrying out the project under this section, the Secretary shall
use any digital spatial data in the possession of Federal, State,
and local agencies, including digital orthophotos, color infrared
photography, wetlands data, and property parcel data.
(2) Provision of data by other agencies.--The head of a Federal
agency that possesses any data referred to in paragraph (1) shall,
on request of the Secretary, promptly provide the data to the
Secretary at no cost.
(3) Provision of data by non-federal agencies.--State and local
agencies and any other non-Federal entities that possess data
referred to in paragraph (1) are encouraged, on request of the
Secretary, to promptly provide the data to the Secretary at no
cost.
(4) Additional data.--If the Secretary determines that any data
necessary to carry out the project under this section does not
exist, the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
shall enter into an agreement with the Director of the United
States Geological Survey under which the United States Geological
Survey, in cooperation with the heads of other Federal agencies, as
appropriate, shall obtain and provide to the Director of the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service the data required to carry out
this section.
(5) Data standards.--All data used or created to carry out this
section shall comply with--
(A) the National Spatial Data Infrastructure established by
Executive Order No. 12906 (59 Fed. Reg. 17671); and
(B) any other standards established by the Federal
Geographic Data Committee established by the Office of
Management and Budget circular numbered A-16.
(c) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 5 years after the submission of
the report under section 3(a), the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives a report
regarding the digital maps created under this section.
(2) Consultation.--The Secretary shall prepare the report
required under paragraph (1)--
(A) in consultation with the Governors of the States in
which the System units and otherwise protected areas are
located; and
(B) after--
(i) providing an opportunity for the submission of
public comments; and
(ii) considering any public comments submitted under
clause (i).
(3) Contents.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall
contain--
(A) a description of the extent to which the boundary lines
on the digital maps differ from the boundary lines on the
original maps;
(B) a summary of the comments received from Governors,
other government officials, and the public regarding the
digital maps created under this section;
(C) recommendations for the adoption of the digital maps
created under this section by Congress;
(D) recommendations for expansion of the John H. Chafee
Coastal Barrier Resources System and otherwise protected areas,
as in existence on the date of enactment of this Act;
(E) a summary and update on the implementation and use of
the digital maps created under the pilot project; and
(F) a description of the feasibility of, and the amount of
funding necessary for--
(i) making all of the System unit and otherwise
protected area maps available to the public in digital
format; and
(ii) facilitating the integration of digital System
unit and otherwise protected area boundaries into Federal,
State, and local planning tools.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $1,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 10 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3510) is
amended by striking ``2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005'' and inserting
``2006 through 2010''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.