[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5490 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.5490
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four
An Act
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. Evaluation of coastal ecosystem dynamics.
Sec. 107. 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)--
(A) by striking ``an undeveloped coastal barrier'' each
place it appears and inserting ``a coastal barrier''; and
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``undeveloped''; 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)--
(A) in paragraph (6)--
(i) in subparagraph (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
(ii) by adding at the end the following:
``(H) Aquaculture operations that--
``(i) produce shellfish (including oysters, clams, and
mussels), cultivate micro- or macro-algae, or do not
require the 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.'';
and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(7) Use of a sand source within a System unit by Federal
coastal storm risk management projects or their predecessor
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 least once between
December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2023 in response to an emergency
situation prior to December 31, 2023.''; 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) 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)
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.
(a) In General.--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.''.
(b) Guidance for Expenditure of Federal Funds in Emergency
Situations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Chief
of Engineers of the Army Corps 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. 106. EVALUATION OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary, in consultation with the heads of
other appropriate Federal agencies, shall evaluate the means and
measures by which the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.) could be used to further the purposes of minimizing the loss of
human life, wasteful expenditure of Federal revenues, and the damage to
fish, wildlife, and other natural resources associated with coastal
barriers that are and will be vulnerable to coastal hazards, including
flooding, storm surge, wind, erosion, and sea level rise.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee
on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report
describing the results of the evaluation carried out under
subsection (a).
(2) Contents.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall
include--
(A) a summary of the best available scientific information
regarding the dynamics of coastal barrier ecosystems, including
the impacts of coastal hazards, including flooding, storm
surge, wind, erosion, and sea level rise, on coastal barriers
and changing coastal barrier geomorphology;
(B) case studies applying the information described in
subparagraph (A) to a sample of United States coastal barrier
areas; and
(C) recommendations on ways to further the purpose of the
Coastal Barrier Resources Act as described in section 2(b) of
that Act (16 U.S.C. 3501(b)), including integrating information
generated pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) into guiding
principles or into guidelines for recommendations and
determinations pursuant to section 4(g) of that Act (16 U.S.C.
3503(g)).
(c) Review.--The Secretary shall prepare the report required under
subsection (b) after--
(1) providing notice and an opportunity for the submission of
public comment; and
(2) considering any public comments submitted under paragraph
(1).
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Coastal barrier.--The term ``coastal barrier'' has the
meaning given the term in section 3 of the Coastal Barrier
Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3502), as amended by this Act.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
the Interior, acting through the Directors of the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service and the United States Geological Survey.
SEC. 107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 10 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3510) is
amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
``There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry
out this Act--
``(1) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010;
and
``(2) $1,962,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 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)(1) of the Coastal Barrier Resources
Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)(1)), as amended by this section, 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) 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 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 Islands Unit C31 (1 of 2)'' and dated May 21, 2024.
(36) The map entitled ``Elizabeth Islands Unit C31 (2 of 2)
Penikese Island Unit MA-25P'' and dated May 21, 2024.
(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/Bethel Beach Unit VA-55/
VA-55P (1 of 2)'' and dated May 21, 2024.
(159) The map entitled ``Rigby Island/Bethel Beach Unit VA-55
(2 of 2) New Point Comfort Unit VA-56'' and dated May 21, 2024.
(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 Complex 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 May
21, 2024.
(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''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.