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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 214
115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 115-149
A BILL TO REVISE THE BOUNDARIES OF CERTAIN JOHN
H. CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM
UNITS IN DELAWARE
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. BARRASSO, from the Committee on Environment and Public
Works, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 1395]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was
referred the bill (S. 1395) to revise the boundaries of certain John
H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in Delaware,
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without
amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND
The Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA) (Pub. L. 97-348), is
a map-based law enacted in 1982 that recognizes certain actions
and programs of the Federal Government subsidize and encourage
development on coastal barriers. 16 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Building on
coastal barriers can contribute to the loss of natural resources and
threaten human life, health and property. The CBRA system cur-
rently contains 859 geographic units in 23 States and territories
along the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Great Lakes, U.S. Virgin Is-
lands, and Puerto Rico coasts. The CBRA units are depicted on
maps that are maintained by the Secretary of the Interior through
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).
While CBRA does not prohibit or regulate development, it re-
moves the Federal incentives to build on these unstable and envi-
ronmentally sensitive areas. CBRA seeks to save taxpayers' money,
keep people out of harm's way, and conserve natural resources by
restricting most new Federal expenditures and financial assistance
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