§ 3504. — Limitations on Federal expenditures affecting the System.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC3504]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 55--COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES
Sec. 3504. Limitations on Federal expenditures affecting the
System
(a) Construction or purchase of structure, facility, road, airport,
etc.; projects to prevent erosion; exceptions
Except as provided in section 3505 of this title, no new
expenditures or new financial assistance may be made available under
authority of any Federal law for any purpose within the System,
including, but not limited to--
(1) the construction or purchase of any structure, appurtenance,
facility, or related infrastructure;
(2) the construction or purchase of any road, airport, boat
landing facility, or other facility on, or bridge or causeway to,
any System unit; and
(3) the carrying out of any project to prevent the erosion of,
or to otherwise stabilize, any inlet, shoreline, or inshore area,
except that such assistance and expenditures may be made available
on units designated pursuant to section 3503 of this title on maps
numbered S01 through S08 and LA07 for purposes other than
encouraging development and, in all units, in cases where an
emergency threatens life, land, and property immediately adjacent to
that unit.
(b) New expenditures or new financial assistance
An expenditure or financial assistance made available under
authority of Federal law shall, for purposes of this chapter, be a new
expenditure or new financial assistance if--
(1) in any case with respect to which specific appropriations
are required, no money for construction or purchase purposes was
appropriated before the date on which the relevant System unit or
portion of the System unit was included within the System under this
chapter or the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990; or
(2) no legally binding commitment for the expenditure or
financial assistance was made before such date.
(Pub. L. 97-348, Sec. 5, Oct. 18, 1982, 96 Stat. 1656; Pub. L. 101-591,
Secs. 2(b)(2), 5(c), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2931, 2936.)
References in Text
The Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990, referred to in subsec.
(b)(1), is Pub. L. 101-591, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2931, which enacted
section 1441a-3 of Title 12, Banks and Banking, amended sections 3502 to
3506 and 3510 of this title and section 4028 of Title 42, The Public
Health and Welfare, enacted provisions set out as notes under section
3503 of this title, and repealed provisions set out as a note under
section 3505 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to
the Code, see Short Title of 1990 Amendment note set out under section
3501 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-591, Sec. 2(b)(2)(A), in introductory
provisions substituted ``the System'' for ``the Coastal Barrier
Resources System''.
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 101-591, Sec. 5(c), substituted ``through
S08 and LA07'' for ``through S08''.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 101-591, Sec. 2(b)(2)(B), substituted ``on
which the relevant System unit or portion of the System unit was
included within the System under this chapter or the Coastal Barrier
Improvement Act of 1990'' for ``of the enactment of this Act''.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 101-591, Sec. 2(b)(2)(C), struck out ``of
enactment'' after ``before such date''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 3505 of this title.
