US Code

Public Law 119-102 (07/12/2026)

16 U.S.C. § 3504

Limitations on Federal expenditures affecting the System

Section text and notes

(a)

Construction or purchase of structure, facility, road, airport, etc.; projects to prevent erosion; exceptions

section 3505 of this titleExcept as provided in , 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)
section 3503 of this title 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 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.
(c)

Disclosure of limitations

Not later than 2 years after , 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 chapter, 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.

Pub. L. 97–348, § 596 Stat. 1656 Pub. L. 101–591104 Stat. 2931 Pub. L. 118–117, title I, § 103138 Stat. 1610 (, , ; , §§ 2(b)(2), 5(c), , , 2936; , , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Pub. L. 101–591104 Stat. 2931 section 1441a–3 of Title 12section 4028 of Title 42section 3503 of this titlesection 3505 of this titlesection 3501 of this titleThe Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is , , , which enacted , Banks and Banking, amended sections 3502 to 3506 and 3510 of this title and , The Public Health and Welfare, enacted provisions set out as notes under , and repealed provisions set out as a note under . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1990 Amendment note set out under and Tables.

Amendments

Pub. L. 118–1172024—Subsec. (c). added subsec. (c).

Pub. L. 101–591, § 2(b)(2)(A)1990—Subsec. (a). , in introductory provisions substituted “the System” for “the Coastal Barrier Resources System”.

Pub. L. 101–591, § 5(c)Subsec. (a)(3). , substituted “through S08 and LA07” for “through S08”.

Pub. L. 101–591, § 2(b)(2)(B)Subsec. (b)(1). , 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”.

Pub. L. 101–591, § 2(b)(2)(C)Subsec. (b)(2). , struck out “of enactment” after “before such date”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Guidance for Expenditure of Federal Funds in Emergency Situations

Pub. L. 118–117, title I, § 105(b)138 Stat. 1612

16 U.S.C. 3504(a)(3)16 U.S.C. 3502“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 () 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 ()).”
, , , provided that: