US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

42 U.S.C. § 4028

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System

(a)
section 3503 of title 16 No new flood insurance coverage may be provided under this chapter on or after , for any new construction or substantial improvements of structures located on any coastal barrier within the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System established by . A federally insured financial institution may make loans secured by structures which are not eligible for flood insurance by reason of this section.
(b)
section 3503(a) of title 16 No new flood insurance coverage may be provided under this chapter after the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on , for any new construction or substantial improvements of structures located in any area identified and depicted on the maps referred to in as an area that is (1) not within the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System and (2) is in an otherwise protected area. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, new flood insurance coverage may be provided for structures in such protected areas that are used in a manner consistent with the purpose for which the area is protected.

Pub. L. 90–448, title XIII, § 1321Pub. L. 97–35, title III, § 341(d)(1)95 Stat. 419Pub. L. 97–348, § 11(a)96 Stat. 1658Pub. L. 101–591, § 9104 Stat. 2938Pub. L. 106–167, § 3(c)(7)113 Stat. 1804(, as added , , ; amended , , ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Pub. L. 90–44882 Stat. 572section 4001 of this titleThis chapter, referred to in text, was in the original a reference to “this title” meaning title XIII of , , , known as the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.

Amendments

Pub. L. 106–1671999— amended section catchline and substituted “John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System” for “Coastal Barrier Resources System” in subsecs. (a) and (b).

Pub. L. 101–5911990— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

Pub. L. 97–348section 3503 of title 161982—Subsecs. (a) to (c). struck out subsec. designations in subsecs. (a) and (c), in provisions of former subsec. (a) substituted “on any coastal barrier within the Coastal Barrier Resources System established by ” for “on undeveloped coastal barriers which shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior”, and struck out subsec. (b) which provided definitions for purposes of this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

section 371 of Pub. L. 97–35section 3701 of Title 12Section effective , see , set out as a note under , Banks and Banking.

Study for Designation of Undeveloped Coastal Barriers; Report and Recommendations to Congress

Pub. L. 97–35, title III, § 341(d)(2)95 Stat. 419Pub. L. 97–348, § 11(b)96 Stat. 1659, , , relating to a study by the Secretary of the Interior for the purpose of designating the undeveloped coastal barriers affected by this section, and transmittal to Congress of a report on such study, was repealed by , , .