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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 55 — Coastal Barrier Resources

§ 3506. Certification of compliance

Statutory text

(a)

Regulations

Not later than 1 year after , the head of each Federal agency affected by this chapter shall revise or issue regulations and guidance as necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter.

(b)

Certification

The head of each Federal agency affected by this chapter shall report and certify that each such agency is in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Such reports and certifications shall be submitted annually to the Committees and the Secretary.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Coastal Barrier Resources Act

    Pub. L. 97–348 § 7 · 96 Stat. 1653

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 3506

    Pub. L. 97–348, § 7, Oct. 18, 1982, 96 Stat. 1657

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 97–348, § 7, Oct. 18, 1982, 96 Stat. 1657

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 7. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall, on behalf of each Federal agency concerned, make written certification that each such agency has complied with the provisions of this Act during each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1982. Such certification shall be submitted on an annual basis to the House of Submittal to Congress. Representatives and the Senate pursuant to the schedule required under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

  2. Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990

    Pub. L. 101–591 § 14 · 104 Stat. 2931

    Amended · 16 U.S.C. § 3506

    Pub. L. 101–591 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall, on behalf of each Federal agency concerned, make written certification that each such agency has complied with the provisions of this chapter during each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1982. Such certification shall be submitted on an annual basis to the House of Representatives and the Senate pursuant to the schedule required under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 101–591 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall, on behalf of each Federal agency concerned, make written certification that each such agency has complied with the provisions of this chapter during each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1982. Such certification shall be submitted on an annual basis to the House of Representatives and the Senate pursuant to the schedule required under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 14. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE. Section 7 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3506) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 7. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE. “(a) Regulations.— Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990, the head of each Federal agency affected by this Act shall promulgate regulations to assure compliance with the provisions of this Act. “(b) Certification.— The head of each Federal agency affected by Reports. this Act shall report and certify that each such agency is in compliance with the provisions of this Act. Such reports and certifications shall be submitted annually to the Committees and the Secretary.”.

  3. Pub. L. 118–117 title I § 105(a) · 138 Stat. 1612

    Amended · 16 U.S.C. § 3506(a)

    Pub. L. 118–117 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Not later than 12 months after November 16, 1990, the head of each Federal agency affected by this chapter shall promulgate regulations to assure compliance with the provisions of this chapter.”

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–117 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 118–117 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Not later than 12 months after November 16, 1990, the head of each Federal agency affected by this chapter shall promulgate regulations to assure compliance with the provisions of this chapter.”

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Amendments1990–2024 · 2 rounds

2024

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 118–117 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Not later than 12 months after , the head of each Federal agency affected by this chapter shall promulgate regulations to assure compliance with the provisions of this chapter.”

1990

Pub. L. 101–591 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall, on behalf of each Federal agency concerned, make written certification that each such agency has complied with the provisions of this chapter during each fiscal year beginning after . Such certification shall be submitted on an annual basis to the House of Representatives and the Senate pursuant to the schedule required under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Reporting Requirements

For termination, effective , of provisions in subsec. (b) of this section relating to annually submitting reports and certifications to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 42 of House Document No. 103–7.

Credits

1982–2024 · 3 acts
  1. 1982Pub. L. 97–348, § 7, , 96 Stat. 1657
  2. 1990Pub. L. 101–591, § 14, , 104 Stat. 2941
  3. 2024Pub. L. 118–117, title I, § 105(a), , 138 Stat. 1612.
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(Pub. L. 97–348, § 7, , 96 Stat. 1657; Pub. L. 101–591, § 14, , 104 Stat. 2941; Pub. L. 118–117, title I, § 105(a), , 138 Stat. 1612.)

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