SHORELINE PROTECTION.

SEC. 309. SHORELINE PROTECTION. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the advisability of not participating in the planning, implementation, or maintenance of any beach stabilization or renourishment project involving 104 STAT. 4639Federal funds unless the State in which the proposed project will be located has established or committed to establish a beach front management program that includes— (1) restrictions on new development seaward of an erosion setback line (based on preproject beach size) of at least 30 times the annual erosion rate; (2) restrictions on construction of new structural stabilization projects, such as seawalls and groins, and their reconstruction if damaged by 50 percent or more; (3) provisions for the relocation of structures in erosion-prone areas; (4) provisions to assure public access to beaches stabilized or renourished with Federal funds after January 1, 1991; and (5) such other provisions as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation to prevent hazardous or environmentally damaging shoreline development.