National Marine Sanctuaries Renewal Act of 1996

Summary: National Marine Sanctuaries Renewal Act of 1996 - Amends the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to:  (1) create, or participate in the creation of, nonprofit organizations to solicit donations to carry out the Act; and (2) recruit, train, and accept volunteer services and provide for incidental expenses such as transportation, uniforms, lodging, and subsistence of the volunteers. 
Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972. 
Modifies national marine sanctuary advisory committee procedural requirements. 
Authorizes:  (1) the development, marketing, and sale of symbols, including a symbol for the national marine sanctuary program (NMSP); (2) the designation of persons as official sponsors of the NMSP or individual sanctuaries; (3) the creation, marketing, and sale of products to promote the NMSP; (4) establishment of a revolving fund containing sponsor payments and product sale proceeds; (5) the use of in-kind sponsor proceeds; and (6) the expenditure of fund amounts, without appropriation, to designate and manage sanctuaries.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Marine Sanctuaries Renewal 
Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES ACT.

    The National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431-1445a) is 
amended as follows:
            (1) In subsection 311(b) (16 U.S.C. 1442(b)), by adding 
        after the first sentence the following: ``The Secretary may 
        also create, or participate in the creation of, nonprofit 
        organizations to solicit donations to carry out the purposes 
        and policies of this title.''.
            (2) In subsection 311(c) (16 U.S.C. 1442(c)), by adding at 
        the end of the subsection the following: ``The Secretary is 
        authorized to recruit, train, and accept the services of 
        individuals without compensation as volunteers, and may provide 
        for incidental expenses such as transportation, uniforms, 
        lodging, and subsistence of such volunteers. The provisions of 
        16 U.S.C. 742f(c)(3)-(5) shall apply to such volunteers.''.
            (3) In section 313 (16 U.S.C. 1444), by striking ``and'' in 
        paragraph (3) and inserting ``; and (5) such sums as may be 
        necessary for fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000'' before 
        the period.
            (4) In section 315(e)(3) (16 U.S.C. 1445a(e)(3)), by adding 
        before the period ``; such notice, however, need only be 
        published locally in the case of an advisory council 
        established to provide assistance to a particular sanctuary''.
            (5) By adding the following new sections after section 315:

``SEC. 316. ENHANCING SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES.

    ``(a) In General.--To augment appropriations and enhance funding 
for the designation and management of national marine sanctuaries, the 
Secretary is authorized to develop, market, and sell symbols under this 
section and products under section 317.
    ``(b) Program.--The Secretary's authority under this section 
specifically includes--
            ``(1) the creation, adoption, and publication in the 
        Federal Register by the Secretary of a symbol for the national 
        marine sanctuary program, or for individual national marine 
        sanctuaries;
            ``(2) the solicitation of persons to be designated as 
        official sponsors of the national marine sanctuary program or 
        of individual national marine sanctuaries;
            ``(3) the designation of persons by the Secretary as 
        official sponsors of the national marine sanctuary program or 
        of individual sanctuaries;
            ``(4) the authorization by the Secretary of the use of any 
        symbol published under paragraph (1) by official sponsors of 
        the national marine sanctuary program or of individual national 
marine sanctuaries;
            ``(5) the establishment of prices and collection by the 
        Secretary of monetary and/or in-kind payments from official 
        sponsors for the manufacture, reproduction, or use of the 
        symbols published under paragraph (1);
            ``(6) the establishment of a special interest-bearing 
        revolving fund;
            ``(7) the retention of any monetary proceeds collected 
        under paragraph (5) by the Secretary in the fund established 
        under paragraph (6); and
            ``(8) the use of in-kind proceeds collected under paragraph 
        (5) by the Secretary, and the expenditure of any amounts in the 
        fund established under paragraph (6), without appropriation, by 
        the Secretary to designate and manage national marine 
        sanctuaries.
    ``(c) Contract Authority.--The Secretary may contract with any 
person for the creation of symbols or the solicitation of official 
sponsors under subsection (b).
    ``(d) Restrictions.--The Secretary may restrict the use of the 
symbols published under subsection (b), and the designation of official 
sponsors of the national marine sanctuary program or of individual 
national marine sanctuaries to ensure compatibility with the goals of 
the national marine sanctuary program.
    ``(e) Property of the United States.--Any symbol which is adopted 
by the Secretary and published in the Federal Register under subsection 
(b) is deemed to be the property of the United States.
    ``(f) Prohibited Activities.--It is unlawful for any person--
            ``(1) designated as an official sponsor to influence or 
        seek to influence any decision by the Secretary or any other 
        Federal official related to the designation or management of a 
        national marine sanctuary, except to the extent that a person 
        who is not so designated may do so;
            ``(2) to represent himself or herself to be an official 
        sponsor absent a designation by the Secretary;
            ``(3) to manufacture, reproduce, or use any symbol adopted 
        by the Secretary absent designation as an official sponsor and 
        without payment of monetary and/or in-kind proceeds to the 
        Secretary; or
            ``(4) to violate any regulation promulgated by the 
        Secretary under this section.
    ``(g) Definition.--The term `official sponsor' means any person 
designated by the Secretary who is authorized to manufacture, 
reproduce, or use any symbol created, adopted, and published in the 
Federal Register under this section for monetary and/or in-kind 
proceeds paid to the Secretary.

``SEC. 317. CREATION AND SALE OF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PRODUCTS.

    ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary is authorized to create, 
market, and sell products to promote the National Marine Sanctuary 
Program and may enter into exclusive or nonexclusive agreements 
authorizing entities to create, market and/or sell such products on the 
Secretary's behalf.
    ``(b) Proceeds.--The proceeds from sale of these products shall be 
deposited in the interest bearing revolving fund established by section 
316(b)(6).
    ``(c) Expenditure.--The Secretary may expend the proceeds from sale 
of National Marine Sanctuary products deposited in the revolving fund 
established by section 316(b)(6) and interest, without appropriation, 
to designate and manage national marine sanctuaries.''.