Union Calendar No. 130

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1243

[Report No. 106–224]

A BILL

To reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries

Act.

JULY 12, 1999

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee

dered to be printedof the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
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Union Calendar No. 130

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1243

[Report No. 106–224]

To reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 24, 1999

Mr. SAXTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Resources

JULY 12, 1999

Additional sponsors: Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. PALLONE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO,

Mr. ORTIZ, and Mr. VENTO

JULY 12, 1999

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 24, 1999]

A BILL

To reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Marine Sanc3 tuaries Enhancement Act of 1999’’.

4 TITLE I—NATIONAL MARINE

5 SANCTUARIES

6 SEC. 101. AMENDMENT OF NATIONAL MARINE SANC7 TUARIES ACT.

8 Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in

9 this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of

10 an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision,

11 the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or

12 other provision of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16

13 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.).

14 SEC. 102. FINDINGS; PURPOSES AND POLICIES.

15 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 301(a) (16 U.S.C. 1431(a)) is

16 amended—

17 (1) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘cultural, ar18 chaeological,’’ after ‘‘educational,’’; and

19 (2) in paragraph (5) by inserting ‘‘of national

20 marine sanctuaries managed as the National Marine

21 Sanctuary System’’ after ‘‘program’’.

22 (b) PURPOSES AND POLICIES.—Section 301(b) (16

23 U.S.C. 1431) is amended—

24 (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting before the

25 semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, and to manage
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1 these areas as the National Marine Sanctuary Sys2 tem’’; and

3 (2) in paragraph (4) by inserting before the

4 semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘and of the nat5 ural, historical, cultural, and archaeological resources

6 of the National Marine Sanctuary System’’.

7 SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS.

8 Section 302 (16 U.S.C. 1432) is amended as follows:

9 (1) Paragraph (2) is amended by striking ‘‘Mag10 nuson Fishery’’ and inserting ‘‘Magnuson-Stevens

11 Fishery’’;

12 (2) Paragraph (6) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’

13 after the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (B),

14 by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end of

15 subparagraph (C), and by adding after subparagraph

16 (C) the following:

17 ‘‘(D) the cost of curation and conservation

18 of archaeological, historical, and cultural sanc19 tuary resources;’’.

20 (3) Paragraph (7) is amended by inserting ‘‘, in21 cluding costs related to seizure, forfeiture, storage, or

22 disposal arising from liability under section 312’’

23 after ‘‘injury’’.

24 (4) In paragraph (8) by inserting ‘‘cultural, ar25 chaeological,’’ after ‘‘educational,’’.
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1 (5) In paragraph (9) by striking ‘‘Fishery Con2 servation and Management’’.

3 (6) By striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the

4 end of paragraph (8), by striking the period at the

5 end of paragraph (9) and inserting a semicolon, and

6 by adding at the end the following:

7 ‘‘(10) ‘person’ means any individual (whether or

8 not a citizen or national of the United States), any

9 corporation, partnership, association, or other entity

10 (whether or not organized or existing under the laws

11 of any State), and any Federal, State, local, or for12 eign government or any entity of any such govern13 ment; and

14 ‘‘(11) ‘System’ means the National Marine Sanc15 tuary System established by section 303.’’.

16 SEC. 104. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL MARINE SANC17 TUARY SYSTEM; SANCTUARY DESIGNATION

18 STANDARDS.

19 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL MARINE SANC20 TUARY SYSTEM.—Section 303 (16 U.S.C. 1433(a)) is

21 amended by striking the heading for the section and all that

22 follows through ‘‘(a) STANDARDS.—’’ and inserting before

23 the remaining matter of subsection (a) the following:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 303. NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY SYSTEM.

2 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF SYSTEM; SANCTUARY DES3 IGNATION STANDARDS.—There is established the National

4 Marine Sanctuary System, which shall consist of national

5 marine sanctuaries designated by the Secretary in accord6 ance with this title.’’.

7 (b) SANCTUARY DESIGNATION STANDARDS.—Section

8 303(b)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1433(b)(1)) is amended by striking

9 ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (H), by striking the pe10 riod at the end of subparagraph (I) and inserting a semi11 colon, and by adding at the end the following:

12 ‘‘(J) the area’s value as a site for moni13 toring and assessment activities; and

14 ‘‘(K) the value of the area as an addition

15 to the System.’’.

16 (c) REPEAL.—Section 303(b)(3) (16 U.S.C. 1433)(3))

17 is repealed.

18 SEC. 105. PROCEDURES FOR SANCTUARY DESIGNATION

19 AND IMPLEMENTATION.

20 (a) SUBMISSION OF NOTICE OF PROPOSED DESIGNA21 TION TO CONGRESS.—Section 304(a)(1)(C) (16 U.S.C.

22 1434(a)(1)(C)) is amended to read as follows:

23 ‘‘(C) no later than the day on which the no24 tice required under subparagraph (A) is sub25 mitted to Office of the Federal Register, the Sec26 retary shall submit a copy of that notice and the
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1 draft sanctuary designation documents prepared

2 pursuant to section 304(a)(2) to the Committee

3 on Resources of the House of Representatives and

4 the Committee on Commerce, Science and Trans5 portation of the Senate;’’.

6 (b) SANCTUARY DESIGNATION DOCUMENTS.—Section

7 304(a)(2) (16 U.S.C. 1434(a)(2)) is amended to read as fol8 lows:

9 ‘‘(2) SANCTUARY DESIGNATION DOCUMENTS.—

10 The Secretary shall prepare sanctuary designation

11 documents on the proposal that include the following:

12 ‘‘(A) A draft environmental impact state13 ment pursuant to the National Environmental

14 Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).

15 ‘‘(B)(i) A resource assessment report docu16 menting present and potential uses of the area

17 proposed to be designated as a national marine

18 sanctuary, including commercial and rec19 reational fishing, research and education, min20 erals and energy development, subsistence uses,

21 and other commercial, governmental, or rec22 reational uses.

23 ‘‘(ii) The Secretary, in consultation with

24 the Secretary of the Interior, shall draft and in25 clude in the report a resource assessment section
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1 regarding any commercial, governmental, or rec2 reational resource uses in the area under consid3 eration that are subject to the primary jurisdic4 tion of the Department of the Interior.

5 ‘‘(iii) The Secretary, in consultation with

6 the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of En7 ergy, and the Administrator, shall draft and in8 clude in the report a resource assessment section

9 that includes any information on past, present,

10 or proposed future disposal or discharge of mate11 rials in the vicinity of the area proposed to be

12 designated as a national marine sanctuary. Pub13 lic disclosure by the Secretary of such informa14 tion shall be consistent with national security

15 regulations.

16 ‘‘(C) A management plan for the proposed

17 national marine sanctuary that includes the fol18 lowing:

19 ‘‘(i) The terms of the proposed designa20 tion.

21 ‘‘(ii) Proposed mechanisms to coordi22 nate existing regulatory and management

23 authorities within the proposed sanctuary.

24 ‘‘(iii) The proposed goals and objec25 tives, management responsibilities, resource
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1 studies, and appropriate strategies for man2 aging sanctuary resources of the proposed

3 sanctuary, including innovative approaches

4 such as marine zoning, interpretation and

5 education, research, monitoring and assess6 ment, resource protection, restoration, en7 forcement, and surveillance activities.

8 ‘‘(iv) An evaluation of the advantages

9 of cooperative State and Federal manage10 ment if all or part of the proposed sanc11 tuary is within the territorial limits of any

12 State or is superjacent to the subsoil and

13 seabed within the seaward boundary of a

14 State, as that boundary is established under

15 the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301

16 et seq.).

17 ‘‘(v) The proposed regulations referred

18 to in paragraph (1)(A).

19 ‘‘(D) Maps depicting the boundaries of the

20 proposed sanctuary.

21 ‘‘(E) The basis of the findings made under

22 section 303(a)(2) with respect to the area.

23 ‘‘(F) An assessment of the considerations

24 under section 303(b)(1).
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1 ‘‘(G) An estimate of the annual cost to the

2 Federal Government of the proposed designation,

3 including costs of personnel, equipment and fa4 cilities, enforcement, research, and public edu5 cation.’’.

6 (c) TERMS OF DESIGNATION.—Section 304(a)(4) (16

7 U.S.C. 1434(a)(4)) is amended by inserting ‘‘cultural, ar8 chaeological,’’ after ‘‘educational,’’.

9 (d) WITHDRAWAL OF DESIGNATION.—Section

10 304(b)(2) (16 U.S.C. 1434(b)(2)) is amended by inserting

11 ‘‘or System’’ after ‘‘sanctuary’’.

12 (e) FEDERAL AGENCY ACTIONS AFFECTING SANC13 TUARY RESOURCES.—Section 304(d) (16 U.S.C. 1434(d))

14 is amended by adding at the end the following:

15 ‘‘(4) FAILURE TO FOLLOW ALTERNATIVE.—If the

16 head of a Federal agency takes an action other than

17 an alternative recommended by the Secretary and

18 such action results in the destruction or loss of or in19 jury to a sanctuary resource, the head of the agency

20 shall promptly prevent and mitigate further damage

21 and restore or replace the sanctuary resource in a

22 manner approved by the Secretary.’’.

23 (f) LIMITATION ON DESIGNATION OF NEW SANC24 TUARIES.—Section 304 (16 U.S.C. 1434) is amended by

25 adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(f) LIMITATION ON DESIGNATION OF NEW SANC2 TUARIES.—

3 ‘‘(1) FUNDING REQUIRED.—The Secretary may

4 not prepare any sanctuary designation documents for

5 a proposed designation of a national marine sanc6 tuary, unless the Secretary has published a finding

7 that—

8 ‘‘(A) the addition of a new sanctuary will

9 not have a negative impact on the System; and

10 ‘‘(B) sufficient resources were available in

11 the fiscal year in which the finding is made to—

12 ‘‘(i) effectively implement sanctuary

13 management plans for each sanctuary in

14 the System; and

15 ‘‘(ii) complete site characterization

16 studies and inventory known sanctuary re17 sources, including cultural resources, for

18 each sanctuary in the System within 10

19 years after the date that the finding is made

20 if the resources available for those activities

21 are maintained at the same level for each

22 fiscal year in that 10-year period.

23 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—Paragraph

24 (1) does not apply to any sanctuary designation doc-
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1 uments for a Thunder Bay National Marine Sanc2 tuary.’’.

3 SEC. 106. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.

4 Section 306 (16 U.S.C. 1436) is amended—

5 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by in6 serting ‘‘for any person’’ after ‘‘unlawful’’;

7 (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘offer for sale,

8 purchase, import, export,’’ after ‘‘sell’’; and

9 (3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol10 lows:

11 ‘‘(3) interfere with the enforcement of this title

12 by—

13 ‘‘(A) refusing to permit any officer author14 ized to enforce this title to board a vessel subject

15 to such person’s control for the purposes of con16 ducting any search or inspection in connection

17 with the enforcement of this title;

18 ‘‘(B) forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing,

19 impeding, intimidating, or interfering with any

20 person authorized by the Secretary to implement

21 this title or any such authorized officer in the

22 conduct of any search or inspection performed

23 under this title; or

24 ‘‘(C) knowingly and willfully submitting

25 false information to the Secretary or any officer
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1 authorized to enforce this title in connection with

2 any search or inspection conducted under this

3 title; or’’.

4 SEC. 107. ENFORCEMENT.

5 (a) POWERS OF AUTHORIZED OFFICERS TO AR6 REST.—Section 307(b) (16 U.S.C. 1437(b)) is amended by

7 striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end of paragraph

8 (4), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and

9 inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘(6) arrest any person, if there is reasonable

11 cause to believe that such person has committed an

12 act prohibited by section 306(3).’’.

13 (b) CRIMINAL OFFENSES.—Section 307 (16 U.S.C.

14 1437) is amended by redesignating subsections (c) through

15 (j) in order as subsections (d) through (k), and by inserting

16 after subsection (b) the following:

17 ‘‘(c) CRIMINAL OFFENSES.—

18 ‘‘(1) OFFENSES.—A person is guilty of an of19 fense under this subsection if the person commits any

20 act prohibited by section 306(3).

21 ‘‘(2) PUNISHMENT.—Any person that is guilty of

22 an offense under this subsection—

23 ‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraph

24 (B), shall be fined under title 18, United States
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1 Code, imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or

2 both; or

3 ‘‘(B) in the case a person who in the com4 mission of such an offense uses a dangerous

5 weapon, engages in conduct that causes bodily

6 injury to any person authorized to enforce this

7 title or any person authorized to implement the

8 provisions of this title, or places any such person

9 in fear of imminent bodily injury, shall be fined

10 under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned

11 for not more than 10 years, or both.’’.

12 (c) SUBPOENAS OF ELECTRONIC FILES.—Subsection

13 (g) of section 307 (16 U.S.C. 1437), as redesignated by this

14 section, is amended by inserting ‘‘electronic files,’’ after

15 ‘‘books,’’.

16 SEC. 108. MONITORING.

17 (a) PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR COORDINATION.—Sec18 tion 309(a) (16 U.S.C. 1440(a)) is amended by inserting

19 ‘‘, support, or coordinate’’ after ‘‘conduct’’.

20 (b) SANCTUARY RESOURCE CENTERS.—Section 309

21 (16 U.S.C. 1440) is amended by adding at the end the fol22 lowing:

23 ‘‘(c) SANCTUARY RESOURCE CENTERS.—(1) The Sec24 retary may establish facilities to promote national marine

25 sanctuaries and the purposes and policies of this title.
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1 ‘‘(2) The Secretary may establish a facility under this

2 subsection in partnership with any person located near a

3 national marine sanctuary, pursuant to an agreement

4 under section 311.’’.

5 SEC. 109. SPECIAL USE PERMITS.

6 Section 310 (16 U.S.C. 1441) is amended—

7 (1) in subsection (b)(4), by inserting ‘‘, or post

8 an equivalent bond,’’ after ‘‘general liability insur9 ance’’;

10 (2) by amending subsection (c)(2)(C) to read as

11 follows:

12 ‘‘(C) an amount that represents the fair

13 market value of the use of the sanctuary re14 sources.’’;

15 (3) in subsection (c)(3)(B), by striking ‘‘desig16 nating and’’;

17 (4) in subsection (c) by inserting after para18 graph (3) the following:

19 ‘‘(4) WAIVER OR REDUCTION OF FEES.—The Sec20 retary may accept in-kind contributions in lieu of a

21 fee under paragraph (2)(C), or waive or reduce any

22 fee assessed under this subsection for any activity that

23 does not derive profit from the use of sanctuary re24 sources.’’; and

25 (5) by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(g) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall provide public no2 tice of any determination that a category of activity may

3 require a special use permit under this section.’’.

4 SEC. 110. AGREEMENTS, DONATIONS, AND ACQUISITIONS.

5 (a) AGREEMENTS AND GRANTS.—Section 311(a) (16

6 U.S.C. 1442(a)) is amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘(a) AGREEMENTS AND GRANTS.—The Secretary may

8 enter into cooperative agreements, contracts, or other agree9 ments with, or make grants to, States, local governments,

10 regional agencies, interstate agencies, or other persons to

11 carry out the purposes and policies of this title.’’.

12 (b) USE OF RESOURCES FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT

13 AGENCIES.—Section 311 (16 U.S.C. 1442) is amended by

14 adding at the end the following:

15 ‘‘(e) USE OF RESOURCES OF OTHER GOVERNMENT

16 AGENCIES.—The Secretary may, whenever appropriate,

17 enter into an agreement with a State or other Federal agen18 cy to use the personnel, services or facilities of such agency

19 on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis, to assist in

20 carrying out the purposes and policies of this title.

21 ‘‘(f) AUTHORITY TO OBTAIN GRANTS.—Notwith22 standing any other provision of law that prohibits a Fed23 eral agency from receiving assistance, the Secretary may

24 apply for, accept, and use grants from other Federal agen25 cies, States, local governments, regional agencies, interstate
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1 agencies, foundations, or other persons, to carry out the

2 purposes and policies of this title.’’.

3 SEC. 111. DESTRUCTION OF, LOSS OF, OR INJURY TO, SANC4 TUARY RESOURCES.

5 Section 312 (16 U.S.C. 1443) is amended—

6 (1) in subsection (c)—

7 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before the first sen8 tence;

9 (B) in paragraph (1) (as so designated) in

10 the first sentence by striking ‘‘in the United

11 States district court for the appropriate dis12 trict’’; and

13 (C) by adding at the end the following:

14 ‘‘(2) An action under this subsection may be brought

15 in the United States district court for any district in

16 which—

17 ‘‘(A) the defendant is located, resides, or is doing

18 business, in the case of an action against a person;

19 ‘‘(B) the vessel is located, in the case of an action

20 against a vessel; or

21 ‘‘(C) the destruction of, loss of, or injury to a

22 sanctuary resource occurred.’’; and

23 (2) by adding at the end the following:

24 ‘‘(e) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—An action for re25 sponse costs or damages under subsection (c) shall be barred
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1 unless the complaint is filed within 3 years after the date

2 on which the Secretary completes a damage assessment and

3 restoration plan for the sanctuary resources to which the

4 action relates.’’.

5 SEC. 112. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

6 Section 313 (16 U.S.C. 1444) is amended to read as

7 follows:

8 ‘‘SEC. 313. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

9 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the

10 Secretary—

11 ‘‘(1) to carry out this title, $26,000,000 for each

12 of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004; and

13 ‘‘(2) for construction projects at national marine

14 sanctuaries, $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000,

15 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.’’.

16 SEC. 113. ADVISORY COUNCILS.

17 Section 315(a) (16 U.S.C. 1445a(a)) is amended by

18 striking ‘‘provide assistance to’’ and inserting ‘‘advise’’.

19 SEC. 114. USE OF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PROGRAM

20 SYMBOLS.

21 Section 316 (16 U.S.C. 1445b) is amended—

22 (1) in subsection (a)(4) by striking ‘‘use of any

23 symbol published under paragraph (1)’’ and inserting

24 ‘‘manufacture, reproduction, or other use of any sym-
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1 bol published under paragraph (1), including the sale

2 of items bearing such a symbol,’’;

3 (2) by amending subsection (e)(3) to read as fol4 lows:

5 ‘‘(3) to manufacture, reproduce, or otherwise use

6 any symbol adopted by the Secretary under subsection

7 (a)(1), including to sell any item bearing such a sym8 bol, unless authorized by the Secretary under sub9 section (a)(4) or subsection (f); or’’; and

10 (3) by adding at the end the following:

11 ‘‘(f) COLLABORATIONS.—The Secretary may authorize

12 the use of a symbol adopted by the Secretary under sub13 section (a)(1) by any person engaged in a collaborative ef14 fort with the Secretary to carry out the purposes and poli15 cies of this title and to benefit a national marine sanctuary

16 or the System.’’.

17 SEC. 115. CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.

18 (a) CORRECTION OF REFERENCES TO FORMER COM19 MITTEE.—The following provisions are amended by striking

20 ‘‘Merchant Marine and Fisheries’’ and inserting ‘‘Re21 sources’’:

22 (1) Section 303(b)(2)(A) (16 U.S.C. 6

23 1433(b)(2)(A)).

24 (2) Section 304(a)(6) (16 U.S.C. 1434(a)(6)).

25 (3) Section 314(b)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1445(b)(1)).
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1 (b) CORRECTION OF REFERENCE TO RENAMED ACT.—

2 Section 315(b)(2) (16 U.S.C. 1445a(b)(2)) is

3 amended by striking ‘‘Fishery Conservation and Man4 agement’’.

5 (c) MISCELLANEOUS.—Section 312(a)(1) (16 U.S.C.

6 1443(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘UNITED STATES’’ and

7 inserting ‘‘UNITED STATES’’.

8 TITLE II—RESERVES

9 SEC. 201. POLICIES AND PURPOSES.

10 (a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Section 303 of Public

11 Law 94–370 (16 U.S.C. 1452) is amended by striking

12 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon in paragraph (5), by striking the

13 period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting a semi14 colon, and by adding at the end the following:

15 ‘‘(7) to use Federal, State, and community part16 nerships developed through the system established by

17 section 315 to improve the understanding, steward18 ship, and management of coastal areas; and

19 ‘‘(8) to encourage the development, application,

20 and transfer to local, State, and Federal resources

21 managers of innovative coastal and estuarine re22 sources management technologies and techniques that

23 promote the long-term conservation of coastal and es24 tuarine resources.’’.

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 315(a) of such Act

2 (16 U.S.C. 1461(a)) is amended by adding at the end

3 the following: ‘‘The purpose of each national estuarine

4 reserve and of the System is to improve the under5 standing, stewardship, and management of coastal

6 areas.’’.

7 (2) DEFINITION.—Section 304(8) of such Act (16

8 U.S.C. 1453(8)) is amended to read as follows:

9 ‘‘(8) The term ‘national estuarine reserve’ means an

10 area that is a national estuarine reserve under section

11 315.’’.

12 SEC. 202. AREAS THAT MAY BE DESIGNATED.

13 Section 315(b) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1461(b)) is

14 amended by adding at the end the following:

15 ‘‘An area designated under this section may include any

16 part or all of an estuary and any island, transitional area,

17 and upland in, adjoining, or adjacent to such estuary, that

18 constitutes, to the extent feasible, a natural unit.’’.

19 SEC. 203. DONATIONS.

20 Section 315(e) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1461(e)) is

21 amended by adding at the end the following:

22 ‘‘(4)(A) The Secretary may—

23 ‘‘(i) enter into cooperative agreements or con24 tracts, with, or make grants to, any nonprofit organi25 zation established to benefit a national estuarine re-
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1 serve, authorizing the organization to solicit dona2 tions to carry out projects, other than general admin3 istration of the reserve or the System, that are con4 sistent with the purpose of the reserve and the System;

5 and

6 ‘‘(ii) accept donations of funds and services for

7 use in carrying out projects, other than general ad8 ministration of a national estuarine reserve or the

9 System, that are consistent with the purpose of the re10 serve and the System.

11 ‘‘(B) Donations accepted under this paragraph shall

12 be considered as a gift or bequest to or for the use of the

13 United States for carrying out this section.’’.

14 SEC. 204. EVALUATIONS.

15 Section 315(f)(1) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1461(f)(1))

16 is amended by inserting ‘‘coordination with State programs

17 established under section 306,’’ after ‘‘including’’.

18 SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION.

19 Section 318(a) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1464(a)) is

20 amended by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end

21 of paragraph (1)(C), and by striking paragraph (2) and

22 inserting the following:

23 ‘‘(2) for grants under section 315—

24 ‘‘(A) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;

25 ‘‘(B) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
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1 ‘‘(C) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;

2 ‘‘(D) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; and

3 ‘‘(E) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and

4 ‘‘(3) for grants for construction projects at na5 tional estuarine reserves designated under section 315,

6 $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002,

7 2003, and 2004.’’.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to reauthorize

and amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, and for

other purposes.’’.