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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1243

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

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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Marine Sanc5 tuaries Enhancement Act of 1999’’.

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES

7 ACT.

8 Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in

9 this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms

10 of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi11 sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
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1 section or other provision of the National Marine Sanc2 tuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.).

3 SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON PROPOSAL OF NEW SANCTUARIES.

4 Section 304 (16 U.S.C. 1434) is amended by adding

5 at the end the following:

6 ‘‘(f) LIMITATION ON DESIGNATION OF NEW SANC7 TUARIES.—

8 ‘‘(1) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not pre9 pare any draft management plan, draft environ10 mental impact statement, or proposed regulations

11 for a proposed designation of a national marine

12 sanctuary, unless the Secretary has published a find13 ing that—

14 ‘‘(A) baseline operational funding has been

15 available for the 2 fiscal years prior to the date

16 of that finding—

17 ‘‘(i) for all national marine sanc18 tuaries designated before that date of en19 actment; and

20 ‘‘(ii) for the Thunder Bay National

21 Marine Sanctuary, if that sanctuary has

22 been designated at the time the finding is

23 published;

24 ‘‘(B) site characterization studies to inven25 tory existing resources, including cultural re-
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1 sources, have been completed for such national

2 marine sanctuaries; and

3 ‘‘(C) the Secretary has developed and is

4 implementing a monitoring program to assess

5 management effectiveness at all national marine

6 sanctuaries designated under this title.

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

8 (1) does not apply to any draft management plan,

9 draft environmental impact statement, or proposed

10 regulations for the Thunder Bay National Marine

11 Sanctuary.’’.

12 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

14 follows:

15 ‘‘SEC. 313 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

16 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the

17 Secretary—

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

19 each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and

20 2004; and

21 ‘‘(2) for construction projects at national ma22 rine sanctuaries, $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years

23 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.’’.
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1 SEC. 5. CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.

2 (a) CORRECTION OF REFERENCES TO FORMER COM3 MITTEE.—The following provisions are amended by strik4 ing ‘‘Merchant Marine and Fisheries’’ and inserting ‘‘Re5 sources’’:

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

7 1433(b)(2)(A)).

8 (2) Section 304(a)(1)(C) (16 U.S.C.

9 1434(a)(1)(C)).

10 (3) Section 304(a)(6) (16 U.S.C. 1434(a)(6)).

11 (4) Section 314(b)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1445(b)(1)).

12 (b) CORRECTION OF REFERENCES TO RENAMED

13 ACT.—

14 (1) Section 302(2) (16 U.S.C. 1432(2)) is

15 amended by striking ‘‘Magnuson Fishery’’ and in16 serting ‘‘Magnuson-Stevens Fishery’’.

17 (2) Section 302(9) (16 U.S.C. 1432(9)) is

18 amended by striking ‘‘Fishery Conservation and

19 Management’’.

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

21 is amended by striking ‘‘Fishery Conservation and

22 Management’’.

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

24 1443(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘UNITED STATES’’

25 and inserting ‘‘UNITED STATES’’.

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