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Union Calendar No. 340 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1187 
[Report No. 110–557] 
To expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine 
Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2007 
Ms. WOOLSEY (for herself and Mr. GILCHREST) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
MARCH 31, 2008 
Additional sponsors: Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. GEORGE MILLER 
of California, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. STARK, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. 
DEFAZIO, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. FARR, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. 
ALLEN, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. WAXMAN, Mrs. 
CAPPS, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. OLVER, Mr. HONDA, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Ms. HARMAN, 
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. HIGGINS, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. COHEN, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. 
MEEKS of New York, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Mr. WU, Mr. BECERRA, 
Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. 
LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, 
Ms. WATSON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. LEE, 
Mr. KIND, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. CASTOR, Mr. MCNERNEY, 
and Mr. MARKEY 
MARCH 31, 2008 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
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[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 February 16, 2007] 
A BILL 
To expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones 
National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank Na-
tional Marine Sanctuary. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gulf of the Farallones 
and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary 
Modification and Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Gulf of the Farallones extends approxi-
mately 100 miles along the coast of Marin and 
Sonoma counties of northern California. It includes 
approximately 
one-half 
of 
California’s 
nesting 
seabirds, rich benthic marine life on hard-rock sub-
strate, prolific fisheries, and substantial concentra-
tions of resident and seasonally migratory marine 
mammals. 
(2) Cordell Bank is adjacent to the Gulf of the 
Farallones and is a submerged island with spectac-
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ular, unique, and nationally significant marine envi-
ronments. 
(3) These marine environments have national 
and international significance, exceed the biological 
productivity of tropical rain forests, and support high 
levels of biological diversity. 
(4) These biological communities are easily sus-
ceptible to damage from human activities, and must 
be properly conserved for themselves and to protect the 
economic viability of their contribution to national 
and regional economies. 
(5) The Gulf of Farallones and Cordell Bank in-
clude some of the Nation’s richest fishing grounds, 
supporting important commercial and recreational 
fisheries. These fisheries are regulated by State and 
Federal fishery agencies and are supported and fos-
tered through protection of the waters and habitats of 
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary 
and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. 
(6) The report of the Commission on Ocean Pol-
icy established by Public Law 106–256 calls for com-
prehensive protection for the most productive ocean 
environments and recommends that they be managed 
as ecosystems. 
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(7) New scientific discoveries by the National 
Marine Sanctuary Program support comprehensive 
protection for these marine environments by broad-
ening the geographic scope of the existing Gulf of the 
Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the 
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. 
(8) Cordell Bank is at the nexus of an ocean 
upwelling system, which produces the highest biomass 
concentrations on the west coast of the United States. 
SEC. 3. POLICY AND PURPOSE. 
(a) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States in 
this Act to protect and preserve living and other resources 
of the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank marine envi-
ronments. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this Act are the fol-
lowing: 
(1) To extend the boundaries of the Gulf of the 
Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the 
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary to the areas 
described in section 5. 
(2) To strengthen the protections that apply in 
the Sanctuaries. 
(3) To educate and interpret for the public the 
ecological value and national importance of those ma-
rine environments. 
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(4) To manage human uses of the Sanctuaries 
under this Act and the National Marine Sanctuaries 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.). 
(c) EFFECT ON FISHING ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in this 
Act is intended to alter any existing authorities regarding 
the conduct and location of fishing activities in the Sanc-
tuaries. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) MARICULTURE.—The term ‘‘mariculture’’ 
means the propagation or rearing of aquatic orga-
nisms in controlled or selected aquatic environments 
for any commercial, recreational, or public purpose. 
(2) CORDELL
BANK
NMS.—The term ‘‘Cordell 
Bank NMS’’ means the Cordell Bank National Ma-
rine Sanctuary. 
(3) FARALLONES
NMS.—The term ‘‘Farallones 
NMS’’ means the Gulf of the Farallones National Ma-
rine Sanctuary. 
(4) SANCTUARIES.—The term ‘‘Sanctuaries’’ 
means the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine 
Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine 
Sanctuary, as expanded by section 5. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Commerce. 
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SEC. 5. NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY BOUNDARY AD-
JUSTMENTS. 
(a) GULF OF THE FARALLONES.— 
(1) BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENT.—The areas de-
scribed in paragraph (2) are added to the existing 
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary 
described in part 922.80 of title 15, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(2) AREAS INCLUDED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The areas referred to in 
paragraph (1) consist of the following: 
(i) All submerged lands and waters, in-
cluding living marine and other resources 
within and on those lands and waters, from 
the mean high water line to the boundary 
described in subparagraph (B). 
(ii) The submerged lands and waters, 
including living marine and other resources 
within those waters, within the approxi-
mately two-square-nautical-mile portion of 
the Cordell Bank NMS (as in effect imme-
diately before the enactment of this Act) 
that is located south of the area that is 
added to Cordell Bank NMS by subsection 
(b)(2), 
which 
are 
transferred 
to 
the 
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Farallones NMS from the Cordell Bank 
NMS. 
(B) BOUNDARY DESCRIBED.—The boundary 
referred to in subparagraph (A)(i) commences 
from the mean high water line (MHWL) at 
39.00000 degrees north in a westward direction 
approximately 29 nautical miles (nm) to 
39.00000 north, 124.33333 west. The boundary 
then extends in a southeasterly direction to 
38.30000 degrees north, 124.00000 degrees west, 
approximately 44 nm westward of Bodega Head. 
The boundary then extends eastward to the most 
northeastern corner of the expanded Cordell 
Bank NMS at 38.30000 north, 123.20000 degrees 
west, approximately 6 nm miles westward of 
Bodega Head. The boundary then extends in a 
southeasterly direction to 38.26500 degrees north, 
123.18166 degrees west at the northwestern most 
point of the current Gulf of the Farallones 
Boundary. The boundary then follows the cur-
rent northern Gulf of the Farallones NMS 
boundary in a northeasterly direction to the 
MHWL near Bodega Head. The boundary then 
follows the MHWL in a northeasterly direction 
to the commencement point at the intersection of 
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the MHWL and 39.00000 north. Coordinates 
listed in this subparagraph are based on the 
North American Datum 1983 and the geographic 
projection. 
(b) CORDELL BANK.— 
(1) BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENT.—The area de-
scribed in paragraph (2) is added to the existing 
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary described 
in part 922.80 of title 15, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(2) AREA INCLUDED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The area referred to in 
paragraph (1) consists of all submerged lands 
and waters, including living marine and other 
resources within those waters, within the bound-
ary described in subparagraph (B). 
(B) BOUNDARY.—The boundary referred to 
in subparagraph (A) commences at the most 
northeastern point of the current Cordell Bank 
NMS boundary at 38.26500 degrees north, 
123.18166 
degrees 
west 
and 
extends 
northwestward 
to 
38.30000 
degrees 
north, 
123.20000 degrees west, approximately 6 nau-
tical miles (nm) west of Bodega Head. The 
boundary then extends westward to 38.30000 de-
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grees north, 124.00000 degrees west, approxi-
mately 44 nautical miles west of Bodega Head. 
The boundary then turns southeastward and con-
tinues approximately 34 nautical miles to 
37.76687 degrees north, 123.75142 degrees west, 
and then approximately 15 nm eastward to 
37.76687 north, 123.42694 west at an intersec-
tion with the current Cordell Bank NMS bound-
ary. The boundary then follows the current 
Cordell Bank NMS, which is coterminous with 
the current Gulf of the Farallones boundary, in 
a northeasterly and the northwesterly direction 
to its commencement point at 38.26500 degrees 
north, 123.18166 degrees west. Coordinates listed 
in this subparagraph are based on NAD83 
Datum and the geographic projection. 
(c) INCLUSION IN THE SYSTEM.—The areas included 
in the Sanctuaries under subsections (a) and (b) shall be 
managed as part of the National Marine Sanctuary Sys-
tem, established by section 301(c) of the National Marine 
Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431(c)), in accordance with 
that Act. 
(d) UPDATED NOAA CHARTS.—The Secretary shall— 
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(1) produce updated National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration nautical charts for the 
areas in which the Sanctuaries are located; and 
(2) include on those nautical charts the bound-
aries of the Sanctuaries, as revised by this Act. 
(e) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—In producing revised 
nautical charts as directed by subsection (d) and in describ-
ing the boundaries in regulations issued by the Secretary, 
the Secretary may make technical modifications to the 
boundaries described in this section for clarity and ease of 
identification, as appropriate. 
SEC. 6. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING AND PER-
MITTING. 
No lease or permit may be issued that authorizes explo-
ration, development, production, or transporting by pipe-
line of minerals or hydrocarbons within the Sanctuaries. 
SEC. 7. MANAGEMENT PLANS AND REGULATIONS. 
(a) INTERIM PLAN.—The Secretary shall complete an 
interim supplemental management plan for the Sanctuaries 
by not later than 24 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, that focuses on management in the areas added 
to the Sanctuaries under this Act. The Secretary shall en-
sure that the supplemental plan does not weaken existing 
resource protections. 
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(b) REVISED PLANS.—The Secretary shall issue a re-
vised comprehensive management plan for the Sanctuaries 
during the first management review initiated after the date 
of the enactment of this Act under section 304(e) of the Na-
tional Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1434(e)) for the 
Sanctuaries, and issue such final regulations as may be 
necessary. 
(c) APPLICATION OF EXISTING REGULATIONS.—The 
regulations for the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine 
Sanctuary (15 C.F.R. 922, subpart H) and the Cordell 
Bank National Marine Sanctuary (15 C.F.R. 922, subpart 
K), including any changes made as a result of a joint man-
agement plan review for the Sanctuaries conducted pursu-
ant to section 304(e) of the National Marine Sanctuaries 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1434(e)), shall apply to the areas added to 
each Sanctuary, respectively, under section 5 until the Sec-
retary modifies such regulations in accordance with sub-
section (d) of this section. 
(d) REVISED REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out 
an assessment of necessary revisions to the regulations 
for the Sanctuaries in a manner that ensures the pro-
tection of the resources of the Sanctuaries consistent 
with the purposes and policies of the National Marine 
Sanctuaries Act and the goals and objectives for the 
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new areas added to each sanctuary under section 5 of 
this Act. The assessment and any corresponding regu-
latory changes shall be complete within 24 months of 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) REGULATION OF SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES.—In 
revising the regulations for the Sanctuaries pursuant 
to this subsection, the Secretary shall consider appro-
priate regulations for the following activities: 
(A) The deposit or release of introduced spe-
cies. 
(B) The alteration of stream and river 
drainage into the Sanctuaries. 
(C) Mariculture operations in the Sanc-
tuaries. 
(3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In revising the regula-
tions for the Sanctuaries pursuant to this subsection, 
the Secretary shall consider exempting from further 
regulation under the National Marine Sanctuaries 
Act and this Act discharges that are permitted under 
a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System 
permit in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, 
or under a new or renewed National Pollution Dis-
charge Elimination System permit that does not in-
crease pollution in the Sanctuaries and that origi-
nates— 
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(A) in the Russian River Watershed outside 
the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones Na-
tional Marine Sanctuary; or 
(B) from the Bodega Marine Laboratory. 
(e) CONTENTS OF PLANS.—Revisions to each com-
prehensive management plan under this section shall, in 
addition to matters required under section 304(a)(2) of the 
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 
(16 U.S.C. 1434(A)(2))— 
(1) facilitate all appropriate public and private 
uses of the national marine sanctuary to which each 
respective plan applies consistent with the primary 
objective of sanctuary resource protection; 
(2) establish temporal and geographical zoning if 
necessary to ensure protection of sanctuary resources; 
(3) identify priority needs for research that 
will— 
(A) improve management of the Sanc-
tuaries; 
(B) diminish threats to the health of the 
ecosystems in the Sanctuaries; or 
(C) fulfill both of subparagraphs (A) and 
(B); 
(4) establish a long-term ecological monitoring 
program and database, including the development 
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and implementation of a resource information system 
to disseminate information on the Sanctuaries’ eco-
system, history, culture, and management; 
(5) identify alternative sources of funding needed 
to fully implement the plan’s provisions and supple-
ment appropriations under section 313 of the Marine 
Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1444); 
(6) ensure coordination and cooperation between 
sanctuary superintendents and other Federal, State, 
and local authorities with jurisdiction over areas 
within or adjacent to the Sanctuaries to deal with 
issues affecting the Sanctuaries, including surface 
water run-off, stream and river drainages, and navi-
gation; 
(7) in the case of revisions to the plan for the 
Farallones NMS, promote cooperation with farmers 
and ranchers operating in the watersheds adjacent to 
the Farallones NMS and establish voluntary best 
management practices programs; 
(8) promote cooperative and educational pro-
grams with fishing vessel operators and crews oper-
ating in the waters of the Sanctuaries, and, whenever 
possible, include individuals who engage in fishing 
and their vessels in cooperative research, assessment, 
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and monitoring programs and educational programs 
to promote sustainable fisheries, conservation of re-
sources, and navigational safety; and 
(9) promote education and public awareness, 
among users of the Sanctuaries, about the need for 
marine resource conservation and safe navigation and 
marine transportation. 
(f) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide for participation by the general public in the revision 
of the comprehensive management plans and relevant regu-
lations under this section. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary— 
(1) $3,000,000 to carry out this Act for each of 
fiscal years 2009 through 2013, other than for con-
struction and acquisition projects; and 
(2) $3,500,000 for fiscal year 2009 and such 
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2010 through 2013 for construction and acquisition 
projects related to the Sanctuaries. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to expand the 
boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine 
Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanc-
tuary, and for other purposes.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 340 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1187 
[Report No. 110–557] 
A BILL 
To expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the 
Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the 
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. 
MARCH 31, 2008 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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