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304(b)(1) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act
(16 U.S.C. 1434(b)(1)).
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Amounts
may be appropriated to carry out this section under the
authority provided in section 313 of the National Marine
Sanctuaries Act, as amended by this Act.
SEC. 9. MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
(a) Section 301(b)(2) of the National Marine Sanc-
tuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431(b)(2)) is amended by striking
the period at the end and inserting a semicolon.
(b) Section 302 of the National Marine Sanctuaries
Act (16 U.S.C. 1432) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘, and’’ at the
end of subparagraph (C) and inserting a semicolon;
and
(2) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘and’’ after
the semicolon at the end.
(c) Section 307(e)(1)(A) of the National Marine
Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1437(e)(1)(A)) is amended by
inserting ‘‘of 1980’’ before the period at the end.
(d) Section 2109 of the National Marine Sanctuaries
Program Amendments Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 5045) is
amended by striking the open quotation marks before
‘‘Section 311’’.
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(e) Section 2110(d) of the National Marine Sanc-
tuaries Program Amendments Act of 1992 (106 Stat.
5046) is deemed to have amended section 312(b)(1) of the
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972
(16 U.S.C. 1443(b)(1)) by inserting ‘‘or authorize’’ after
‘‘undertake’’.
(f) The material added to the Marine Protection, Re-
search, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 by section 2112 of
the National Marine Sanctuaries Program Amendments
Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 5046)—
(1) is deemed to have been added by that sec-
tion at the end of title III of the Marine Protection,
Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972; and
(2) shall not be considered to have been added
by that section to the end of the Marine Protection,
Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972.
(g) Section 2202(e) of the National Marine Sanc-
tuaries Program Amendments Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C.
1433 note) is amended by striking ‘‘section 304(e)’’ and
inserting ‘‘304(d)’’.
(h) Section 304(b)(3) of the National Marine Sanc-
tuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1434(b)(3)) is amended—
(1) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C);
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(2) by moving the text of subparagraph (A) so
as to begin at the end of the line on which appears
the heading for paragraph (3);
(3) by moving clauses (i) and (ii) of subpara-
graph (A) 2 ems to the left, so that the left margins
of clauses (i) and (ii) are aligned with the left mar-
gin of paragraph (3);
(4) by striking ‘‘(A) In’’ and inserting ‘‘In’’;
(5) by striking ‘‘(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)’’; and
(6) by striking ‘‘(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B)’’.
SEC. 10. NORTHWEST STRAITS.
(a) NORTHWEST STRAITS MARINE RESOURCES PRO-
TECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—(1) There shall be es-
tablished, within 120 days after the date of enactment of
this subsection, the Northwest Straits Marine Resources
Protection Advisory Committee, consisting of 11 members
appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, at least 8 of
whom are appointed in accordance with paragraph (2) and
at least 1 of whom is appointed from each of the following
counties in western Washington: Jefferson, San Juan, Is-
land, Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, and Clallam. This Ad-
visory Committee shall be exempt from the Federal Advi-
sory Committee Act.
(2) The Secretary of Commerce shall appoint mem-
bers of the Advisory Committee from a list of individuals
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submitted by each county specified in paragraph (1), in
accordance with the following requirements:
(A) A county may not submit the names of in-
dividuals to the Secretary for appointment unless
the county has determined that each individual, by
reason of his or her occupational or other experi-
ence, scientific expertise, or training, is knowledge-
able regarding the conservation and management, or
the commercial or recreational harvest or use, of the
marine resources of the Northwest Straits.
(B) Each list shall include the names and perti-
nent biographical data of not less than 3 individuals
for each applicable vacancy and shall be accom-
panied by a statement by the county explaining how
each individual meets the requirements under para-
graph (1).
(C) The Secretary shall review each list submit-
ted by a county to ascertain if the individuals on the
list are qualified for the vacancy on the basis of the
requirements under subparagraph (A). If the Sec-
retary determines that no individual on a county’s
list is qualified, the Secretary shall notify the county
in writing of that determination, and provide the
county an explanation of that determination. The
county shall then submit a revised list or resubmit
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the original list with an additional explanation of the
qualifications of the individuals in question.
(b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT.—Within 1 year
of the enactment of this Act, the Advisory Committee es-
tablished under subsection (a) shall report to the Sec-
retary of Commerce on the adequacy of existing marine
resources protection under local, State, and Federal laws
in the Northwest Straits. This report shall recommend
whether a special resources management area is necessary
to protect the marine resources of the Northwest Straits.
If the Advisory Committee recommends that a special re-
sources management area is necessary, then the report
shall specify whether that area should constitute a non-
Federal management area, a national marine sanctuary,
or some other form. The Secretary shall make available
to the Advisory Committee any staff, information, admin-
istrative services, or other assistance reasonably required
to carry out its functions.
(c) SUBMISSION OF NORTHWEST STRAITS DRAFT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.—The Secretary
of Commerce shall not issue a draft Environmental Impact
Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 on a national marine sanctuary in the Northwest
Straits until receipt of the report required under sub-
section (b). If the Secretary issues a draft Environmental
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Impact Statement, it shall include the Advisory Commit-
tee’s recommendation as an alternative.
(d) SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS.—In the case of a
national marine sanctuary in the Northwest Straits, on
the same day the notice required by section 304(a)(1)(A)
of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act is issued, the Sec-
retary of Commerce shall submit the documents required
by section 304(a)(1)(C) of the National Marine Sanc-
tuaries Act to the Advisory Committee established under
subsection (a) and shall publish notice of that submission
in the Federal Register. The Advisory Committee shall
then within 60 days review those documents and make rec-
ommendations to the Secretary regarding designation.
Upon receipt of the recommendations of the Advisory
Committee, the Secretary shall submit the documents re-
quired by section 304(a)(1)(A) of the National Marine
Sanctuaries Act along with recommendations of the Advi-
sory Committee to the Committee on Resources of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
(e) CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF DESIGNA-
TION REQUIRED.—No designation of an area in the
Northwest Straits as a national marine sanctuary under
the National Marine Sanctuaries Act shall take effect un-
less that designation is specifically authorized by a law en-
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acted after the date of publication of the notice of submis-
sion required under subsection (d).
(f) DEFINITIONS.—
(1) NORTHWEST STRAITS.—In this section the
term ‘‘Northwest Straits’’ means the area generally
described as the Washington State Nearshore area
in the notice published by the Secretary of Com-
merce in the Federal Register on August 4, 1983.
(2) COUNTY.—In subsection (a)(2), the term
‘‘county’’ means each local elected legislative body
that represents a county specified in subsection
(a)(1).
SEC. 11. DESIGNATION OF GERRY E. STUDDS STELLWAGEN
BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY.
The Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Gerry E. Studds
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary’’. Any ref-
erence in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or
other record of the United States to that national marine
sanctuary shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Gerry
E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 4,
1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.