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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 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.
No designation of an area in the Northwest Straits
in the State of Washington as a national marine sanctuary
under the National Marine Sanctuaries Act shall take ef-
fect unless that designation is specifically authorized by
a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act.
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
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sanctuary shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Gerry
E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 28,
1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.