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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4493 
To provide for the enhancement of visitor services, fish and wildlife research, 
and marine and coastal resource management on Guam related to the 
Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 21, 2010 
Ms. BORDALLO (for herself, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. 
FARR, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mrs. CAPPS, and Mr. HONDA) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for the enhancement of visitor services, fish and 
wildlife research, and marine and coastal resource man-
agement on Guam related to the Marianas Trench Ma-
rine National Monument, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Marianas Trench Ma-
rine National Monument Management Enhancement Act 
of 2010’’ or ‘‘Bonitan Ta˚si’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) NATIONAL
MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Monument’’ means the Marianas Trench Ma-
rine National Monument established by Presidential 
Proclamation 8335 of January 6, 2009. 
(2) PROCLAMATION.—The term ‘‘Proclama-
tion’’ means Presidential Proclamation 8335 of Jan-
uary 6, 2009. 
(3) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 
means the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec-
retary of Commerce. 
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF GOVERNMENT OF GUAM. 
In implementing the Proclamation, the Secretaries 
shall treat the government of Guam as a cooperating agen-
cy and substantially similarly as the government of the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, includ-
ing in— 
(1) developing and implementing any manage-
ment plans and management regulations affecting 
the National Monument; 
(2) designation of specific roles and responsibil-
ities and the means of consultation on management 
decisions; 
(3) identification of indigenous persons for 
whom traditional access for culturally significant 
subsistence, cultural, and religious uses, including 
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subsistence fishing, within the National Monument 
is otherwise required; 
(4) carrying out a program to assess and pro-
mote National Monument-related living and non-
living natural resource exploration and research, 
tourism, and recreational and economic opportuni-
ties; and 
(5) appointment of the members of the Mariana 
Monument Advisory Council. 
SEC. 4. EXPANSION AND ENHANCEMENT OF NATIONAL 
WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM RESOURCE MAN-
AGEMENT, VISITOR SERVICES, AND ENVIRON-
MENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS ON GUAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 
may— 
(1) expand and enhance existing visitor services 
programs at the Guam National Wildlife Refuge; 
and 
(2) initiate a comprehensive program, in con-
sultation with the Government of Guam, to— 
(A) survey, assess, manage, and promote 
the living and non-living natural resources of 
the National Monument; 
(B) facilitate natural resource exploration 
and research; and 
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(C) encourage tourism, recreation, and eco-
nomic opportunities to build public awareness 
and appreciation of— 
(i) the National Monument; and 
(ii) the National Wildlife Refuge Sys-
tem. 
(b) INCLUDED ACTIVITIES.—Activities under sub-
section (a) may include— 
(1) enhanced resource management, research, 
and visitor services programs to promote and inter-
pret for the general public the fish and wildlife re-
sources of Guam including activities to improve con-
servation of coral reef ecosystems (as that term is 
defined in the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 
(16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.)); and 
(2) subject to the availability of appropriations, 
construction or leasing of a facility for a multipur-
pose center in Guam (apart from the Guam National 
Wildlife Refuge), to— 
(A) facilitate marine and coastal fish and 
wildlife research, observation, and conservation 
in the interests of the United States, the terri-
tory of Guam, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands; 
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(B) facilitate environmental education for 
students on Guam in partnership with the Uni-
versity of Guam, the Guam Community College, 
and the Guam Department of Education; and 
(C) document, preserve, and display for 
public interpretation artifacts and informa-
tion— 
(i) demonstrating the importance of 
the marine environment and the living and 
nonliving resources of the National Monu-
ment to the people of Guam and the indig-
enous Chamorro culture of the Mariana Is-
lands; 
(ii) illuminating the historic voyage of 
the submersible Trieste undertaken by the 
United States Navy on January 23, 1960, 
in which the deepest part of the Mariana 
Trench, the Challenger Deep, was safely 
reached; and 
(iii) explaining the geology, geo-
chemistry, geomorphology, and ecology of 
the Mariana Trench. 
(c) INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION.—The Secretary 
of the Interior may collaborate with, and accept and use 
funding provided by, the heads of other Federal agencies 
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in the construction and operation of the multipurpose cen-
ter under subsection (b). 
(d) OTHER AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED.—This sec-
tion shall not be construed to affect the authority to con-
struct and operate a visitor facility within the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
(e) DONATIONS.—For the purposes of the planning, 
construction or leasing, and operation of a multipurpose 
center under this section, the Secretary of the Interior 
may accept, retain, and expend donations of funds, and 
use property or services donated from private persons and 
entities or from public entities. 
Æ 
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