I
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.
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 ‘‘National Marine Sanc-
tuaries Enhancement Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES
ACT.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
section or other provision of the National Marine Sanc-
tuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.).
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON PROPOSAL OF NEW SANCTUARIES.
Section 304 (16 U.S.C. 1434) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(f) LIMITATION ON DESIGNATION OF NEW SANC-
TUARIES.—
‘‘(1) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not pre-
pare any draft management plan, draft environ-
mental impact statement, or proposed regulations
for a proposed designation of a national marine
sanctuary, unless the Secretary has published a find-
ing that—
‘‘(A) baseline operational funding has been
available for the 2 fiscal years prior to the date
of that finding—
‘‘(i) for all national marine sanc-
tuaries designated before that date of en-
actment; and
‘‘(ii) for the Thunder Bay National
Marine Sanctuary, if that sanctuary has
been designated at the time the finding is
published;
‘‘(B) site characterization studies to inven-
tory existing resources, including cultural re-
sources, have been completed for such national
marine sanctuaries; and
‘‘(C) the Secretary has developed and is
implementing a monitoring program to assess
management effectiveness at all national marine
sanctuaries designated under this title.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—Paragraph
(1) does not apply to any draft management plan,
draft environmental impact statement, or proposed
regulations for the Thunder Bay National Marine
Sanctuary.’’.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 313 (16 U.S.C. 1444) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘SEC. 313 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary—
‘‘(1) to carry out this title, $26,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and
2004; and
‘‘(2) for construction projects at national ma-
rine sanctuaries, $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.’’.
SEC. 5. CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) CORRECTION OF REFERENCES TO FORMER COM-
MITTEE.—The following provisions are amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Merchant Marine and Fisheries’’ and inserting ‘‘Re-
sources’’:
(1) 
Section 
303(b)(2)(A) 
(16 
U.S.C.
1433(b)(2)(A)).
(2) 
Section 
304(a)(1)(C) 
(16 
U.S.C.
1434(a)(1)(C)).
(3) Section 304(a)(6) (16 U.S.C. 1434(a)(6)).
(4) Section 314(b)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1445(b)(1)).
(b) CORRECTION
OF REFERENCES
TO RENAMED
ACT.—
(1) Section 302(2) (16 U.S.C. 1432(2)) is
amended by striking ‘‘Magnuson Fishery’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Magnuson-Stevens Fishery’’.
(2) Section 302(9) (16 U.S.C. 1432(9)) is
amended by striking ‘‘Fishery Conservation and
Management’’.
(3) Section 315(b)(2) (16 U.S.C. 1445a(b)(2))
is amended by striking ‘‘Fishery Conservation and
Management’’.
(c) MISCELLANEOUS.—Section 312(a)(1) (16 U.S.C.
1443(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘UNITED STATES’’
and inserting ‘‘UNITED STATES’’.
Æ