To amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prescribe an additional requirement for the designation of marine sanctuaries off the coast of Alaska.

Bill: 113-hr-5389
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-07-31
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Alaska

Congressional oversight

Department of Commerce

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Latest action: action_date: 2014-08-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prohibit the Secretary of Commerce from designating as a national marine sanctuary an area of the marine environment off the coast of Alaska seaward of the high tide line unless an Act of Congress requires the Secretary to make the designation and prescribes the boundaries of the designated area.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5389 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 31, 2014 Mr. Young of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prescribe an additional requirement for the designation of marine sanctuaries off the coast of Alaska.

1. Limitation on authority to designate marine sanctuaries Section 303 of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1433 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking The Secretary may and inserting Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary may ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (c) Limitation The Secretary may not designate as a national marine sanctuary any area of the marine environment off the coast of Alaska seaward of the high tide line unless an Act of Congress— (1) requires the Secretary to make such a designation; and (2) prescribes the boundaries of the area to be given such designation by the Secretary. .