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

Bill: 115-hr-222
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-03
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: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prohibit the Department 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 Commerce to make the designation and prescribes the boundaries of the designated area.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 222 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2017 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, and for other purposes.

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. .