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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Prohibits the use of any funds made available under any Act making appropriations for FY2008 or FY2009 to establish a national monument or otherwise convey protected status to any area in the marine environment of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States. </p> <p>Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to submit to Congress a study of the proposed protected area.</p>]]></text>
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