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[H.R. 543 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.543

                       One Hundred Fourth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six


                                 An Act


 
   To reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, and for other 
                                purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Marine Sanctuaries 
Preservation Act''.

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 provision, the reference shall be considered to 
be made to a section or other provision of National Marine Sanctuaries 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1431-1445a).

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES ACT.

    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 to carry 
out this title--
        ``(1) $12,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;
        ``(2) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1998; and
        ``(3) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.''.

SEC. 4. MANAGEMENT, RECOVERY, AND PRESERVATION PLAN FOR U.S.S. MONITOR.

    The Secretary of Commerce shall, within 12 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, prepare and submit to the Committee on 
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a long-range, 
comprehensive plan for the management, stabilization, preservation, and 
recovery of artifacts and materials of the U.S.S. MONITOR. In preparing 
and implementing the plan, the Secretary shall to the extent feasible 
utilize the resources of other Federal and private entities with 
expertise and capabilities that are helpful.

SEC. 5. PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF CERTAIN ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

    Section 315(e)(3) (16 U.S.C. 1445a(e)(3)) is amended by inserting 
before the period at the end the following: ``, except that in the case 
of a meeting of an Advisory Council established to provide assistance 
regarding any individual national marine sanctuary the notice is not 
required to be published in the Federal Register''.

SEC. 6. ENHANCING SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES.

    (a) Incorporation of Existing Provision.--Section 316 (16 U.S.C. 
1445 note) is redesignated as section 317, section 2204 of the National 
Marine Sanctuaries Program Amendments Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 5049) is 
moved so as to appear in the National Marine Sanctuaries Act following 
section 315, and that moved section is designated as section 316 of the 
National Marine Sanctuaries Act.
    (b) Amendment of Incorporated Section.--Section 316, as moved and 
designated by subsection (a) of this section, is amended as follows:
        (1) Subsections (a), (g), and (h) are struck, and subsections 
    (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) are redesignated as subsections (a), 
    (b), (c), (d), and (e), respectively.
        (2) In subsection (a), as so redesignated, the matter preceding 
    paragraph (1) is struck and the following is inserted:
    ``(a) Authority.--The Secretary may establish a program consisting 
of--''.
        (3) In subsection (a)(5), as so redesignated--
            (A) ``establishment'' is struck and ``solicitation'' is 
        inserted; and
            (B) ``fees'' is struck and ``monetary or in-kind 
        contributions'' is inserted.
        (4) In subsection (a)(6), as so redesignated--
            (A) ``fees'' is struck and ``monetary or in-kind 
        contributions'' is inserted;
            (B) ``paragraph (5)'' is struck and ``paragraphs (5) and 
        (6)'' is inserted;
            (C) ``assessed'' is struck and ``collected'' is inserted; 
        and
            (D) ``in an interest-bearing revolving fund'' is struck.
        (5) In subsection (a)(7), as so redesignated--
            (A) ``and use'' is inserted after ``expenditure'';
            (B) ``fees'' is struck and ``monetary and in-kind 
        contributions'' is inserted; and
            (C) ``and any interest in the fund established under 
        paragraph (6)'' is struck.
        (6) In subsection (a), as so redesignated, paragraphs (5), (6), 
    and (7) are redesignated in order as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), 
    and the following new paragraph is inserted after paragraph (4):
        ``(5) the creation, marketing, and selling of products to 
    promote the national marine sanctuary program, and entering into 
    exclusive or nonexclusive agreements authorizing entities to 
    create, market or sell on the Secretary's behalf;''.
        (7) The following new sentence is added at the end of 
    subsection (a), as so redesignated:
``Monetary and in-kind contributions raised through the sale, 
marketing, or use of symbols and products related to an individual 
national marine sanctuary shall be used to support that sanctuary.''.
        (8) In subsection (e), as so redesignated--
            (A) paragraph (2) is struck;
            (B) in paragraph (1), ``(1)'' is struck, and subparagraphs 
        (A), (B), (C), and (D) are redesignated as paragraphs (1), (2), 
        (3), and (4); and
            (C) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, ``fee'' is struck 
        and ``monetary or in-kind contribution'' is inserted.
        (9) In each of subsections (b), (c), and (d), as so 
    redesignated, by striking ``subsection (b)'' and inserting 
    ``subsection (a)''.

SEC. 7. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY.

    (a) Inclusion of Kahoolawe Island Waters.--Section 2305 of the 
Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary Act (16 U.S.C. 1433 note) is 
amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) by striking ``(A)'' and inserting ``(a)''; and
            (B) by striking ``the area described in subsection (b) is'' 
        and inserting ``the area described in subsection (b)(1) and any 
        area included under subsection (b)(2) are'';
        (2) by amending subsection (b)(2) to read as follows:
    ``(2)(A) Within 6 months after the date of receipt of a request in 
writing from the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission for inclusion 
within the Sanctuary of the area of the marine environment within 3 
nautical miles of the mean high tide line of Kahoolawe Island (in this 
section referred to as the `Kahoolawe Island waters'), the Secretary 
shall determine whether those waters may be suitable for inclusion in 
the Sanctuary.
    ``(B) If the Secretary determines under subparagraph (A) that the 
Kahoolawe Island waters may be suitable for inclusion within the 
Sanctuary--
        ``(i) the Secretary shall provide notice of that determination 
    to the Governor of Hawaii; and
        ``(ii) the Secretary shall prepare a supplemental environmental 
    impact statement, management plan, and implementing regulations for 
    that inclusion in accordance with this Act, the National Marine 
    Sanctuaries Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act of 
    1969.''; and
        (3) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) Effect of Objection by Governor.--(1)(A) If, within 45 days 
after the date of issuance of the comprehensive management plan and 
implementing regulations under section 2306, the Governor of Hawaii 
certifies to the Secretary that the management plan, the implementing 
regulations, or any term of the plan or regulations is unacceptable, 
the management plan, regulation, or term, respectively, shall not take 
effect in the area of the Sanctuary lying within the seaward boundary 
of the State of Hawaii.
    ``(B) If the Secretary considers that an action under subparagraph 
(A) will affect the Sanctuary in such a manner that the policy or 
purposes of this title cannot be fulfilled, the Secretary may terminate 
the designation under subsection (a). At least 30 days before that 
termination, the Secretary shall submit written notice of the 
termination to the Committee on Resources of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate.
    ``(2)(A) If, within 45 days after the Secretary issues the 
documents required under subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii), the Governor of 
Hawaii certifies to the Secretary that the inclusion of the Kahoolawe 
Island waters in the Sanctuary or any term of that inclusion is 
unacceptable--
        ``(i) the inclusion or the term shall not take effect; and
        ``(ii) subsection (b)(2) shall not apply during the 3-year 
    period beginning on the date of that certification.
    ``(B) If the Secretary considers that an action under subparagraph 
(A) regarding a term of the inclusion of the Kahoolawe Island waters 
will affect the inclusion or the administration of the Kahoolawe Island 
waters as part of the Sanctuary in such a manner that the policy or 
purposes of this title cannot be fulfilled, the Secretary may terminate 
that inclusion.''.
    (b) Limitation on User Fees.--The Hawaiian Islands National Marine 
Sanctuary Act (16 U.S.C. 1433 note) is further amended by redesignating 
section 2307 as section 2308, and by inserting after section 2306 the 
following new section:

``SEC. 2307. LIMITATION ON USER FEES.

    ``(a) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not institute any user fee 
under this Act or the National Marine Sanctuaries Act for any activity 
within the Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary or any use of the 
Sanctuary or its resources.
    ``(b) User Fee Defined.--In this section, the term `user fee' does 
not include--
        ``(1) any fee authorized by section 310 of the National Marine 
    Sanctuaries Act;
        ``(2) any gift or donation received under section 311 of that 
    Act; and
        ``(3) any monetary or in-kind contributions under section 316 
    of that Act.''.

SEC. 8. FLOWER GARDEN BANKS BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.

    (a) Modification.--Notwithstanding section 304 of the National 
Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1434), the boundaries of the Flower 
Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, as designated by Public Law 
102-251, are amended to include the area described in subsection (d), 
popularly known as Stetson Bank. This area shall be part of the Flower 
Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and shall be managed and 
regulated as though it had been designated by the Secretary of Commerce 
under the National Marine Sanctuaries Act.
    (b) Depiction of Sanctuary Boundaries.--The Secretary of Commerce 
shall--
        (1) prepare a chart depicting the boundaries of the Flower 
    Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, as modified by this 
    section; and
        (2) submit copies of this chart to the Committee on Resources 
    of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
    Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
    (c) Application of Regulations.--Regulations issued by the 
Secretary of Commerce to implement the designation of the Flower Garden 
Banks National Marine Sanctuary shall apply to the area described in 
subsection (d), unless modified by the Secretary. This subsection shall 
take effect 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (d) Area Described.--
        (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the area 
    referred to in subsections (a), (b), and (c) is the area that is--
            (A) generally depicted on the Department of the Interior, 
        Minerals Management Service map titled ``Western Gulf of 
        Mexico, Lease Sale 143, September 1993, Biologically Sensitive 
        Areas, Map 3 of 3, Final'';
            (B) labeled ``Stetson'' on the High Island Area South 
        Addition diagram on that map; and
            (C) within the 52 meter isobath.
        (2) Minor boundary adjustments.--The Secretary of Commerce may 
    make minor adjustments to the boundaries of the area described in 
    paragraph (1) as necessary to protect living coral resources or to 
    simplify administration of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine 
    Sanctuary and to establish precisely the geographic boundaries of 
    Stetson Bank. The adjustments shall not significantly enlarge or 
    otherwise alter the size of the area described in paragraph (1), 
    and shall not result in the restriction of oil and gas activities 
    otherwise permitted outside of the ``no activity'' zone designated 
    for Stetson Bank as that zone is depicted on the Minerals 
    Management Service map entitled ``Final Notice of Sale 161, Western 
    Gulf Mexico, Biological Stipulation Map Package''.
    (e) Publication of Notice.--
        (1) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce shall, as soon as 
    practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, publish in 
    the Federal Register a notice describing--
            (A) the boundaries of the Flower Garden Banks National 
        Marine Sanctuary, as modified by this section, and
            (B) any modification of regulations applicable to that 
        Sanctuary that are necessary to implement that modification of 
        the boundaries of the Sanctuary.
        (2) Treatment as notice required under national marine 
    sanctuaries act.--A notice published under paragraph (1) shall be 
    considered to be the notice required to be published under section 
    304(b)(1) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 
    1434(b)(1)).
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--Amounts may be appropriated 
to carry out this section under the authority provided in section 313 
of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, as amended by this Act.

SEC. 9. MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

    (a) Section 301(b)(2) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 
U.S.C. 1431(b)(2)) is amended by striking the period at the end and 
inserting a semicolon.
    (b) Section 302 of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 
1432) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (6) by striking ``, and'' at the end of 
    subparagraph (C) and inserting a semicolon; and
        (2) in paragraph (7) by striking ``and'' after the semicolon at 
    the end.
    (c) Section 307(e)(1)(A) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 
U.S.C. 1437(e)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting ``of 1980'' before the 
period at the end.
    (d) Section 2109 of the National Marine Sanctuaries Program 
Amendments Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 5045) is amended by striking the open 
quotation marks before ``Section 311''.
    (e) Section 2110(d) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Program 
Amendments Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 5046) is deemed to have amended 
section 312(b)(1) of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries 
Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1443(b)(1)) by inserting ``or authorize'' after 
``undertake''.
    (f) The material added to the Marine Protection, Research, and 
Sanctuaries Act of 1972 by section 2112 of the National Marine 
Sanctuaries Program Amendments Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 5046)--
        (1) is deemed to have been added by that section at the end of 
    title III of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act 
    of 1972; and
        (2) shall not be considered to have been added by that section 
    to the end of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act 
    of 1972.
    (g) Section 2202(e) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Program 
Amendments Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 1433 note) is amended by striking 
``section 304(e)'' and inserting ``304(d)''.
    (h) Section 304(b)(3) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 
U.S.C. 1434(b)(3)) is amended--
        (1) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C);
        (2) by moving the text of subparagraph (A) so as to begin at 
    the end of the line on which appears the heading for paragraph (3);
        (3) by moving clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A) 2 ems to 
    the left;
        (4) by striking ``(A) In'' and inserting ``In'';
        (5) by striking ``(i)'' and inserting ``(A)''; and
        (6) by striking ``(ii)'' and inserting ``(B)''.

SEC. 10. NORTHWEST STRAITS.

    No designation of an area in the Northwest Straits in the State of 
Washington as a national marine sanctuary under the National Marine 
Sanctuaries Act shall take effect unless that designation is 
specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of enactment of 
this Act.

SEC. 11. DESIGNATION OF GERRY E. STUDDS STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE 
              SANCTUARY.

    The Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary shall be known and 
designated as the ``Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine 
Sanctuary''. Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
or other record of the United States to that national marine sanctuary 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen 
Bank National Marine Sanctuary''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.