[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1243 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1243

          To reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 1999

  Mr. Saxton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
          To reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act.

    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 
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 provision, the reference shall be considered to 
be made to a section or other provision of the National Marine 
Sanctuaries 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 Sanctuaries.--
            ``(1) Limitation.--The Secretary may not prepare any draft 
        management plan, draft environmental impact statement, or 
        proposed regulations for a proposed designation of a national 
        marine sanctuary, unless the Secretary has published a finding 
        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 sanctuaries 
                        designated before that date of enactment; 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 inventory 
                existing resources, including cultural resources, 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 marine 
        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 Committee.--The following 
provisions are amended by striking ``Merchant Marine and Fisheries'' 
and inserting ``Resources'':
            (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 inserting ``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''.
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