[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5118 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5118

 To provide the waters and submerged lands off the coast of New Jersey 
  and within the Historic Area Remediation Site shall be treated as a 
marine protected area for purposes of Executive Order 13158, dated May 
                               26, 2000.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 6, 2000

Mr. Saxton (for himself and Mr. Pallone) introduced the following bill; 
            which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide the waters and submerged lands off the coast of New Jersey 
  and within the Historic Area Remediation Site shall be treated as a 
marine protected area for purposes of Executive Order 13158, dated May 
                               26, 2000.

    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 ``Marine Protected Area Enhancement 
Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF HISTORIC AREA REMEDIATION SITE AS MARINE PROTECTED 
              AREA.

    (a) In General.--The waters and submerged lands off the coast of 
New Jersey and within the Historic Area Remediation Site shall be 
treated as a marine protected area for purposes of Executive Order 
13158, dated May 26, 2000.
    (b) Historic Area Remediation Site Defined.--In this section the 
term ``Historic Area Remediation Site'' means the dredged material 
disposal area known by that name that is located east of Sandy Hook, 
New Jersey, and described in part 228.15(d)(6) of title 40, Code of 
Federal Regulations (as in effect on July 1, 1999).
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