[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4493 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4493

 To provide for the enhancement of visitor services, fish and wildlife 
research, and marine and coastal resource management on Guam related to 
 the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2010

Ms. Bordallo (for herself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Farr, 
 Mrs. Christensen, Mrs. Capps, and Mr. Honda) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the enhancement of visitor services, fish and wildlife 
research, and marine and coastal resource management on Guam related to 
 the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, 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 ``Marianas Trench Marine National 
Monument Management Enhancement Act of 2010'' or ``Bonitan Tasi''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) National monument.--The term ``National Monument'' 
        means the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument established 
        by Presidential Proclamation 8335 of January 6, 2009.
            (2) Proclamation.--The term ``Proclamation'' means 
        Presidential Proclamation 8335 of January 6, 2009.
            (3) Secretaries.--The term ``Secretaries'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce.

SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF GOVERNMENT OF GUAM.

    In implementing the Proclamation, the Secretaries shall treat the 
government of Guam as a cooperating agency and substantially similarly 
as the government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
including in--
            (1) developing and implementing any management plans and 
        management regulations affecting the National Monument;
            (2) designation of specific roles and responsibilities and 
        the means of consultation on management decisions;
            (3) identification of indigenous persons for whom 
        traditional access for culturally significant subsistence, 
        cultural, and religious uses, including subsistence fishing, 
        within the National Monument is otherwise required;
            (4) carrying out a program to assess and promote National 
        Monument-related living and nonliving natural resource 
        exploration and research, tourism, and recreational and 
        economic opportunities; and
            (5) appointment of the members of the Mariana Monument 
        Advisory Council.

SEC. 4. EXPANSION AND ENHANCEMENT OF NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM 
              RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, VISITOR SERVICES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
              EDUCATION PROGRAMS ON GUAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior may--
            (1) expand and enhance existing visitor services programs 
        at the Guam National Wildlife Refuge; and
            (2) initiate a comprehensive program, in consultation with 
        the Government of Guam, to--
                    (A) survey, assess, manage, and promote the living 
                and non-living natural resources of the National 
                Monument;
                    (B) facilitate natural resource exploration and 
                research; and
                    (C) encourage tourism, recreation, and economic 
                opportunities to build public awareness and 
                appreciation of--
                            (i) the National Monument; and
                            (ii) the National Wildlife Refuge System.
    (b) Included Activities.--Activities under subsection (a) may 
include--
            (1) enhanced resource management, research, and visitor 
        services programs to promote and interpret for the general 
        public the fish and wildlife resources of Guam including 
        activities to improve conservation of coral reef ecosystems (as 
        that term is defined in the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 
        (16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.)); and
            (2) subject to the availability of appropriations, 
        construction or leasing of a facility for a multipurpose center 
        in Guam (apart from the Guam National Wildlife Refuge), to--
                    (A) facilitate marine and coastal fish and wildlife 
                research, observation, and conservation in the 
                interests of the United States, the territory of Guam, 
                and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands;
                    (B) facilitate environmental education for students 
                on Guam in partnership with the University of Guam, the 
                Guam Community College, and the Guam Department of 
                Education; and
                    (C) document, preserve, and display for public 
                interpretation artifacts and information--
                            (i) demonstrating the importance of the 
                        marine environment and the living and nonliving 
                        resources of the National Monument to the 
                        people of Guam and the indigenous Chamorro 
                        culture of the Mariana Islands;
                            (ii) illuminating the historic voyage of 
                        the submersible Trieste undertaken by the 
                        United States Navy on January 23, 1960, in 
                        which the deepest part of the Mariana Trench, 
                        the Challenger Deep, was safely reached; and
                            (iii) explaining the geology, geochemistry, 
                        geomorphology, and ecology of the Mariana 
                        Trench.
    (c) Interagency Collaboration.--The Secretary of the Interior may 
collaborate with, and accept and use funding provided by, the heads of 
other Federal agencies in the construction and operation of the 
multipurpose center under subsection (b).
    (d) Other Authority Not Affected.--This section shall not be 
construed to affect the authority to construct and operate a visitor 
facility within the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
    (e) Donations.--For the purposes of the planning, construction or 
leasing, and operation of a multipurpose center under this section, the 
Secretary of the Interior may accept, retain, and expend donations of 
funds, and use property or services donated from private persons and 
entities or from public entities.
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