To amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prescribe an additional requirement for the designation of marine sanctuaries off the coast of Alaska, and for other purposes.

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 272 To amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prescribe an additional requirement for the designation of marine sanctuaries off the coast of Alaska, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 11, 2021 Mr. YOUNG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prescribe an additional requirement for the designation of marine sanctuaries off the coast of Alaska, and for other pur- poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE 3 MARINE SANCTUARIES. 4 Section 303 of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act 5 (16 U.S.C. 1433) is amended— 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:47 Feb 05, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H272.IH H272 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 272 IH (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The Sec- 1 retary may’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection 2 (c), the Secretary may’’; and 3 (2) by adding at the end the following: 4 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not designate 5 as a national marine sanctuary any area of the marine 6 environment off the coast of Alaska seaward of the high 7 tide line unless an Act of Congress— 8 ‘‘(1) requires the Secretary to make such a des- 9 ignation; and 10 ‘‘(2) prescribes the boundaries of the area to be 11 given such designation by the Secretary.’’. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:47 Feb 05, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H272.IH H272 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS