Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 5389 (Introduced in House) — To amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prescribe an additional requirement for the designation of marine san... · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Limitation on authority to designate marine sanctuaries

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Section 303 of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1433 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking The Secretary may and inserting Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary may ; and by adding at the end the following: The Secretary may not designate as a national marine sanctuary any area of the marine environment off the coast of Alaska seaward of the high tide line unless an Act of Congress— requires the Secretary to make such a designation; and prescribes the boundaries of the area to be given such designation by the Secretary. .

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Limitation on authority to designate marine sanctuaries

U.S.C.§ 1433

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