PUBLIC LAW 96-332—AUG. 29, 1980
94 STAT. 1057
Public Law 96-332 96th Congress An Act To amend title III of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, as amended, to authorize appropriations for such title for fiscal years 1980 and 1981, and for other purposes.
Aug. 29, 1980 [S. 1140]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 301 of Marine the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (16 Protection,and Research, U.S.C. 1431) is amended by adding at the end thereof a new sentence Sanctuaries Act to read as follows: "The term 'State', when used in this title, means of 1972, any of the several States or any territory or possession of the United appropriation authorization. States which has a popularly elected Governor.". "State." SEC. 2. Section 302 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1432) is amended— (1) in subsection Ob), by inserting "(1)" after "(b)", by striking out the second sentence thereof, and by inserting at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(2) A designation under this section shall become effective Designation. unless— "(A) the Governor of any State described in paragraph (1) certifies to the Secretary, before the end of the sixty-day period beginning on the date of the publication of the designation, that the designation or any of its terms described in subsection (fKD, are unacceptable to his State, in which case those terms certified as unacceptable will not be effective in the waters described in paragraph (1) in such State until the Governor withdraws his certification of unacceptability; or "(B) both Houses of Congress adopt a concurrent resolution in accordance with subsection (h) which disapproves the designation or any of its terms described in subsection (f)(1). The Secretary may withdraw the designation after any such certifica- Designation tion or resolution of disapproval. If the Secretary does not withdraw withdrawal. the designation, only those portions of the designation not certified as unacceptable under subparagraph (A) or not disapproved under subparagraph (B) shall take effect."; (2) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows: "(fKD The terms of the designation shall include the geographic Designation area included within the sanctuary; the characteristics of the area terms. that give it conservation, recreational, ecological or esthetic value; and the types of activities that will be subject to regulation by the Secretary in order to protect those characteristics. The terms of the designation may be modified only by the same procedures through which an original designation is made. "(2) The Secretary, after consultation with other interested Federal Regulations. and State agencies, shall issue necessary and reasonable regulations to implement the terms of the designation and control the activities described in it, except that all permits, licenses, and other authorizations issued pursuant to any other authority shall be valid unless such regulations otherwise provide.
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