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"appropriations 



"Sec. 317. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated — 



"(1) tlie sum of $12,000,000 for fiscal year 19 i 2 and such sums as may be 

 necessary for the fiscal years thereafter prior to June 30, 1976, for grants 

 under section 305 ; 



"(2) such sums, not to exceed $50,000,000, as may be necessary for the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and such sums as may be necessary for each 

 succeeding fiscal year thereafter for grants under section 306 ; and 



(3) such sums, not to exceed $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1972; $6,000,000 

 for fiscal year 1973 ; $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 ; $6,000,000 for fiscal year 

 1975 ; and $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 as may be necessary for grants under 

 section 312. 

 "(b) There are also authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums, 

 not to exceed $3,000,000 annually, as may be necessary for administrative ex- 

 penses incident to the administration of this title. 



"TITLE IV— MARINE SANCTUARIES 



"short title 



"Sec. 401. This title may be cited as the 'Marine Sanctuary Act of 1971'. 



"Sec 402. (a) The Secretary, after consultation \^^th the Secretaries of State, 

 Defense, the Interior, and Transportation, may designate as marine sanctuaries 

 those areas of the high seas outside the coastal and estuarine zone and super- 

 jacent to the subsoil and seabed of the Continental Shelf, as defined in the Con- 

 vention on the Continental Shelf (15 U.S.T. 471; TIAS 5578), which he deter- 

 mines necessary for the purpose of presenting or restoring such areas for their 

 conservation, recreational, ecological, or esthetic values. 



"(b) Unless the action is concurred in by the coastal State involved, no marine 

 .sanctuary designated under this title may include vraters superjacent to the 

 subsoil and seabed within the seaward boundary of a coastal State, as that bound- 

 ary is defined in section 2 of title I of the Act of May 22, 1953 (67 Stat. 29) . 



"(e) When a marine sanctuary is designated pursuant to this title, which in- 

 cludes an area more than twelve miles from the baseline from which the breadth 

 of the territorial sea is measured, the Secretary of State shall take action, as 

 appropriate, to enter into agreements with other Governments, in order to protect 

 such sanctuary and promote the purposes for which it was established. 



"(d) The Secretary shall make his initial designation under this section 

 within two years following the date of enactment of this title. Thereafter, he shall 

 periodically designate such additional areas as he deems appropriate. The Secre- 

 tary shall submit a report annually to the Congress, setting forth a compre- 

 hensive review of his actions under the authority under this section, together 

 with appropriate recommendations for legislation considered necessary for the 

 designation and protection of marine sanctuaries. 



"(e) Before a marine sanctuary is designated under this section, the Secretary 

 shall hold public hearings in the coastal area which would be most directly 

 affected by such designation, for the purpose of receiving and giving proper 

 consideration to the views of any interested party. Such hearings shall be 

 held no earlier than thirty days after the publication of a public notice thereof. 



"(f) After a marine sanctuary has been designated under this section, the 

 Secretary shall issue necessary and reasonable regulations to control any activi- 

 ties permitted within the designated marine sanctuary, and no permit, license, 

 or other authorization issued pursuant to any other authority shall be valid unless 

 the Secretary shall certify that the permitted activity is consistent with the 

 purposes of this title and can be carried out within the regulations promulgated 

 under this section. 



"Sec. 403. (a) Whoever violates any regulations issued pursuant to this title 

 shall be liable to a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 for each such viola- 

 tion, to be assessed by the Secretary. Each day of a continuing violation shall 

 constitute a separate violation. 



"(b) No penalty shall be assessed under this section until the person charged 

 has been given notice and an opportunity to be heard. Upon failure of the offend- 



