TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY DESIGNATION STANDARDS.

SEC. 205. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY DESIGNATION STANDARDS. (a) Technical Amendment.—Section 303(a) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1433(a)) is amended by striking “the Secretary—” and ail that follows through the end of the sentence and inserting the following: “the Secretary determines that— “(1) the designation will fulfill the purposes and policies of this title; “(2) the area is of special national significance due to— “(A) its conservation, recreational, ecological, historical, scientific, cultural, archaeological, educational, or esthetic qualities; “(B) the communities of living marine resources it harbors; or “(C) its resource or human-use values; “(3) existing State and Federal authorities are inadequate or should be supplemented to ensure coordinated and comprehensive conservation and management of the area, including resource protection, scientific research, and public education; “(4) designation of the area as a national marine sanctuary will facilitate the objectives stated in paragraph (3); and “(5) the area is of a size and nature that will permit comprehensive and coordinated conservation and management.”. (b) Conforming Amendments.—Such Act is further amended— (1) in section 304(a)(1)(C) (as amended by section 6(a) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Amendments Act of 2000) by striking “the Secretary shall”; and (2) in section 304(a)(2)(E) (as amended by section 6(b) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Amendments Act of 2000) by striking “findings” and inserting “determinations”. 114 STAT. 2770 (c) Effective Date.—This section shall take effect immediately after the National Marine Sanctuaries Amendments Act of 2000 takes effect.