RESEARCH TO BE CONSISTENT WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SEC. 101. RESEARCH TO BE CONSISTENT WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. Subsection (a) of section 202 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1442(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(3) The Secretary of Commerce shall ensure that the comprehensive and continuing research program conducted under this subsection is consistent with the comprehensive plan for ocean pollution research and development and monitoring prepared under section 4 of the National Ocean Pollution Planning Act of 1978 (33 U.S.C. 1703).”.