16 U.S.C. § 1445a — Advisory Councils

Page 1865 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 1445b Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1445) and consistent with the Co- operative Agreement entered into in October, 1989, be- tween the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- tration and the Mariner’s Museum of Newport News, Virginia, the Secretary of Commerce shall make a grant for the acquisition of space in Hatteras Village, North Carolina, for— ‘‘(1) the display and interpretation of artifacts re- covered from the area of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to North Carolina generally known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic, including artifacts recovered from the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary; and ‘‘(2) administration and operations of the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary. ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION.—To carry out the responsibil- ities of the Secretary of Commerce under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec- retary of Commerce a total of $800,000 for fiscal years 1993 and 1994, to remain available until expended. ‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—Not more than two-thirds of the cost of space acquired under this section may be paid with amounts provided pursuant to this section.’’ § 1445a. Advisory Councils (a) Establishment The Secretary may establish one or more advi- sory councils (in this section referred to as an ‘‘Advisory Council’’) to advise and make rec- ommendations to the Secretary regarding the designation and management of national marine sanctuaries. The Advisory Councils shall be ex- empt from chapter 10 of title 5. (b) Membership Members of the Advisory Councils may be ap- pointed from among— (1) persons employed by Federal or State agencies with expertise in management of nat- ural resources; (2) members of relevant Regional Fishery Management Councils established under sec- tion 1852 of this title; and (3) representatives of local user groups, con- servation and other public interest organiza- tions, scientific organizations, educational or- ganizations, or others interested in the protec- tion and multiple use management of sanc- tuary resources. (c) Limits on membership For sanctuaries designated after November 4, 1992, the membership of Advisory Councils shall be limited to no more than 15 members. (d) Staffing and assistance The Secretary may make available to an Advi- sory Council any staff, information, administra- tive services, or assistance the Secretary deter- mines are reasonably required to enable the Ad- visory Council to carry out its functions. (e) Public participation and procedural matters The following guidelines apply with respect to the conduct of business meetings of an Advisory Council: (1) Each meeting shall be open to the public, and interested persons shall be permitted to present oral or written statements on items on the agenda. (2) Emergency meetings may be held at the call of the chairman or presiding officer. (3) Timely notice of each meeting, including the time, place, and agenda of the meeting, shall be published locally and in the Federal Register, except that in the case of a meeting of an Advisory Council established to provide assistance regarding any individual national marine sanctuary the notice is not required to be published in the Federal Register. (4) Minutes of each meeting shall be kept and contain a summary of the attendees and matters discussed. (Pub. L. 92–532, title III, § 315, as added Pub. L. 102–587, title II, § 2112, Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5046; amended Pub. L. 104–283, §§ 5, 9(f), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3363, 3368; Pub. L. 106–513, §§ 16, 19(b)(5), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2391, 2393; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(a)(112), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4318.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2022—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5.’’ for ‘‘the Federal Advisory Committee Act.’’ 2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–513, § 16, substituted ‘‘advise and make recommendations’’ for ‘‘provide as- sistance’’. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 106–513, § 19(b)(5), made tech- nical amendment to reference in original act which ap- pears in text as reference to section 1852 of this title. 1996—Pub. L. 104–283, § 9(f), made technical amend- ment to directory language of Pub. L. 102–587, § 2112, which added this section. Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 104–283, § 5, inserted before pe- riod at end ‘‘, except that in the case of a meeting of an Advisory Council established to provide assistance regarding any individual national marine sanctuary the notice is not required to be published in the Federal Register’’. § 1445b. Enhancing support for national marine sanctuaries (a) Authority The Secretary may establish a program con- sisting of— (1) the creation, adoption, and publication in the Federal Register by the Secretary of a symbol for the national marine sanctuary pro- gram, or for individual national marine sanc- tuaries or the System; (2) the solicitation of persons to be des- ignated as official sponsors of the national marine sanctuary program or of individual na- tional marine sanctuaries; (3) the designation of persons by the Sec- retary as official sponsors of the national ma- rine sanctuary program or of individual sanc- tuaries; (4) the authorization by the Secretary of the manufacture, reproduction, or other use of any symbol published under paragraph (1), includ- ing the sale of items bearing such a symbol, by official sponsors of the national marine sanc- tuary program or of individual national ma- rine sanctuaries; (5) the creation, marketing, and selling of products to promote the national marine sanc- tuary program, and entering into exclusive or nonexclusive agreements authorizing entities to create, market or sell on the Secretary’s behalf; (6) the solicitation and collection by the Secretary of monetary or in-kind contribu- tions from official sponsors for the manufac- ture, reproduction or use of the symbols pub- lished under paragraph (1);