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 PUBLIC LAW 103-238—APR. 30, 1994 108 STAT. 561 "(D) permits nonwasteful, environmentally sound development of renewable and nonrenewable resources. "(2) On or before December 31, 1995, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation of the Senate a report containing the results of the workshop under this subsection, proposed regulatory or research actions, and recommended legislative action. "(d)(1) The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, the Marine Mammal Commission, the State of Alaska, and Alaska Native organizations, shall, net later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 1994, undertake a scientific research program to monitor the health and stability of the Bering Sea marine ecosystem and to resolve uncertainties concerning the causes of population declines of marine mammals, sea birds, and other living resources of that marine ecosystem. The program shall address the research recommendations developed by previous workshops on Bering Sea living marine resources, and shall include research on subsistence uses of such resources and ways to provide for the continued opportunity for such uses. "(2) To the maximum extent practicable, the research program undertaken pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be conducted in Alaska. The Secretary of Commerce shall utilize, where appropriate, traditional local knowledge and may contract with a qualified Alaska Native organization to conduct such research. "(3) The Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Commission shall address the status and findings of the research program in their annual reports to Congress required by sections 103(f) and 204 of this Act.". SEC. 21. INTERJURISDICTIONAL FISHERIES ACT OF 1986. Section 308(b) of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4107(b)) is amended by striking "$2,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995" and inserting in lieu thereof "$65,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 and 1995". SEC. 22. COASTAL ECOSYSTEM HEALTH. (a) REQUIREMENT TO CONVEY.— Not later than September 30, 1994, the Secretary of the Navy shall convey, without pa3anent or other consideration, to the Secretary of (jommerce, all right, title, and interest to the property comprising that portion of the Naval Base, Charleston, South Carolina, bounded by Hobson Avenue, the Cooper River, the landward extension of the northwest side of Pier R, and the fenceline between the buildings known as 200 and NS-16. Such property shall include Pier R, the buildings known as RTC-1, RTC-4, 200, and 1874, all towers and outbuildings on that property, and all walkways and parking areas associated with such buildings and Pier R. (b) SURVEY; EFFECT ON LIABILITY OF SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.— The acreage and legal description of the property to be conveyed pursuant to this section shall be determined by a survey approved by the Secretary of the Navy. Such conveyance shall not release the Secretary of the Navy from any liability arising prior to, during, or after such conveyance as a result of the ownership or occupation of the property by the United States Navy. Effective date. Reports. Alaska. South Carolina.

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