,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ad1 #bjad 
,ms4 ,kaptur 7for herself and ,mr4      
,benishek7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to require the ,under          
,secretary of ,commerce for ,oceans and 
,atmosphere to conduct an assessment of 
cultural and historic resources in the  
waters of the ,great ,lakes1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,great ,lakes  
,maritime ,heritage ,assessment ,act of 
#bjad4  #b4 ,assessment of cultural and 
historic resources in waters of ,great  
,lakes  7a7 ,in general ,not later than 
#a year after the date of the enactment 
of this ,act1 the ,under ,secretary of  
,commerce for ,oceans and ,atmosphere   
shall--  7#a7 conduct an assessment of  
cultural and historic resources in the  
waters of the ,great ,lakes2 and  7#b7  
submit to the ,committee on ,commerce1  

,science1 and ,transportation of the    
,senate and the ,committee on ,natural  
,resources of the ,house of             
,representatives a report on the        
findings of the ,under ,secretary with  
respect to such assessment4  7b7        
,elements ,the report required by       
subsection 7a77#b7 shall include the    
following3  7#a7 ,identification of     
underwater geographic areas in the      
,great ,lakes that possess historical   
and archaeological resources of         
sufficient value and density to make    
them nationally significant4  7#b7 ,a   
description of the historical and       
archaeological resources in such        
geographic areas4  7#c7 ,an evaluation  
of community interest in preserving and 
interpreting such resources4  7#d7 ,a   
recommendation regarding whether such   
geographic areas should be designated as
 national marine sanctuaries to protect 
resources of historical and             
archeological significance4  7#e7       
,recommendations regarding whether the  

designation of a network of underwater  
,great ,lakes areas that protect        
resources of historical and             
archeological significance1 including   
the existing successful ,thunder ,bay   
,national ,marine ,sanctuary1 could     
bring significant educational           
opportunities1 economic development1    
jobs1 and tourism to the ,great ,lakes  
region4  7c7 ,collaboration ,in carrying
 out this section1 the ,under ,secretary
 shall collaborate with local           
communities4