,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #fdf #aaith         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 #caid    
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,november #ah1 #bjbe,mr4      
,padilla 7for himself and ,mr4 ,schiff7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,natural      
,resources  ,september #ag1             
#bjbf,reported by ,mr4 ,lee1 with an    
amendment,strike out all after the      
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
authorize the ,secretary of the         
,interior to conduct a study to assess  
the suitability and feasibility of      
designating certain land in ,california 
as the ,monterey ,bay ,national         
,heritage ,area1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,monterey ,bay ,national   
,heritage ,area ,study ,act4  #b4 ,study
  7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of the
 ,interior1 in consultation with the    
,state of ,california1 local            

organizations and governmental agencies1
 ,tribal ,governments1 nonprofit        
organizations1 and other appropriate    
entities1 including the ,monterey ,bay  
,economic ,partnership1 shall conduct a 
study to assess the suitability and     
feasibility of designating the areas    
described in subsection 7b7 as a        
,national ,heritage ,area1 to be known  
as the ,monterey ,bay ,national         
,heritage ,area4  7b7 ,description of   
study area ,the areas to be studied     
under subsection 7a7 include-- 7#a7     
,monterey1 ,san ,mateo1 ,santa ,cruz1   
and ,san ,luis ,obispo counties in the  
,state of ,california2 and  7#b7 any    
other area in the ,state of ,california 
that-- 7,a7 has heritage aspects that   
are similar to the heritage aspects of  
an area described in paragraph 7#a72 and
  7,b7 is adjacent to1 or in the        
vicinity of1 an area described in       
paragraph 7#a74  7c7 ,applicable ,law   
,the study required under subsection 7a7
 shall be conducted in accordance with  

section #abjajc7;a7 of title #ed1       
,united ,states ,code4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,monterey ,bay ,national ,heritage ,area
 ,study ,act4  #b4 ,study  7a7          
,definition of ,tribal government ,in   
this section1 the term ,tribal          
government means the recognized         
governing body of any ,indian or ,alaska
 ,native tribe1 band1 nation1 pueblo1   
village1 community1 component band1 or  
component reservation1 individually     
identified 7including parenthetically7  
on the most recent list published by the
 ,secretary of the ,interior pursuant to
 section #ajd of the ,federally         
,recognized ,indian ,tribe ,list ,act of
 #aiid 7#be ,u4,s4,c4 #eaca74  7b7      
,study required ,the ,secretary of the  
,interior1 in consultation with the     
,state of ,california1 local            
organizations and governmental agencies1
 ,tribal governments1 nonprofit         
organizations1 and other appropriate    
entities1 including the ,monterey ,bay  

,economic ,partnership1 shall conduct a 
study to assess the suitability and     
feasibility of designating the areas    
described in subsection 7c7 as a        
,national ,heritage ,area1 to be known  
as the ,monterey ,bay ,national         
,heritage ,area4  7c7 ,description of   
study area ,the areas to be studied     
under subsection 7b7 include-- 7#a7     
,monterey1 ,san ,mateo1 ,santa ,cruz1   
and ,san ,luis ,obispo counties in the  
,state of ,california2 and  7#b7 any    
other area in the ,state of ,california 
that-- 7,a7 has heritage aspects that   
are similar to the heritage aspects of  
an area described in paragraph 7#a72 and
  7,b7 is adjacent to1 or in the        
vicinity of1 an area described in       
paragraph 7#a74  7d7 ,applicable ,law   
,the study required under subsection 7b7
 shall be conducted in accordance with  
section #abjajc7;a7 of title #ed1       
,united ,states ,code4  ,september #ag1 
#bjbf,reported with an amendment