A bill to amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 in order to suspend temporarily the use of bioaccumulation and biomagnification testing in the evaluation of applications relating to ocean dumping of dredged material, and for other purposes.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to suspend bioaccumulation and biomagnification testing until December 31, 1982 in evaluating permit applications for ocean dumping of dredged material. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of the Army, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and other appropriate Federal officers, to conduct a study on the validity of such testing. Requires the findings and conclusions of such study to be reported to the Congress by January 1, 1982.…