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Union Calendar No. 50

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1139

[Report No. 104–105]

To amend the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 6, 1995

Mr. SAXTON (for himself and Mr. STUDDS) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on Resources

MAY 1, 1995

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To amend the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act, and

for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as ‘‘The Striped Bass Act of

5 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ATLANTIC STRIPED BASS CONSERVATION ACT

2 AMENDMENTS.

3 Section 7(a) of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conserva4 tion Act (Public Law 98–613, 16 U.S.C. 1851 note) is

5 amended by striking ‘‘1986’’ and all that follows through

6 ‘‘1994’’, and inserting instead ‘‘1995 and 1996’’.

7 SEC. 3. ANADROMOUS FISH CONSERVATION ACT AMEND8 MENTS.

9 Section 7(d) of the Anadromous Fish Conservation

10 Act (16 U.S.C. 757g(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘1991,

11 1992, 1993, and 1994’’ and inserting instead ‘‘1995 and

12 1996’’.

13 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

14 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Striped Bass Conserva15 tion Act Amendments of 1995’’.

16 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION.

17 Section 7(a) of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation

18 Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note) is amended by striking ‘‘For each

19 of fiscal years 1986,’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1994,’’

20 and inserting ‘‘For each of fiscal years 1995 and 1996,’’.

21 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

22 (a) COMMISSION MONITORING OF IMPLEMENTATION OF

23 INTERSTATE PLAN.—Section 4(a)(1) of the Atlantic

24 Striped Bass Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note) is

25 amended in the material preceding subparagraph (A) by
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1 striking ‘‘of fiscal year 1987, and of each fiscal year there2 after,’’ and inserting ‘‘of each fiscal year,’’.

3 (b) REPEAL OF INOPERATIVE PROVISIONS.—Sections

4 8 and 10 of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act (16

5 U.S.C. 1851 note) are repealed.

6 SEC. 4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PREPARATION OF PLANS

7 AND AMENDMENTS TO PLANS FOR ATLANTIC

8 STRIPED BASS.

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Atlantic Striped Bass Con10 servation Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note), as amended by section

11 2(b) of this Act, is further amended by adding after section

12 7 the following new section:

13 ‘‘SEC. 8. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PREPARATION OF

14 PLANS AND AMENDMENTS TO PLANS FOR AT15 LANTIC STRIPED BASS.

16 ‘‘The Commission shall establish standards and proce17 dures to ensure that the Commission provides an adequate

18 opportunity for public participation in the preparation of

19 any plan for the management of Atlantic Striped Bass and

20 any amendment to such a plan (including any amendment

21 to the Interstate Fisheries Management Plan for Striped

22 Bass, dated October 1, 1981), including public hearings and

23 procedures for the submission of written comments to the

24 Commission.’’.
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1 (b) DEADLINE.—Within 6 months after the date of the

2 enactment of this Act, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries

3 Commission shall issue standards and procedures under

4 section 8 of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act (16

5 U.S.C. 1851 note), as amended by subsection (a) of this sec6 tion.

7 SEC. 5. TRANSFER OF EXISTING PROVISION TO ATLANTIC

8 STRIPED BASS CONSERVATION ACT.

9 So much of section 6 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to

10 authorize appropriations to carry out the Atlantic Striped

11 Bass Conservation Act for fiscal years 1989 through 1991,

12 and for other purposes’’ (approved November 3, 1988; Pub13 lic Law 100–589; 102 Stat. 2986) as precedes subsection

14 (g) of that section—

15 (1) is transferred from that Act to the Atlantic

16 Striped Bass Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note);

17 (2) shall appear immediately after section 8 of

18 the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act, as

19 amended by section 4 of this Act; and

20 (3) is redesignated as section 9 of the Atlantic

21 Striped Bass Conservation Act.

22 SEC. 6. AMENDMENT AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION

23 FOR ANADROMOUS FISH CONSERVATION ACT.

24 (a) SCOPE OF STUDIES.—Section 7(a) of the Anad25 romous Fish Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 757g(a)) is
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1 amended by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end

2 of paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end of para3 graph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the end

4 the following new paragraph:

5 ‘‘(4) the effects of water quality and other habi6 tat changes on the recruitment, spawning potential,

7 mortality rates, and population abundance of the

8 Delaware River striped bass population.’’.

9 (b) EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION.—Section 7(d) of

10 the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 757g(d))

11 is amended by striking ‘‘each of the fiscal years 1991, 1992,

12 1993, and 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘each of the fiscal years

13 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998’’.
Union Calendar No. 50

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1139

[Report No. 104–105]

A BILL

To amend the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation

Act, and for other purposes.

MAY 1, 1995

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and