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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1139

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 10 (legislative day, MAY 1), 1995

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science,

and Transportation

MAY 10 (legislative day, MAY 1), 1995

Pursuant to the order of May 9, 1995, that if and when reported by the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation the bill be referred to

the Committee on Environment and Public Works for a period not to exceed 20 session days to report or be discharged and placed on the calendar

AN ACT

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 Conserva5 tion Act Amendments of 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION.

7 Section 7(a) of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conserva8 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note) is amended by striking

9 ‘‘For each of fiscal years 1986,’’ and all that follows
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1 through ‘‘1994,’’ and inserting ‘‘For each of fiscal years

2 1995 and 1996,’’.

3 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

4 (a) COMMISSION MONITORING OF IMPLEMENTATION

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

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

7 amended in the material preceding subparagraph (A) by

8 striking ‘‘of fiscal year 1987, and of each fiscal year there9 after,’’ and inserting ‘‘of each fiscal year,’’.

10 (b) REPEAL OF INOPERATIVE PROVISIONS.—Sections

11 8 and 10 of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act

12 (16 U.S.C. 1851 note) are repealed.

13 SEC. 4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PREPARATION OF

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

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Atlantic Striped Bass Con17 servation Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note), as amended by sec18 tion 3(b) of this Act, is further amended by adding after

19 section 7 the following new section:

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

21 PLANS AND AMENDMENTS TO PLANS FOR AT22 LANTIC STRIPED BASS.

23 ‘‘The Commission shall establish standards and pro24 cedures to ensure that the Commission provides an ade25 quate opportunity for public participation in the prepara-
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1 tion of any plan for the management of Atlantic Striped

2 Bass and any amendment to such a plan (including any

3 amendment to the Interstate Fisheries Management Plan

4 for Striped Bass, dated October 1, 1981), including public

5 hearings and procedures for the submission of written

6 comments to the Commission.’’.

7 (b) DEADLINE.—Within 6 months after the date of

8 the enactment of this Act, the Atlantic States Marine

9 Fisheries Commission shall issue standards and proce10 dures under section 8 of the Atlantic Striped Bass Con11 servation Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note), as amended by sub12 section (a) of this section.

13 SEC. 5. TRANSFER OF EXISTING PROVISION TO ATLANTIC

14 STRIPED BASS CONSERVATION ACT.

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

16 authorize appropriations to carry out the Atlantic Striped

17 Bass Conservation Act for fiscal years 1989 through

18 1991, and for other purposes’’ (approved November 3,

19 1988; Public Law 100–589; 102 Stat. 2986) as precedes

20 subsection (g) of that section—

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

22 Striped Bass Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 1851

23 note);
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1 (2) shall appear immediately after section 8 of

2 the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act, as

3 amended by section 4 of this Act; and

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

5 Striped Bass Conservation Act.

6 SEC. 6. AMENDMENT AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION

7 FOR ANADROMOUS FISH CONSERVATION

8 ACT.

9 (a) SCOPE OF STUDIES.—Section 7(a) of the Anad10 romous Fish Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 757g(a)) is

11 amended by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end

12 of paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end of para13 graph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the

14 end the following new paragraph:

15 ‘‘(4) the effects of water quality and other habi16 tat changes on the recruitment, spawning potential,

17 mortality rates, and population abundance of the

18 Delaware River striped bass population.’’.

19 (b) EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION.—Section 7(d)

20 of the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.

21 757g(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘each of the fiscal years

22 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘each of the

23 fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998’’.

Passed the House of Representatives May 9, 1995.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.