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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2160

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

APRIL 24, 1996

Received

JUNE 7, 1996

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and

Transportation

AN ACT

To authorize appropriations to carry out the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 and the Anadromous Fish

Conservation Act.

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cooperative Fisheries

3 Management Act of 1996’’.

4 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF INTERJURISDICTIONAL

5 FISHERIES ACT OF 1986.

6 Section 308 of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act

7 of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4107) is amended—

8 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol9 lows:

10 ‘‘(a) GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS.—There are author11 ized to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce

12 for apportionment to carry out the purposes of this title—

13 ‘‘(1) $3,400,000 for fiscal year 1996;

14 ‘‘(2) $3,900,000 for fiscal year 1997; and

15 ‘‘(3) $4,400,000 for fiscal year 1998.’’;

16 (2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘$350,000 for

17 each of the fiscal years 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, and

18 1993, and $600,000 for each of the fiscal years

19 1994 and 1995,’’ and inserting ‘‘$650,000 for fiscal

20 year 1996, $700,000 for fiscal year 1997, and

21 $750,000 for fiscal year 1998,’’; and

22 (3) in subsection (d)—

23 (A) in the heading by striking ‘‘GRANTS’’

24 and inserting ‘‘ASSISTANCE’’;

25 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘award

26 grants to persons engaged in commercial fish-
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1 eries, for uninsured losses determined by the

2 Secretary to have been suffered’’ and inserting

3 ‘‘help persons engaged in commercial fisheries,

4 either by providing assistance directly to those

5 persons or by providing assistance indirectly

6 through State and local government agencies

7 and nonprofit organizations, for projects or

8 other measures to alleviate harm determined by

9 the Secretary to have been incurred’’;

10 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘a

11 grant’’ and inserting ‘‘direct assistance to a

12 person’’;

13 (D) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘gross

14 revenues annually,’’ and inserting ‘‘net revenues

15 annually from commercial fishing,’’;

16 (E) by striking paragraph (4) and insert17 ing the following:

18 ‘‘(4)(A) Assistance may not be provided under this

19 subsection as part of a fishing capacity reduction program

20 in a fishery unless the Secretary determines that adequate

21 conservation and management measures are in place to

22 rebuild the fishery over a reasonable time period.

23 ‘‘(B) As a condition of awarding assistance with re24 spect to a vessel under a fishing capacity reduction pro25 gram, the Secretary shall—
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1 ‘‘(i) prohibit the vessel from being used for fish2 ing; and

3 ‘‘(ii) require that the vessel be—

4 ‘‘(I) scrapped or otherwise disposed of in a

5 manner approved by the Secretary; or

6 ‘‘(II) donated to a nonprofit organization

7 and thereafter used only for purposes of re8 search, education, or training.

9 ‘‘(C) A vessel that is prohibited from fishing under

10 subparagraph (B) shall not be eligible for a fishery en11 dorsement under section 12108(a) of title 46, United

12 States Code, and any such endorsement for the vessel shall

13 not be effective.’’; and

14 (F) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘for

15 awarding grants’’ and all that follows through

16 the end of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘for re17 ceiving assistance under this subsection.’’.

18 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE ANADROMOUS FISH

19 CONSERVATION ACT.

20 Section 4 of the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act

21 (16 U.S.C. 757d) is amended to read as follows:

22 ‘‘SEC. 4. (a)(1) There are authorized to be appro23 priated to carry out the purposes of this Act not to exceed

24 the following sums:
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1 ‘‘(A) $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1996

2 and 1997.

3 ‘‘(B) $4,250,000 for fiscal year 1998.

4 ‘‘(2) Sums appropriated under this subsection are au5 thorized to remain available until expended.

6 ‘‘(b) Not more than $625,000 of the funds appro7 priated under this section in any one fiscal year shall be

8 obligated in any one State.’’.

9 SEC. 4. AMENDMENT TO THE FISHERIES ACT OF 1995.

10 Section 309(b) of the Fisheries Act of 1995 (Public

11 Law 104–43) is amended by striking ‘‘July 1, 1996’’ and

12 inserting ‘‘July 1, 1997’’.

Passed the House of Representatives April 23, 1996.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.