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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1498

To authorize appropriations to carry out the Interjurisdictional Fisheries

Act of 1986, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

DECEMBER 21, 1995

Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. KERRY, Mr. COHEN, and Mr. KENNEDY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL

To authorize appropriations to carry out the

Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986, 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 ‘‘Interjurisdictional

5 Fisheries Amendments Act of 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF INTERJURISDICTIONAL

7 FISHERIES ACT OF 1986.

8 Section 308 of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act

9 of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4107) is amended—
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1 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol2 lows:

3 ‘‘(a) GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS.—There are author4 ized to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce

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

6 ‘‘(1) $3,400,000 for fiscal year 1996;

7 ‘‘(2) $3,900,000 for fiscal year 1997; and

8 ‘‘(3) $4,400,000 for fiscal year 1998.’’;

9 (2) by striking ‘‘1994 and 1995,’’ in subsection

10 (b) and inserting ‘‘1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and

11 1998,’’; and

12 (3) by striking ‘‘$350,000 for each of the fiscal

13 years 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993, and

14 $600,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 and

15 1995,’’ in subsection (c) and inserting ‘‘$650,000

16 for fiscal year 1996, $700,000 for fiscal year 1997,

17 and $750,000 for fiscal year 1998,’’.

18 SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF INTERJURISDICTIONAL FISHERIES

19 ACT TO IMPLEMENT THE NORTHEAST,

20 NORTHWEST, AND GULF OF MEXICO DISAS21 TER RELIEF PROGRAMS.

22 Section 308(d) of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries

23 Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4107(d)) is amended—

24 (1) by striking ‘‘award grants to persons en25 gaged in commercial fisheries, for uninsured losses
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1 determined by the Secretary to have been suffered’’

2 in paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘assist persons en3 gaged in commercial fisheries, either directly

4 through assistance to persons or indirectly through

5 assistance to State and local government agencies

6 and non-profit organizations, for projects or other

7 measures designed to alleviate impacts determined

8 by the Secretary to have been incurred’’;

9 (2) by striking ‘‘a grant’’ in paragraph (3) and

10 inserting ‘‘assistance’’;

11 (3) by inserting ‘‘, if provided directly to a per12 son,’’ in paragraph (3) after ‘‘subsection’’;

13 (4) by striking out ‘‘gross revenues annually,’’

14 in paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘net annual revenue

15 from commercial fisheries,’’;

16 (5) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the

17 following:

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

19 subsection as part of a fishing capacity reduction

20 program in a fishery unless—

21 ‘‘(A) adequate conservation and manage22 ment measures are in place to restore the fish23 ery; and

24 ‘‘(B) adequate measures are in place to

25 prevent the replacement of fishing capacity
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1 eliminated by the program in that fishery.’’;

2 and

3 (6) by striking ‘‘awarding’’ and all that follows

4 in paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘assistance provided

5 under this subsection.’’.

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