S. 501

One Hundred Sixth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,

the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand

An Act

To address resource management issues in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Glacier Bay National Park

Resource Management Act of 2000’’.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

As used in this Act—

(1) the term ‘‘local residents’’ means those persons living

within the vicinity of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve,

including but not limited to the residents of Hoonah, Alaska,

who are descendants of those who had an historic and cultural

tradition of sea gull egg gathering within the boundary of

what is now Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve;

(2) the term ‘‘outer waters’’ means all of the marine waters

within the park outside of Glacier Bay proper;

(3) the term ‘‘park’’ means Glacier Bay National Park;

(4) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the

Interior; and

(5) the term ‘‘State’’ means the State of Alaska.

SEC. 3. COMMERCIAL FISHING.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allow for commercial

fishing in the outer waters of the park in accordance with the

management plan referred to in subsection (b) in a manner that

provides for the protection of park resources and values.

(b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The Secretary and the State shall

cooperate in the development of a management plan for the regulation of commercial fisheries in the outer waters of the park in

accordance with existing Federal and State laws and any applicable

international conservation and management treaties.

(c) SAVINGS.—(1) Nothing in this Act shall alter or affect the

provisions of section 123 of the Department of the Interior and

Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public

Law 105–277), as amended by section 501 of the 1999 Emergency

Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106–31).

(2) Nothing in this Act shall enlarge or diminish Federal or

State title, jurisdiction, or authority with respect to the waters

of the State of Alaska, the waters within Glacier Bay National

Park and Preserve, or tidal or submerged lands.

(d) STUDY.—(1) Not later than one year after the date funds

are made available, the Secretary, in consultation with the State,
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the National Marine Fisheries Service, the International Pacific

Halibut Commission, and other affected agencies shall develop a

plan for a comprehensive multi-agency research and monitoring

program to evaluate the health of fisheries resources in the park’s

marine waters, to determine the effect, if any, of commercial fishing

on—

(A) the productivity, diversity, and sustainability of fishery

resources in such waters; and

(B) park resources and values.

(2) The Secretary shall promptly notify the Committee on

Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and

the Committee on Resources of the United States House of Representatives upon the completion of the plan.

(3) The Secretary shall complete the program set forth in the

plan not later than seven years after the date the congressional

committees are notified pursuant to paragraph (2), and shall

transmit the results of the program to such committees on a biennial

basis.

SEC. 4. SEA GULL EGG COLLECTION STUDY.

(a) STUDY.—The Secretary, in consultation with local residents,

shall undertake a study of sea gulls living within the park to

assess whether sea gull eggs can be collected on a limited basis

without impairing the biological sustainability of the sea gull population in the park. The study shall be completed no later than

two years after the date funds are made available.

(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—If the study referred to in subsection

(a) determines that the limited collection of sea gull eggs can

occur without impairing the biological sustainability of the sea

gull population in the park, the Secretary shall submit recommendations for legislation to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on

Resources of the United States House of Representatives.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.