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                                                 Union Calendar No. 248
109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4686

                          [Report No. 109-444]

    To reauthorize various fisheries management laws, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2006

  Mr. Gilchrest (for himself and Mr. Pombo) introduced the following 
         bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

                             April 27, 2006

  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]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           February 1, 2006]

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                                 A BILL


 
    To reauthorize various fisheries management laws, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Multi-State and International 
Fisheries Conservation and Management Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE INTERJURISDICTIONAL FISHERIES ACT OF 
              1986.

    Section 308 of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 (16 
U.S.C. 4107) is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) General Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Department of Commerce for apportionment to carry 
out the purposes of this title $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 
through 2012.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c) by striking ``$850,000 for each of 
        fiscal years 2003 and 2004, and $900,000 for each of fiscal 
        years 2005 and 2006'' and inserting ``$900,000 for each of 
        fiscal years 2007 through 2012''.

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION AND AMENDMENT OF THE ANADROMOUS FISH 
              CONSERVATION ACT.

    Section 4 of the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 757d) 
is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes 
of this Act not to exceed $4,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 
through 2012.''.

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF DUNGENESS CRAB FISHERY MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1996.

    Section 203 of Public Law 105-384 (16 U.S.C. 1856 note) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (i) by striking ``2006'' and inserting 
        ``2016'';
            (2) in subsection (j)--
                    (A) by inserting ``Report.--'' after ``(j)'';
                    (B) by striking ``health'' and inserting 
                ``status''; and
                    (C) by striking ``California.'' and inserting 
                ``California, including--
            ``(1) stock status and trends throughout its range;
            ``(2) a description of applicable research and scientific 
        review processes used to determine stock status and trends; and
            ``(3) measures implemented or planned that are designed to 
        prevent or end overfishing in the fishery.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the `Dungeness 
Crab Fishery Management Act of 1996'.''.

SEC. 5. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE ATLANTIC TUNAS CONVENTION ACT OF 1975.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 10 of the Atlantic 
Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971h) is amended by striking so 
much as precedes subsection (b) and inserting the following:

``SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this Act, including use for payment of the United States share of 
the joint expenses of the Commission as provided in Article X of the 
Convention, $5,495,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012.''.
    (b) Sense of Congress Regarding Fish Habitat.--Section 3 of such 
Act (16 U.S.C. 971a) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) It is the sense of the Congress that the United States 
Commissioners should seek to include ecosystem considerations in 
fisheries management, including the conservation of fish habitat.''.

SEC. 6. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CONVENTION 
              ACT OF 1995.

    Section 211 of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 
1995 (16 U.S.C. 5610) is amended by striking ``2006'' and inserting 
``2012''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 248

109th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4686

                          [Report No. 109-444]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

    To reauthorize various fisheries management laws, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 27, 2006

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed`