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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5103 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5103

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 4, 2024

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

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                                 AN ACT

 
   To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to 
 approve or deny spend plans within a certain amount of time, 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 ``Fishery Improvement to Streamline 
untimely regulatory Hurdles post Emergency Situation Act'' or the 
``FISHES Act''.

SEC. 2. SPEND PLANS.

    Section 312(a)(6) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)(6)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), to read as follows:
                    ``(D) Spend plans.--
                            ``(i) In general.--To receive an allocation 
                        from funds available under paragraph (9), a 
                        requester with an affirmative fishery resource 
                        disaster determination shall submit a spend 
                        plan to the Secretary, not more than 120 days 
                        after receiving notification that funds are 
                        available, that shall include the following 
                        information, if applicable:
                                    ``(I) Objectives and outcomes, with 
                                an emphasis on addressing the factors 
                                contributing to the fishery resource 
                                disaster and minimizing future 
                                uninsured losses, if applicable.
                                    ``(II) Statement of work.
                                    ``(III) Budget details.
                            ``(ii) Review.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--The Secretary 
                                shall review a spend plan submitted 
                                under clause (i) to determine if it is 
                                complete and provide notice within 10 
                                days.
                                    ``(II) Incomplete spend plan.--If 
                                the Secretary determines that a spend 
                                plan submitted under clause (i) is not 
                                complete, when providing the notice 
                                required by subclause (I), the 
                                Secretary shall provide a detailed 
                                description of the information that is 
                                necessary for the spend plan to be 
                                determined complete.''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (F)(i), to read as follows:
                            ``(i) Availability.--
                                    ``(I) Timeline.--Funds shall be 
                                made available to grantees not later 
                                than 90 days after the date the 
                                Secretary receives a complete spend 
                                plan.
                                    ``(II) Review of completed spend 
                                plan and apportionment of funds.--If so 
                                requested, the Director of the Office 
                                of Management and Budget may review a 
                                completed spend plan concurrently with 
                                the Secretary. The Director of the 
                                Office of Management and Budget may not 
                                delay the timeline described in 
                                subclause (I).''.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 3, 2024.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.
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