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Union Calendar No. 618 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5103 

[Report No. 118–733] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 1, 2023 

Mr. DONALDS (for himself, Mrs. PELTOLA, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, 

Mr. DUNN of Florida, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. 

MOYLAN, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mrs. LUNA, Mrs. 

RADEWAGEN, and Mr. MAST) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

NOVEMBER 14, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. SCOTT

FRANKLIN of Florida, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, 

Mr. LALOTA, Mrs. GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Ms. MACE, 

Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, Mr. FRY, Mr. CARL, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. HARDER of 

California, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. COSTA, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, 

Mr. MULLIN, Mr. POSEY, Mr. ROUZER, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, 

Mr. LAWLER, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. KEAN of New Jersey, 

Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. LEE of Florida, Mr. 

GIMENEZ, Ms. TENNEY, and Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas 

NOVEMBER 14, 2024 

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 August 1, 2023] 


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A BILL 

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. 


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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 ‘‘Fishery Improvement 

5 to Streamline untimely regulatory Hurdles post Emergency 

6 Situation Act’’ or the ‘‘FISHES Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. SPEND PLANS. 

8 Section 312(a)(6) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

9 Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)(6)) 

10 is amended— 

11 (1) in subparagraph (D), to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(D) SPEND PLANS.— 

13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—To receive an allo14 cation from funds available under para15 graph (9), a requester with an affirmative 

16 fishery resource disaster determination shall 

17 submit a spend plan to the Secretary, not 

18 more than 120 days after receiving notifica19 tion that funds are available, that shall in20 clude the following information, if applica21 ble: 

22 ‘‘(I) Objectives and outcomes, with 

23 an emphasis on addressing the factors 

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1 aster and minimizing future uninsured 

2 losses, if applicable. 

3 ‘‘(II) Statement of work. 

4 ‘‘(III) Budget details. 

5 ‘‘(ii) REVIEW.— 

6 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

7 shall review a spend plan submitted 

8 under clause (i) to determine if it is 

9 complete and provide notice within 10 

10 days. 

11 ‘‘(II) INCOMPLETE SPEND

12 PLAN.—If the Secretary determines 

13 that a spend plan submitted under 

14 clause (i) is not complete, when pro15 viding the notice required by subclause 

16 (I), the Secretary shall provide a de17 tailed description of the information 

18 that is necessary for the spend plan to 

19 be determined complete.’’; and 

20 (2) in subparagraph (F)(i), to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(i) AVAILABILITY.— 

22 ‘‘(I) TIMELINE.—Funds shall be 

23 made available to grantees not later 

24 than 90 days after the date the Sec25 retary receives a complete spend plan. 


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1 ‘‘(II) REVIEW OF COMPLETED

2 SPEND PLAN AND APPORTIONMENT OF

3 FUNDS.—If so requested, the Director 

4 of the Office of Management and Budg5 et may review a completed spend plan 

6 concurrently with the Secretary. The 

7 Director of the Office of Management 

8 and Budget may not delay the timeline 

9 described in subclause (I).’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 618 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5103 

[Report No. 118–733] 

A BILL 

To require the Director of the Office of Managepurposes. within a certain amount of time, and for other ment and Budget to approve or deny spend plans 

NOVEMBER 14, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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