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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4139

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 27, 1996

Received

AN ACT

To reauthorize and amend the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act and the Anadromous Fish Conservation

Act.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Atlantic Striped Bass

3 Conservation Act Amendments of 1996’’.

4 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION.

5 Section 7(a) of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conserva6 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note) is amended by striking

7 ‘‘For each of fiscal years 1986,’’ and all that follows

8 through ‘‘1994,’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 1997,’’.

9 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

10 (a) COMMISSION MONITORING OF IMPLEMENTATION

11 OF INTERSTATE PLAN.—Section 4(a)(1) of the Atlantic

12 Striped Bass Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note) is

13 amended in the material preceding subparagraph (A) by

14 striking ‘‘of fiscal year 1987, and of each fiscal year there15 after,’’ and inserting ‘‘of each fiscal year,’’.

16 (b) REPEAL OF INOPERATIVE PROVISIONS.—Sections

17 8 and 10 of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act

18 (16 U.S.C. 1851 note) are repealed.

19 SEC. 4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PREPARATION OF

20 PLANS AND AMENDMENTS TO PLANS FOR AT21 LANTIC STRIPED BASS.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Atlantic Striped Bass Con23 servation Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note), as amended by sec24 tion 3(b) of this Act, is further amended by adding after

25 section 7 the following new section:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 8. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PREPARATION OF

2 PLANS AND AMENDMENTS TO PLANS FOR AT3 LANTIC STRIPED BASS.

4 ‘‘The Commission shall establish standards and pro5 cedures to ensure that the Commission provides an ade6 quate opportunity for public participation in the prepara7 tion of any plan for the management of Atlantic Striped

8 Bass and any amendment to such a plan (including any

9 amendment to the Interstate Fisheries Management Plan

10 for Striped Bass, dated October 1, 1981), including public

11 hearings and procedures for the submission of written

12 comments to the Commission.’’.

13 (b) DEADLINE.—Within 6 months after the date of

14 the enactment of this Act, the Atlantic States Marine

15 Fisheries Commission shall issue standards and proce16 dures under section 8 of the Atlantic Striped Bass Con17 servation Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note), as amended by sub18 section (a) of this section.

19 SEC. 5. TRANSFER OF EXISTING PROVISION TO ATLANTIC

20 STRIPED BASS CONSERVATION ACT.

21 Section 6 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize

22 appropriations to carry out the Atlantic Striped Bass Con23 servation Act for fiscal years 1989 through 1991, and for

24 other purposes’’ (approved November 3, 1988; Public Law

25 100–589; 102 Stat. 2986)—

26 (1) is amended by striking subsection (g);
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1 (2) as so amended, is transferred from that Act

2 to the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act (16

3 U.S.C. 1851 note);

4 (3) shall appear immediately after section 8 of

5 the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act, as

6 amended by section 4 of this Act; and

7 (4) is redesignated as section 9 of the Atlantic

8 Striped Bass Conservation Act.

9 SEC. 6. AMENDMENT AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION

10 FOR ANADROMOUS FISH CONSERVATION

11 ACT.

12 (a) SCOPE OF STUDIES.—Section 7(a) of the Anad13 romous Fish Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 757g(a)) is

14 amended by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end

15 of paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end of para16 graph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the

17 end the following new paragraph:

18 ‘‘(4) the effects of water quality and other habi19 tat changes on the recruitment, spawning potential,

20 mortality rates, and population abundance of the

21 Delaware River striped bass population.’’.

22 (b) EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION.—Section 7(d)

23 of the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.

24 757g(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘each of the fiscal years
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1 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year

2 1997’’.

Passed the House of Representatives September 27,

1996.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.