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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4139

To reauthorize and amend the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act and

the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 24, 1996

Mr. SAXTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Resources

A BILL

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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

5 Conservation Act Amendments of 1996’’.

6 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION.

7 Section 7(a) of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conserva8 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note) is amended by striking

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

10 through ‘‘1994,’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 1997,’’.
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1 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

2 (a) COMMISSION MONITORING OF IMPLEMENTATION

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

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

5 amended in the material preceding subparagraph (A) by

6 striking ‘‘of fiscal year 1987, and of each fiscal year there7 after,’’ and inserting ‘‘of each fiscal year,’’.

8 (b) REPEAL OF INOPERATIVE PROVISIONS.—Sections

9 8 and 10 of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act

10 (16 U.S.C. 1851 note) are repealed.

11 SEC. 4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PREPARATION OF

12 PLANS AND AMENDMENTS TO PLANS FOR AT13 LANTIC STRIPED BASS.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Atlantic Striped Bass Con15 servation Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note), as amended by sec16 tion 3(b) of this Act, is further amended by adding after

17 section 7 the following new section:

18 ‘‘SEC. 8. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PREPARATION OF

19 PLANS AND AMENDMENTS TO PLANS FOR AT20 LANTIC STRIPED BASS.

21 ‘‘The Commission shall establish standards and pro22 cedures to ensure that the Commission provides an ade23 quate opportunity for public participation in the prepara24 tion of any plan for the management of Atlantic Striped

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

26 amendment to the Interstate Fisheries Management Plan
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1 for Striped Bass, dated October 1, 1981), including public

2 hearings and procedures for the submission of written

3 comments to the Commission.’’.

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

5 the enactment of this Act, the Atlantic States Marine

6 Fisheries Commission shall issue standards and proce7 dures under section 8 of the Atlantic Striped Bass Con8 servation Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note), as amended by sub9 section (a) of this section.

10 SEC. 5. TRANSFER OF EXISTING PROVISION TO ATLANTIC

11 STRIPED BASS CONSERVATION ACT.

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

13 appropriations to carry out the Atlantic Striped Bass Con14 servation Act for fiscal years 1989 through 1991, and for

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

16 100–589; 102 Stat. 2986)—

17 (1) is amended by striking subsection (g);

18 (2) as so amended, is transferred from that Act

19 to the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act (16

20 U.S.C. 1851 note);

21 (3) shall appear immediately after section 8 of

22 the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act, as

23 amended by section 4 of this Act; and

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

25 Striped Bass Conservation Act.
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1 SEC. 6. AMENDMENT AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION

2 FOR ANADROMOUS FISH CONSERVATION

3 ACT.

4 (a) SCOPE OF STUDIES.—Section 7(a) of the Anad5 romous Fish Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 757g(a)) is

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

7 of paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end of para8 graph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the

9 end the following new paragraph:

10 ‘‘(4) the effects of water quality and other habi11 tat changes on the recruitment, spawning potential,

12 mortality rates, and population abundance of the

13 Delaware River striped bass population.’’.

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

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

16 757g(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘each of the fiscal years

17 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year

18 1997’’.

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