107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1989

AN ACT

To reauthorize various fishing conservation

management programs, and for other purposes.

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1989

AN ACT

To reauthorize various fishing conservation management

programs, and for other purposes.

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 ‘‘Fisheries Conservation

3 Act of 2001’’.

4 TITLE I—INTERJURISDICTIONAL

5 FISHERIES ACT OF 1986

6 SEC. 101. REAUTHORIZATION OF INTERJURISDICTIONAL

7 FISHERIES ACT OF 1986.

8 Section 308 of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act

9 of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4107) is amended—

10 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol11 lows:

12 ‘‘(a) GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS.—There are author13 ized to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce

14 for apportionment to carry out the purposes of this title—

15 ‘‘(1) $4,900,000 for fiscal year 2002;

16 ‘‘(2) $5,400,000 for each of fiscal years 2003

17 and 2004; and

18 ‘‘(3) $5,900,000 for each of fiscal years 2005

19 and 2006.’’; and

20 (2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘$700,000 for

21 fiscal year 1997, and $750,000 for each of the fiscal

22 years 1998, 1999, and 2000’’ and inserting

23 ‘‘$800,000 for fiscal year 2002, $850,000 for each

24 of fiscal years 2003 and 2004, and $900,000 for

25 each of fiscal years 2005 and 2006’’.
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1 SEC. 102. PURPOSES OF THE INTERJURISDICTIONAL FISH2 ERIES ACT OF 1986.

3 Section 302 of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act

4 of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4101) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’

5 after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (1), striking

6 the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘;

7 and’’, and adding at the end the following:

8 ‘‘(3) to promote and encourage research in

9 preparation for the implementation of the use of eco10 systems and interspecies approaches to the conserva11 tion and management of interjurisdictional fishery

12 resources throughout their range.’’.

13 TITLE II—ANADROMOUS FISH

14 CONSERVATION ACT

15 SEC. 201. REAUTHORIZATION OF ANADROMOUS FISH CON16 SERVATION ACT.

17 Section 4 of the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act

18 (16 U.S.C. 757d) is amended to read as follows:

19 ‘‘AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

20 ‘‘SEC. 4. (a)(1) There are authorized to be appro21 priated to carry out the purposes of this Act not to exceed

22 the following sums:

23 ‘‘(A) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2002;

24 ‘‘(B) $4,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2003

25 and 2004; and
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1 ‘‘(C) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005

2 and 2006.

3 ‘‘(2) Sums appropriated under this subsection are au4 thorized to remain available until expended.

5 ‘‘(b) Not more than $625,000 of the funds appro6 priated under this section in any one fiscal year shall be

7 obligated in any one State.’’.

8 SEC. 202. RESEARCH ON AND USE OF ECOSYSTEMS AND

9 INTERSPECIES APPROACHES TO THE CON10 SERVATION AND MANAGEMENT.

11 The first section of the Anadromous Fish Conserva12 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 757a) is amended in subsection (b)

13 by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’, and by adding at the end

14 the following:

15 ‘‘(2) In carrying out responsibilities under this sec16 tion, the Secretary shall conduct, promote, and encourage

17 research in preparation for the implementation of the use

18 of ecosystems and interspecies approaches to the conserva19 tion and management of anadromous and Great Lakes

20 fishery resources.’’.
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1 TITLE III—ATLANTIC COASTAL

2 FISHERIES

3 SEC. 301. REAUTHORIZATION OF ATLANTIC STRIPED BASS

4 CONSERVATION ACT.

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

7 ‘‘and 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006’’.

8 SEC. 302. REAUTHORIZATION OF ATLANTIC COASTAL FISH9 ERIES COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT ACT.

10 Section 811(a) of the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Co11 operative Management Act (16 U.S.C. 5108) is amended

12 by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’.

13 SEC. 303. AMENDMENTS TO ATLANTIC COASTAL FISHERIES

14 COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT ACT.

15 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 802(a) of the Atlantic Coast16 al Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (16 U.S.C.

17 5101(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

18 ‘‘(7) The understanding of the interactions of

19 species in the maritime environment and the devel20 opment of ecosystems-based approaches to fishery

21 conservation and management lead to better stew22 ardship and sustainability of coastal fishery re23 sources.

24 ‘‘(8) Federal and State scientists should gather

25 information on the interaction of species in the ma-
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1 rine environment and provide this scientific informa2 tion to Federal and State managers.’’.

3 (b) PURPOSE.—Section 802(b) of such Act (16

4 U.S.C. 5101(b)) is amended to read as follows:

5 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to sup6 port and encourage the development, implementation, and

7 enforcement of effective interstate conservation and man8 agement of Atlantic coastal fishery resources through the

9 use of sound science and multispecies, adaptive, and eco10 system-based management measures.’’.

11 (c) STATE-FEDERAL COOPERATION IN MULTISPE12 CIES AND ECOSYSTEMS INTERACTION RESEARCH.—Sec13 tion 804(a) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 5103(a)) is amended

14 by inserting ‘‘multispecies and ecosystems interaction re15 search;’’ after ‘‘biological and socioeconomic research;’’.

16 (d) ASSISTANCE FOR RESEARCH REGARDING INTER17 RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ATLANTIC COASTAL FISHERY

18 RESOURCES AND THEIR ECOSYSTEMS.—Section 808 of

19 such Act (16 U.S.C. 5107) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’

20 after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (1), redesig21 nating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3), and inserting after

22 paragraph (1) the following:

23 ‘‘(2) research to understand the interrelation24 ships among Atlantic coastal fishery resources and

25 their ecosystems; and’’.
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1 TITLE IV—ATLANTIC TUNAS

2 CONVENTION ACT OF 1975

3 SEC. 401. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE ATLANTIC TUNAS

4 CONVENTION ACT OF 1975.

5 Section 10 of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of

6 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971h) is amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

8 ‘‘SEC. 10. (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized

9 to be appropriated to carry out this Act, including use for

10 payment of the United States share of the joint expenses

11 of the Commission as provided in Article X of the Conven12 tion, the following sums:

13 ‘‘(1) For each of fiscal years 2002, 2003, and

14 2004, $5,480,000.

15 ‘‘(2) For each of fiscal years 2005 and 2006,

16 $5,495,000.

17 ‘‘(b) ALLOCATION.—Of amounts available under this

18 section for each fiscal year—

19 ‘‘(1) $150,000 are authorized for the advisory

20 committee established under section 4 and the spe21 cies working groups established under section 4A;

22 and

23 ‘‘(2) $4,240,000 are authorized for research ac24 tivities under this Act and the Act of September 4,

25 1980 (16 U.S.C. 971i).’’.
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1 TITLE V—NORTHWEST ATLAN2 TIC FISHERIES CONVENTION

3 ACT OF 1995

4 SEC. 501. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NORTHWEST ATLAN5 TIC FISHERIES CONVENTION ACT OF 1995.

6 Section 211 of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Con7 vention Act of 1995 (16 U.S.C. 5610) is amended by strik8 ing ‘‘2001’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’.

9 TITLE VI—EXTENSION OF DEAD10 LINE FOR SUBMISSION OF

11 OCEAN POLICY REPORT

12 SEC. 601. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE.

13 (a) EXTENSION OF DEADLINE.—The Oceans Act of

14 2000 (Public Law 106–256) is amended—

15 (1) in section 3(f)(1) (114 Stat. 647) by strik16 ing ‘‘18 months’’ and inserting ‘‘27 months’’;

17 (2) in section 3(i) (114 Stat. 648) by striking

18 ‘‘30 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days’’; and

19 (3) in section 4(a) (114 Stat. 648; 33 U.S.C.

20 857–19 note) by striking ‘‘120 days’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘90 days’’.

22 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

23 3(j) of such Act (114 Stat. 648) is amended by striking

24 ‘‘$6,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$8,500,000’’.
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1 (c) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 3(e) of such

2 Act (114 Stat. 646) is amended—

3 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking the colon in

4 the third sentence and inserting a period;

5 (2) by inserting immediately after such period

6 the following:

7 ‘‘(2) NOTICE; MINUTES; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY

8 OF DOCUMENTS.—’’; and

9 (3) by redesignating the subsequent paragraphs

10 in order as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.

Passed the House of Representatives December 11,

2001.

Attest:

Clerk.