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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2351 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to continue stocking fish in certain 

lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 24, 2011 

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to continue stocking 

fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National 

Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake 

Chelan National Recreation Area. 

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 ‘‘North Cascades Na5 tional Park Service Complex Fish Stocking Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

2 COMPLEX.—The term ‘‘North Cascades National 

3 Park Service Complex’’ means collectively the North 

4 Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recre5 ation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation 

6 Area. 

7 (2) PLAN.—The term ‘‘plan’’ means the docu8 ment entitled ‘‘North Cascades National Park Serv9 ice Complex Mountain Lakes Fishery Management 

10 Plan and Environmental Impact Statement’’ and 

11 dated June 2008. 

12 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

13 the Secretary of the Interior. 

14 SEC. 3. STOCKING OF CERTAIN LAKES IN THE NORTH CAS15 CADES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE COMPLEX. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Sec17 retary shall authorize the stocking of fish in lakes in the 

18 North Cascades National Park Service Complex. 

19 (b) CONDITIONS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 

21 to allow stocking of fish in not more than 42 of the 

22 91 lakes in the North Cascades National Park Serv23 ice Complex that have historically been stocked with 

24 fish. 


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1 (2) NATIVE NONREPRODUCING FISH.—The Sec2 retary shall only stock fish that are— 

3 (A) native to the slope of the Cascade 

4 Range on which the lake to be stocked is lo5 cated; and 

6 (B) nonreproducing, as identified in man7 agement alternative B of the plan. 

8 (3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making fish stocking 

9 decisions under this Act, the Secretary shall consider 

10 relevant scientific information, including the plan 

11 and information gathered under subsection (c). 

12 (4) REQUIRED COORDINATION.—The Secretary 

13 shall coordinate the stocking of fish under this Act 

14 with the State of Washington. 

15 (c) RESEARCH AND MONITORING.—The Secretary 

16 shall— 

17 (1) continue a program of research and moni18 toring of the impacts of fish stocking on the re19 sources of the applicable unit of the North Cascades 

20 National Park Service Complex; and 

21 (2) beginning on the date that is 5 years after 

22 the date of enactment of this Act and every 5 years 

23 thereafter, submit to the Committee on Energy and 

24 Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee 

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1 tives a report that describes the results of the re2 search and monitoring under paragraph (1). 

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