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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2351 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 8, 2011 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘North Cascades Na3 tional Park Service Complex Fish Stocking Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

7 COMPLEX.—The term ‘‘North Cascades National 

8 Park Service Complex’’ means collectively the North 

9 Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recre10 ation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation 

11 Area. 

12 (2) PLAN.—The term ‘‘plan’’ means the docu13 ment entitled ‘‘North Cascades National Park Serv14 ice Complex Mountain Lakes Fishery Management 

15 Plan and Environmental Impact Statement’’ and 

16 dated June 2008. 

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

18 the Secretary of the Interior. 

19 SEC. 3. STOCKING OF CERTAIN LAKES IN THE NORTH CAS20 CADES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE COMPLEX. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Sec22 retary shall authorize the stocking of fish in lakes in the 

23 North Cascades National Park Service Complex. 

24 (b) CONDITIONS.— 

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

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


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1 91 lakes in the North Cascades National Park Serv2 ice Complex that have historically been stocked with 

3 fish. 

4 (2) NATIVE NONREPRODUCING FISH.—The Sec5 retary shall only stock fish that are— 

6 (A) native to the slope of the Cascade 

7 Range on which the lake to be stocked is lo8 cated; and 

9 (B) nonreproducing, as identified in man10 agement alternative B of the plan. 

11 (3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making fish stocking 

12 decisions under this Act, the Secretary shall consider 

13 relevant scientific information, including the plan 

14 and information gathered under subsection (c). 

15 (4) REQUIRED COORDINATION.—The Secretary 

16 shall coordinate the stocking of fish under this Act 

17 with the State of Washington. 

18 (c) RESEARCH AND MONITORING.—The Secretary 

19 shall— 

20 (1) continue a program of research and moni21 toring of the impacts of fish stocking on the re22 sources of the applicable unit of the North Cascades 

23 National Park Service Complex; and 

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

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


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1 thereafter, submit to the Committee on Energy and 

2 Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee 

3 on Natural Resources of the House of Representa4 tives a report that describes the results of the re5 search and monitoring under paragraph (1). 

Passed the House of Representatives December 7, 

2011. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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