IIB 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5103 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 4, 2024 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To require the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget to approve or deny spend plans within a certain 
amount of time, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fishery Improvement 
to Streamline untimely regulatory Hurdles post Emer-
gency Situation Act’’ or the ‘‘FISHES Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SPEND PLANS. 
Section 312(a)(6) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation 
and 
Management 
Act 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1861a(a)(6)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D), to read as follows: 
‘‘(D) SPEND PLANS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—To receive an allo-
cation from funds available under para-
graph (9), a requester with an affirmative 
fishery resource disaster determination 
shall submit a spend plan to the Secretary, 
not more than 120 days after receiving no-
tification that funds are available, that 
shall include the following information, if 
applicable: 
‘‘(I) Objectives and outcomes, 
with an emphasis on addressing the 
factors contributing to the fishery re-
source disaster and minimizing future 
uninsured losses, if applicable. 
‘‘(II) Statement of work. 
‘‘(III) Budget details. 
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‘‘(ii) REVIEW.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—The Sec-
retary shall review a spend plan sub-
mitted under clause (i) to determine if 
it is complete and provide notice with-
in 10 days. 
‘‘(II) 
INCOMPLETE
SPEND 
PLAN.—If the Secretary determines 
that a spend plan submitted under 
clause (i) is not complete, when pro-
viding the notice required by sub-
clause (I), the Secretary shall provide 
a detailed description of the informa-
tion that is necessary for the spend 
plan to be determined complete.’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (F)(i), to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) AVAILABILITY.— 
‘‘(I) TIMELINE.—Funds shall be 
made available to grantees not later 
than 90 days after the date the Sec-
retary receives a complete spend plan. 
‘‘(II) REVIEW
OF
COMPLETED 
SPEND
PLAN
AND
APPORTIONMENT 
OF FUNDS.—If so requested, the Di-
rector of the Office of Management 
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and Budget may review a completed 
spend plan concurrently with the Sec-
retary. The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget may not 
delay the timeline described in sub-
clause (I).’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 3, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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