I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3094 
To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
to transfer to States the authority to manage red snapper fisheries 
in the Gulf of Mexico. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2015 
Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. RICH-
MOND, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 
BOUSTANY, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. OLSON, 
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. DUNCAN of South 
Carolina, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. LONG, Mr. 
BABIN, Mr. COOK, Mr. WALZ, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. LATTA, and Mr. CAR-
TER of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act to transfer to States the authority to 
manage red snapper fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gulf States Red Snap-
per Management Authority Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRANSFER TO STATES OF MANAGEMENT OF RED 
SNAPPER FISHERIES IN THE GULF OF MEX-
ICO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE V—TRANSFER TO STATES 
OF 
MANAGEMENT 
OF 
RED 
SNAPPER FISHERIES IN THE 
GULF OF MEXICO 
‘‘SEC. 501. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) COASTAL
WATERS.—The term ‘coastal 
waters’ means all waters of the Gulf of Mexico— 
‘‘(A) shoreward of the baseline from which 
the territorial sea of the United States is meas-
ured; and 
‘‘(B) seaward from the baseline described 
in subparagraph (A) to the outer boundary of 
the exclusive economic zone. 
‘‘(2) GULF COASTAL STATE.—The term ‘Gulf 
coastal State’ means each of the following States: 
‘‘(A) Alabama. 
‘‘(B) Florida. 
‘‘(C) Louisiana. 
‘‘(D) Mississippi. 
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‘‘(E) Texas. 
‘‘(3) GULF OF MEXICO FISHERY MANAGEMENT 
COUNCIL.—The term ‘Gulf of Mexico Fishery Man-
agement Council’ means the Gulf of Mexico Fishery 
Management Council established under section 
302(a). 
‘‘(4) GULF
OF
MEXICO
RED
SNAPPER.—The 
term ‘Gulf of Mexico red snapper’ means members 
of stocks or populations of the species Lutjanus 
campechanus, which ordinarily are found within the 
waters of the exclusive economic zone and adjacent 
territorial waters of the Gulf of Mexico. 
‘‘(5) GULF
STATES
RED
SNAPPER
MANAGE-
MENT
AUTHORITY.—The term ‘Gulf States Red 
Snapper Management Authority’ and ‘GSRSMA’, 
means the Gulf States Red Snapper Management 
Authority established under section 502(a). 
‘‘(6) RED
SNAPPER
FISHERY
MANAGEMENT 
PLAN.—The term ‘red snapper fishery management 
plan’ means a plan created by one or more Gulf 
coastal States to manage Gulf of Mexico red snapper 
in the coastal waters adjacent to such State or 
States, respectively. 
‘‘(7) REEF FISH FEDERAL FISHERY MANAGE-
MENT PLAN.—The term ‘Reef Fish Federal fishery 
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