I 
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 Recre-
ation 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. 
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 ‘‘North Cascades Na-
tional Park Service Complex Fish Stocking Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
COMPLEX.—The term ‘‘North Cascades National 
Park Service Complex’’ means collectively the North 
Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recre-
ation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation 
Area. 
(2) PLAN.—The term ‘‘plan’’ means the docu-
ment entitled ‘‘North Cascades National Park Serv-
ice Complex Mountain Lakes Fishery Management 
Plan and Environmental Impact Statement’’ and 
dated June 2008. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. STOCKING OF CERTAIN LAKES IN THE NORTH CAS-
CADES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE COMPLEX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Sec-
retary shall authorize the stocking of fish in lakes in the 
North Cascades National Park Service Complex. 
(b) CONDITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 
to allow stocking of fish in not more than 42 of the 
91 lakes in the North Cascades National Park Serv-
ice Complex that have historically been stocked with 
fish. 
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(2) NATIVE NONREPRODUCING FISH.—The Sec-
retary shall only stock fish that are— 
(A) native to the slope of the Cascade 
Range on which the lake to be stocked is lo-
cated; and 
(B) nonreproducing, as identified in man-
agement alternative B of the plan. 
(3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making fish stocking 
decisions under this Act, the Secretary shall consider 
relevant scientific information, including the plan 
and information gathered under subsection (c). 
(4) REQUIRED COORDINATION.—The Secretary 
shall coordinate the stocking of fish under this Act 
with the State of Washington. 
(c) RESEARCH
AND MONITORING.—The Secretary 
shall— 
(1) continue a program of research and moni-
toring of the impacts of fish stocking on the re-
sources of the applicable unit of the North Cascades 
National Park Service Complex; and 
(2) beginning on the date that is 5 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act and every 5 years 
thereafter, submit to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee 
on Natural Resources of the House of Representa-
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tives a report that describes the results of the re-
search and monitoring under paragraph (1). 
Æ 
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