TITLE I—ATLANTIC COASTAL
FISHERIES
Subtitle A—Atlantic Striped
Bass Conservation
SEC. 101. REAUTHORIZATION OF ATLANTIC STRIPED BASS
CONSERVATION ACT.
Section 7(a) of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conserva-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—For each of fiscal years
2001, 2002, and 2003, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act—
‘‘(1) $1,000,000 to the Secretary of Commerce;
and
‘‘(2) $250,000 to the Secretary of the Inte-
rior.’’.
SEC. 102. POPULATION STUDY OF STRIPED BASS.
(a) STUDY.—The Secretaries (as that term is defined
in the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act), in con-
sultation with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Com-
mission, shall conduct a study to determine if the distribu-
tion of year classes in the Atlantic striped bass population
is appropriate for maintaining adequate recruitment and
sustainable fishing opportunities. In conducting the study,
the Secretaries shall consider—
(1) long-term stock assessment data and other
fishery-dependent and independent data for Atlantic
striped bass; and
(2) the results of peer-reviewed research funded
under the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries, in consulta-
tion with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commis-
sion, shall submit to the Committee on Resources of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science and Transportation of the Senate the re-
sults of the study and a long-term plan to ensure a bal-
anced and healthy population structure of Atlantic striped
bass, including older fish. The report shall include infor-
mation regarding—
(1) the structure of the Atlantic striped bass
population required to maintain adequate recruit-
ment and sustainable fishing opportunities; and
(2) recommendations for measures necessary to
achieve and maintain the population structure de-
scribed in paragraph (1).
(c) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary of Commerce $250,000 to
carry out this section.
Subtitle B—Atlantic Coastal
Fisheries Cooperative Management
SEC. 121. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Atlantic Coastal
Fisheries Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 122. REAUTHORIZATION OF ATLANTIC COASTAL FISH-
ERIES COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT ACT.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
811 of the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Manage-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 5108) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 811. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this title, there are
authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2001 through 2005.
‘‘(b) 
COOPERATIVE
STATISTICS
PROGRAM.—
Amounts authorized under subsection (a) may be used by
the Secretary to support the Commission’s cooperative
statistics program.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Such Act is amended—
(A) in section 802(3) (16 U.S.C. 5101(3))
by striking ‘‘such resources in’’ and inserting
‘‘such resources is’’; and
(B) by striking section 812 and the second
section 811.
(2) 
AMENDMENTS
TO
REPEAL
NOT
AF-
FECTED.—The amendments made by paragraph
(1)(B) shall not affect any amendment or repeal
made by the sections struck by that paragraph.
(3) SHORT TITLE REFERENCES.—Such Act is
further amended by striking ‘‘Magnuson Fishery’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Magnuson-Ste-
vens Fishery’’.
(c) REPORTS.—
(1) ANNUAL
REPORT
TO
THE
SECRETARY.—
The Secretary shall require, as a condition of pro-
viding financial assistance under this subtitle, that
the Commission and each State receiving such as-
sistance submit to the Secretary an annual report
that provides a detailed accounting of the use the as-
sistance.
(2) BIENNIAL REPORTS TO THE CONGRESS.—
The Secretary shall submit biennial reports to the
Committee on Resources of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation of the Senate on the use of Fed-
eral assistance provided to the Commission and the
States under this subtitle. Each biennial report shall
evaluate the success of such assistance in imple-
menting this subtitle.
TITLE II—JOHN H. PRESCOTT
MARINE 
MAMMAL 
RESCUE
ASSISTANCE 
GRANT 
PRO-
GRAM
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Marine Mammal Res-
cue Assistance Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 202. JOHN H. PRESCOTT MARINE MAMMAL RESCUE
ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1371 et seq.) is
amended—
(1) by redesignating sections 408 and 409 as
sections 409 and 410, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after section 407 the following:
‘‘SEC. 408. JOHN H. PRESCOTT MARINE MAMMAL RESCUE
ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Subject to the availability of
appropriations, the Secretary shall conduct a grant pro-
gram to be known as the John H. Prescott Marine Mam-
mal Rescue Assistance Grant Program, to provide grants
to eligible stranding network participants for the recovery
or treatment of marine mammals, the collection of data
from living or dead stranded marine mammals for sci-
entific research regarding marine mammal health, and fa-
cility operation costs that are directly related to those pur-
poses.
‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary shall ensure that, to the great-
est extent practicable, funds provided as grants under this
subsection are distributed equitably among the stranding
regions designated as of the date of the enactment of the
Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act of 2000, and in
making such grants shall give preference to those facilities
that have established records for rescuing or rehabilitating
sick and stranded marine mammals in each of the respec-
tive regions, or subregions.
‘‘(B) In determining priorities among such regions,
the Secretary may consider—
‘‘(i) any episodic stranding or any mortality
event other than an event described in section
410(6), that occurred in any region in the preceding
year;
‘‘(ii) data regarding average annual strandings
and mortality events per region; and
‘‘(iii) the size of the marine mammal popu-
lations inhabiting a geographic area within such a
region.
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To receive a grant under this
section, a stranding network participant shall submit an