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Union Calendar No. 591 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 200 
[Report No. 115–758] 
To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2017 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
JUNE 19, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. BABIN, Mr. HIGGINS of 
Louisiana, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. 
GROTHMAN, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. 
AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, and Mr. VEASEY 
JUNE 19, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 3, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
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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 ‘‘Strengthening Fishing 
Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Man-
agement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. References. 
TITLE I—MAGNUSON-STEVENS ACT FINDINGS AND DEFINITIONS 
AMENDMENTS AND REAUTHORIZATION 
Sec. 101. Amendments to findings. 
Sec. 102. Amendments to definitions. 
Sec. 103. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—FISHERIES MANAGEMENT FLEXIBILITY AND 
MODERNIZATION 
Sec. 201. Definitions. 
Sec. 202. Process for allocation review for South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico 
mixed-use fisheries. 
Sec. 203. Alternative fishery management measures. 
Sec. 204. Modifications to the annual catch limit requirement. 
Sec. 205. Limitation on future catch share programs. 
Sec. 206. Study of limited access privilege programs for mixed-use fisheries. 
Sec. 207. Cooperative data collection. 
Sec. 208. Recreational fishing data. 
Sec. 209. Miscellaneous amendments relating to fishery management councils. 
TITLE III—HEALTHY FISHERIES THROUGH BETTER SCIENCE 
Sec. 301. Healthy fisheries through better science. 
Sec. 302. Transparency and public process. 
Sec. 303. Flexibility in rebuilding fish stocks. 
Sec. 304. Exempted fishing permits. 
Sec. 305. Cooperative research and management program. 
Sec. 306. Gulf of Mexico fisheries cooperative research and red snapper manage-
ment. 
Sec. 307. Ensuring consistent management for fisheries throughout their range. 
TITLE IV— STRENGTHENING FISHING COMMUNITIES 
Sec. 401. Estimation of cost of recovery from fishery resource disaster. 
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Sec. 402. Deadline for action on request by Governor for determination regarding 
fishery resource disaster. 
Sec. 403. North Pacific Fishery management clarification. 
Sec. 404. Limitation on harvest in North Pacific directed pollock fishery. 
Sec. 405. Arctic community development quota. 
Sec. 406. Reallocation of certain unused harvest allocation. 
Sec. 407. Prohibition on shark feeding off coast of Florida. 
Sec. 408. Restoration of historically freshwater environment. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, any term used that is defined in section 
3 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Man-
agement Act (16 U.S.C. 1802) shall have the same meaning 
such term has under that section. 
SEC. 4. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of 
an amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the reference 
shall be considered to be made to a provision of the Magnu-
son-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). 
TITLE 
I—MAGNUSON-STEVENS 
ACT FINDINGS AND DEFINI-
TIONS AMENDMENTS AND RE-
AUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 101. AMENDMENTS TO FINDINGS. 
Section 2(a) (16 U.S.C. 1801) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘cultural 
well-being,’’ after ‘‘economy,’’; and 
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