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Union Calendar No. 618 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5103 
[Report No. 118–733] 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2023 
Mr. DONALDS (for himself, Mrs. PELTOLA, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, 
Mr. DUNN of Florida, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. 
MOYLAN, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mrs. LUNA, Mrs. 
RADEWAGEN, and Mr. MAST) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
NOVEMBER 14, 2024 
Additional sponsors: Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. SCOTT 
FRANKLIN of Florida, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, 
Mr. LALOTA, Mrs. GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Ms. MACE, 
Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, Mr. FRY, Mr. CARL, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. HARDER of 
California, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. COSTA, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, 
Mr. MULLIN, Mr. POSEY, Mr. ROUZER, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, 
Mr. LAWLER, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. KEAN of New Jersey, 
Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. LEE of Florida, Mr. 
GIMENEZ, Ms. TENNEY, and Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas 
NOVEMBER 14, 2024 
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 August 1, 2023] 
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A BILL 
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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 ‘‘Fishery Improvement 
to Streamline untimely regulatory Hurdles post Emergency 
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 notifica-
tion that funds are available, that shall in-
clude the following information, if applica-
ble: 
‘‘(I) Objectives and outcomes, with 
an emphasis on addressing the factors 
contributing to the fishery resource dis-
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aster and minimizing future uninsured 
losses, if applicable. 
‘‘(II) Statement of work. 
‘‘(III) Budget details. 
‘‘(ii) REVIEW.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 
shall review a spend plan submitted 
under clause (i) to determine if it is 
complete and provide notice within 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 subclause 
(I), the Secretary shall provide a de-
tailed description of the information 
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. 
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‘‘(II) REVIEW
OF
COMPLETED 
SPEND PLAN AND APPORTIONMENT OF 
FUNDS.—If so requested, the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budg-
et may review a completed spend plan 
concurrently with the Secretary. The 
Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget may not delay the timeline 
described in subclause (I).’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 618 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5103 
[Report No. 118–733] 
A BILL 
To require the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget to approve or deny spend plans 
within a certain amount of time, and for other 
purposes. 
NOVEMBER 14, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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