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Union Calendar No. 527 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4679 
[Report No. 116–642] 
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to Con-
gress a report examining efforts by the Regional Fishery Management 
Councils, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and the 
National Marine Fisheries Service to prepare and adapt United States 
fishery management for the impacts of climate change, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 15, 2019 
Mr. CUNNINGHAM (for himself, Mr. MAST, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, and Mr. 
HUFFMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
DECEMBER 14, 2020 
Additional sponsors: Mr. GAETZ, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. 
MALINOWSKI, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. CASE, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. TED 
LIEU of California, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. KIM, Mr. COOPER, Ms. LOF-
GREN, Mr. KEATING, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 
Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. GOLDEN, 
Ms. WILD, Mr. RUTHERFORD, and Mrs. NAPOLITANO 
DECEMBER 14, 2020 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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A BILL 
To require the Comptroller General of the United States 
to submit to Congress a report examining efforts by 
the Regional Fishery Management Councils, the Atlantic 
States Marine Fisheries Commission, and the National 
Marine Fisheries Service to prepare and adapt United 
States fishery management for the impacts of climate 
change, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Climate-Ready Fish-
eries Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) According to the Fourth National Climate 
Assessment, climate change, which results in ocean 
warming, acidification, and oxygen loss, is rapidly al-
tering the abundance, productivity, and distribution 
of fish stocks. 
(2) United States commercial and recreational 
fisheries generate approximately $210 billion in sales 
impacts each year and are a critical economic driver 
for thousands of coastal communities. 
(3) Changing water temperatures have already 
affected many commercially and recreationally tar-
geted fish stocks. 
(4) Changing conditions and effects on fish 
stocks are impacting subsistence fishing, which is 
critical to food security and culture for Alaska Na-
tive and American Indian tribes, and fishing commu-
nities throughout the Nation, according to the 
Fourth National Climate Assessment. 
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