IIA
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2160
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL 24, 1996
Received
JUNE 7, 1996
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations to carry out the Interjurisdic-
tional Fisheries Act of 1986 and the Anadromous Fish
Conservation Act.
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 ‘‘Cooperative Fisheries
Management Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF INTERJURISDICTIONAL
FISHERIES ACT OF 1986.
Section 308 of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act
of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4107) is amended—
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(a) GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce
for apportionment to carry out the purposes of this title—
‘‘(1) $3,400,000 for fiscal year 1996;
‘‘(2) $3,900,000 for fiscal year 1997; and
‘‘(3) $4,400,000 for fiscal year 1998.’’;
(2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘$350,000 for
each of the fiscal years 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, and
1993, and $600,000 for each of the fiscal years
1994 and 1995,’’ and inserting ‘‘$650,000 for fiscal
year 1996, $700,000 for fiscal year 1997, and
$750,000 for fiscal year 1998,’’; and
(3) in subsection (d)—
(A) in the heading by striking ‘‘GRANTS’’
and inserting ‘‘ASSISTANCE’’;
(B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘award
grants to persons engaged in commercial fish-
eries, for uninsured losses determined by the
Secretary to have been suffered’’ and inserting
‘‘help persons engaged in commercial fisheries,
either by providing assistance directly to those
persons or by providing assistance indirectly
through State and local government agencies
and nonprofit organizations, for projects or
other measures to alleviate harm determined by
the Secretary to have been incurred’’;
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘a
grant’’ and inserting ‘‘direct assistance to a
person’’;
(D) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘gross
revenues annually,’’ and inserting ‘‘net revenues
annually from commercial fishing,’’;
(E) by striking paragraph (4) and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(4)(A) Assistance may not be provided under this
subsection as part of a fishing capacity reduction program
in a fishery unless the Secretary determines that adequate
conservation and management measures are in place to
rebuild the fishery over a reasonable time period.
‘‘(B) As a condition of awarding assistance with re-
spect to a vessel under a fishing capacity reduction pro-
gram, the Secretary shall—
‘‘(i) prohibit the vessel from being used for fish-
ing; and
‘‘(ii) require that the vessel be—
‘‘(I) scrapped or otherwise disposed of in a
manner approved by the Secretary; or
‘‘(II) donated to a nonprofit organization
and thereafter used only for purposes of re-
search, education, or training.
‘‘(C) A vessel that is prohibited from fishing under
subparagraph (B) shall not be eligible for a fishery en-
dorsement under section 12108(a) of title 46, United
States Code, and any such endorsement for the vessel shall
not be effective.’’; and
(F) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘for
awarding grants’’ and all that follows through
the end of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘for re-
ceiving assistance under this subsection.’’.
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE ANADROMOUS FISH
CONSERVATION ACT.
Section 4 of the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act
(16 U.S.C. 757d) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 4. (a)(1) There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out the purposes of this Act not to exceed
the following sums:
‘‘(A) $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1996
and 1997.
‘‘(B) $4,250,000 for fiscal year 1998.
‘‘(2) Sums appropriated under this subsection are au-
thorized to remain available until expended.
‘‘(b) Not more than $625,000 of the funds appro-
priated under this section in any one fiscal year shall be
obligated in any one State.’’.
SEC. 4. AMENDMENT TO THE FISHERIES ACT OF 1995.
Section 309(b) of the Fisheries Act of 1995 (Public
Law 104–43) is amended by striking ‘‘July 1, 1996’’ and
inserting ‘‘July 1, 1997’’.
Passed the House of Representatives April 23, 1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.