IB Union Calendar No. 618 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5103 [Report No. 118–733] 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 referred 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. González-Colón , Mr. Weber of Texas , Ms. Mace , Mr. Davis of North Carolina , Mr. Fry , Mr. Carl , Mr. Waltz , Mr. Grijalva , 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 A BILL 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.

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 . 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 allocation from funds available under paragraph (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 notification that funds are available, that shall include the following information, if applicable: (I) Objectives and outcomes, with an emphasis on addressing the factors contributing to the fishery resource disaster 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 providing the notice required by subclause (I), the Secretary shall provide a detailed 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 Secretary receives a complete spend plan. (II) Review of completed spend plan and apportionment of funds If so requested, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 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). .

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