Preserving Public Access to Public Waters Act

Bill: 114-hr-3310
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2015-07-29
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Great Lakes

Hunting and fishing

Intergovernmental relations

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Parks, recreation areas, trails

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2015-08-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Preserving Public Access to Public Waters Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce to obtain approval from the relevant fish and wildlife management agency of a state or territory before restricting fishing access to state or territorial marine waters that are within the jurisdiction of the National Park Service or the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, including coastal waters and estuaries.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3310 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 29, 2015 Ms. Ros-Lehtinen (for herself, Mr. Curbelo of Florida , Mr. Diaz-Balart , Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , Mr. Wittman , Mr. Graves of Louisiana , Mr. LaMalfa , Mrs. Radewagen , Mr. Miller of Florida , Ms. Graham , Mr. Yoho , Mr. Crenshaw , Mr. DeSantis , Mr. Mica , Mr. Posey , Mr. Webster of Florida , Mr. Nugent , Mr. Bilirakis , Mr. Jolly , Mr. Ross , Mr. Buchanan , Mr. Rooney of Florida , Mr. Carter of Georgia , Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia , Mrs. Walorski , Mr. Boustany , Mr. Abraham , Mr. Jones , Mr. Guinta , Mr. Sensenbrenner , and Mr. Grothman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To preserve access to public waters and maintain the vital role of States in fisheries management decisions.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preserving Public Access to Public Waters Act . 2. Requirement of State approval of restriction of recreational or commercial fishing access to certain State or territorial waters (a) Approval required The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce shall not restrict recreational or commercial fishing access to any State or territorial marine waters or Great Lakes waters within the jurisdiction of the National Park Service or the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, respectively, unless those restrictions are developed in coordination with, and approved by, the fish and wildlife management agency of the State or territory that has fisheries management authority over those waters. (b) Marine waters defined In this section the term marine waters includes coastal waters and estuaries.