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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Roads for America Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) An individual who is 65 years of age needs 4 times the 
        amount of light to see at night as compared to an individual 
        who is 25 years of age.
            (2) The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety projects that by 
        2030 1 in every 4 drivers will be 65 years of age or older.
            (3) Increasing the retroreflectivity and size of traffic 
        signs provides added decision time for older drivers.
            (4) Increasing the retroreflectivity and size of traffic 
        signs also provides for faster response time by emergency 
        medical technicians and police and fire personnel by increasing 
        their ability to read and understand signs and reduce travel 
        time to a site.
            (5) More than 50 percent of traffic accidents resulting in 
        fatalities occur at night, and increased retroreflectivity of 
        traffic signs addresses this issue.
            (6) In 2007, the following deadlines were established in 
        the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices in response to a 
        statutory requirement from Congress:
                    (A) By January 22, 2012, roadway owners must adopt 
                a plan to ensure that their signs meet minimum levels 
                of retroreflectivity.
                    (B) By January 22, 2015, regulatory and warning 
                signs and post-mounted signs must meet minimum levels 
                of retroreflectivity.
                    (C) By January 22, 2018, overhead and street name 
                signs must meet minimum levels of retroreflectivity.
            (7) The Federal Highway Administration has estimated that 
        the cost for making these retroreflectivity improvements for 
        signage throughout the United States is $37,000,000 over a 10-
        year period.
            (8) At no point must a roadway owner replace a sign that 
        meets the minimum levels of retroreflectivity.
            (9) The United States is currently experiencing the worst 
        economic conditions since the Great Depression.
            (10) As a result, local governments across the United 
        States are experiencing one of the most economically 
        challenging times in history, with available revenues unable to 
        match the costs of services demanded by the public.
            (11) To compensate for depressed revenue collections during 
        the economic downturn, counties and cities are adopting severe 
        cost-cutting measures, such as laying off and furloughing 
        employees (including public safety personnel), cancelling or 
        postponing planned capital improvements, deferring necessary 
        maintenance, cutting equipment inventories, and in some cases 
        declaring bankruptcy.
            (12) The costs of employee benefits continue to rise and 
        local governments have to devote more resources to keep up with 
        inflation.
            (13) States are passing along the costs of services to 
        local governments as a method to balance their budgets.
            (14) The outlook for recovery appears to be at least 5 
        years away given that, even when the economy recovers, local 
        governments experience a delay in increased tax collections due 
        to the nature of property tax collections.

SEC. 3. RETROREFLECTIVITY LEVEL STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO TRAFFIC SIGNS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall modify the 
target compliance dates for minimum retroreflectivity level standards 
set forth in section 2A.08 of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control 
Devices for Streets and Highways, 2009 Edition (incorporated by 
reference in subpart F of part 655 of title 23, Code of Federal 
Regulations) so that the following target compliance dates apply:
            (1) A target compliance date of January 22, 2012, for 
        implementation and continued use of an assessment or management 
        method that is designed to maintain traffic sign 
        retroreflectivity at or above the established minimum levels.
            (2) A target compliance date of January 22, 2018, for 
        replacement of regulatory, warning, and post-mounted guide 
        (except street name) signs that are identified using the 
        assessment or management method as failing to meet the 
        established minimum levels.
            (3) A target compliance date of January 22, 2021, for 
        replacement of street name signs and overhead guide signs that 
        are identified using the assessment or management method as 
        failing to meet the established minimum levels.
    (b) Effect on Proposed Regulations.--The Secretary shall revise the 
notice of proposed amendments published in the Federal Register on 
August 31, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 54156), to incorporate the target 
compliance dates specified in subsection (a).
    (c) Funding.--The Secretary may use funds available to the 
Secretary to carry out this section notwithstanding any funding 
limitation enacted before the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

    (a) Highway Signs and Pavement Markings.--Section 148(a)(3)(B)(xi) 
of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(xi) Installation, replacement, and 
                        upgrade of highway signs and pavement markings, 
                        including any upgrade of materials and the 
                        implementation of any assessment or management 
                        method designed to meet a State-established 
                        performance standard, Federal regulation, or 
                        requirement contained in the Manual on Uniform 
                        Traffic Control Devices relating to minimum 
                        levels of retroreflectivity.''.
    (b) Maintaining Minimum Levels of Retroreflectivity.--
            (1) Definition.--Section 148(a) of such title is amended by 
        adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Project to maintain minimum levels of 
        retroreflectivity.--The term `project to maintain minimum 
        levels of retroreflectivity' means a project undertaken 
        pursuant to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices 
        requiring public agencies to use an assessment or management 
        method that is designed to maintain highway sign or pavement 
        marking retroreflectivity at or above prescribed minimum 
        levels.''.
            (2) Eligible projects.--Section 148(d)(1) of such title is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (A);
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                subparagraph (C); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
                following:
                    ``(B) any project to maintain minimum levels of 
                retroreflectivity on a public road, whether or not such 
                project is included in the State strategic highway 
                safety plan; or''.
            (3) Increased federal share.--The first sentence of section 
        120(c)(1) of such title is amended by inserting ``maintaining 
        minimum levels of retroreflectivity of highway signs or 
        pavement markings,'' after ``signalization,''.
    (c) Standards for Projects To Upgrade Highway Signs and Pavement 
Markings.--Section 148 of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``(i) Standards for Projects To Upgrade Highway Signs and Pavement 
Markings.--The Secretary shall issue standards for the use of funds 
apportioned to a State under section 104(b)(5) for highway safety 
improvement projects to upgrade highway signs and pavement markings in 
order to meet or exceed minimum maintained levels of retroreflectivity. 
Such standards shall ensure that the projects are carried out so as to 
meet defined criteria, consistent with other safety upgrades, using a 
systematic approach. Such standards shall permit the use of the funds 
for an initial upgrade of highway signs and pavement markings in the 
State, but shall prohibit the funds from being used for maintenance 
activities.''.

Ex Output:
Safe Roads for America Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to modify the target compliance dates for the following minimum retroreflectivity level standards: (1) implementation and continued use of an assessment or management method that is designed to maintain traffic sign retroreflectivity at or above the established minimum levels; (2) replacement of regulatory, warning, and post-mounted guide (except street name) signs identified using the assessment or management method as failing to meet the established minimum levels; and (3) replacement of street name signs and overhead guide signs that are identified using the assessment or management method as failing to meet the established minimum levels.

 Requires the Secretary to revise the notice of proposed amendments published in the Federal Register on August 31, 2011, to incorporate the new target compliance dates.

Includes measures designed to meet a state-established performance standard, federal regulation, or requirement contained in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices relating to minimum levels of retroreflectivity as projects for purposes of the highway safety improvement program.

Allows a maximum 100% federal share of the costs of construction related to maintaining minimum levels of retroreflectivity of highway signs or pavement markings.

Directs the Secretary to issue standards for the use of funds apportioned to a state for highway safety improvement projects to upgrade highway signs and pavement markings in order to meet or exceed minimum maintained levels of retroreflectivity. Requires such standards to prohibit fund use for maintenance activities.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Big Cat Public Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 
U.S.C. 3371) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (k) as 
        subsections (b) through (l), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so redesignated) 
        the following:
    ``(a) Breed.--The term `breed' means to facilitate propagation or 
reproduction (whether intentionally or negligently), or to fail to 
prevent propagation or reproduction.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Consolidated farm and rural development act.--Section 
        349(a)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
        U.S.C. 1997(a)(3)) is amended by striking ``section 2(a)'' and 
        inserting ``section 2(b)''.
            (2) Lacey act amendments of 1981.--
                    (A) Section 3(e)(2)(C) of the Lacey Act Amendments 
                of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3372(e)(2)(C)) is amended--
                            (i) in clause (ii), by striking ``section 
                        2(g)'' and inserting ``section 2(h)''; and
                            (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ``section 
                        2(g)'' and inserting ``section 2(h)''.
                    (B) Section 7(c) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 
                1981 (16 U.S.C. 3376(c)) is amended by striking 
                ``section 2(f)(2)(A)'' and inserting ``section 
                2(g)(2)(A)''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS.

    Section 3 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3372) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking the 
                        semicolon at the end and inserting ``; or'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking 
                        ``; or'' and inserting a semicolon; and
                            (iii) by striking subparagraph (C); and
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``(1) through 
                (3)'' and inserting ``(1) through (3) or subsection 
                (e)''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
    ``(e) Captive Wildlife Offense.--
            ``(1) In general.--It is unlawful for any person to import, 
        export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in 
        interstate or foreign commerce, or in a manner substantially 
        affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or to breed or 
        possess, any prohibited wildlife species.
            ``(2) Limitation on application.--Paragraph (1) does not 
        apply to--
                    ``(A) an entity exhibiting animals to the public 
                under a Class C license from the Department of 
                Agriculture and that holds such license in good 
                standing, if the entity--
                            ``(i) has not been, and does not employ any 
                        person engaged in animal care who has been, 
                        convicted of or fined for an offense involving 
                        the abuse or neglect of any animal pursuant to 
                        any State, local, or Federal law;
                            ``(ii) has not had, and does not employ any 
                        person who has had, a license or permit 
                        regarding the care, possession, exhibition, 
                        breeding, or sale of animals revoked or 
                        suspended by any State, local, or Federal 
                        agency, including the Department of 
                        Agriculture, within the preceding 3-year 
                        period;
                            ``(iii) has not been cited by the 
                        Department of Agriculture under the Animal 
                        Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) within the 
                        preceding 12-month period for any repeat 
                        violation for--
                                    ``(I) inadequate veterinary care;
                                    ``(II) handling that causes stress 
                                or trauma or a threat to public safety;
                                    ``(III) insufficient provisions of 
                                food or water; or
                                    ``(IV) failure to allow facility 
                                inspection;
                            ``(iv) does not allow any individual other 
                        than a trained professional employee or 
                        contractor of the licensee (or an accompanying 
                        employee receiving professional training) or a 
                        licensed veterinarian (or an accompanying 
                        veterinary student) to come into direct 
                        physical contact with a prohibited wildlife 
                        species;
                            ``(v) ensures that during public exhibition 
                        of a lion (Panthera leo), tiger (Panthera 
                        tigris), leopard (Panthera pardus), snow 
                        leopard (Uncia uncia), jaguar (Panthera onca), 
                        cougar (Puma concolor), or any hybrid thereof, 
                        the animal is at least 15 feet from members of 
                        the public unless there is a permanent barrier 
                        that prevents public contact or risk of 
                        contact;
                            ``(vi) does not breed any prohibited 
                        wildlife species unless the breeding is 
                        conducted pursuant to a species-specific, 
                        publicly available, peer-reviewed population 
                        management plan developed according to 
                        established conservation science principles;
                            ``(vii) maintains liability insurance in an 
                        amount of not less than $250,000 for each 
                        occurrence of property damage, bodily injury, 
                        or death caused by any prohibited wildlife 
                        species possessed by the person; and
                            ``(viii) has a written plan that is made 
                        available to local law enforcement, State 
                        agencies and Federal agencies on request, for 
                        the quick and safe recapture or destruction of 
                        prohibited wildlife species in the event a 
                        prohibited wildlife species escapes, including, 
                        but not limited to, written protocols for 
                        training staff on methods of safe recapture of 
                        the escaped prohibited wildlife species;
                    ``(B) a State college, university, or agency, or 
                State-licensed veterinarian;
                    ``(C) a wildlife sanctuary that cares for 
                prohibited wildlife species, and--
                            ``(i) is a corporation that is exempt from 
                        taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal 
                        Revenue Code of 1986 and described in sections 
                        501(c)(3) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of such Code;
                            ``(ii) does not commercially trade in 
                        prohibited wildlife species, including 
                        offspring, parts, and byproducts of such 
                        animals;
                            ``(iii) does not breed the prohibited 
                        wildlife species;
                            ``(iv) does not allow direct contact 
                        between the public and prohibited wildlife 
                        species; and
                            ``(v) does not allow the transportation and 
                        display of prohibited wildlife species off-
                        site;
                    ``(D) has custody of the prohibited wildlife 
                species solely for the purpose of expeditiously 
                transporting the prohibited wildlife species to a 
                person described in this paragraph with respect to the 
                species; or
                    ``(E) an entity or individual that is in possession 
                of a prohibited wildlife species that was born before 
                the date of the enactment of the Big Cat Public Safety 
                Act, and--
                            ``(i) not later than 180 days after the 
                        date of the enactment of the Big Cat Public 
                        Safety Act, the entity or individual registers 
                        each individual animal of each prohibited 
                        wildlife species with the United States Fish 
                        and Wildlife Service;
                            ``(ii) does not breed, acquire, or sell any 
                        prohibited wildlife species after the date of 
                        the enactment of such Act; and
                            ``(iii) does not allow direct contact 
                        between the public and prohibited wildlife 
                        species.''.

SEC. 4. PENALTIES.

    (a) Civil Penalties.--Section 4(a)(1) of the Lacey Act Amendments 
of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3373(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(e),'' after ``(d),''; and
            (2) by inserting ``, (e),'' after ``subsection (d)''.
    (b) Criminal Penalties.--Section 4(d) of the Lacey Act Amendments 
of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3373(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``(e),'' after 
        ``(d),'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ``(e),'' after 
        ``(d),'';
            (3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``(e),'' after ``(d),''; 
        and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Any person who knowingly violates subsection (e) of 
        section 3 shall be fined not more than $20,000, or imprisoned 
        for not more than five years, or both. Each violation shall be 
        a separate offense and the offense shall be deemed to have been 
        committed not only in the district where the violation first 
        occurred, but also in any district in which the defendant may 
        have taken or been in possession of the prohibited wildlife 
        species.''.

SEC. 5. FORFEITURE OF PROHIBITED WILDLIFE SPECIES.

    Section 5(a)(1) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 
3374(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ``bred, possessed,'' before 
``imported, exported,''.

SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION.

    Section 7(a) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 
3376(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) The Secretary shall, in consultation with other 
        relevant Federal and State agencies, promulgate any regulations 
        necessary to implement section 3(e).''.

Ex Output:
Big Cat Public Safety Act This bill amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit any person from breeding or possessing prohibited wildlife species (i.e., any live species of lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, or cougar or any hybrid of such species). Breeding means facilitating propagation or reproduction (whether intentionally or negligently), or failing to prevent propagation or reproduction.  The bill revises the list of entities that are exempt from Lacey Act prohibitions regarding those wildlife species to include: (1) certain entities that hold Class C licenses in good standing under the Animal Welfare Act, and (2) current owners of animals that were born before this bill's enactment if the animals are registered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Those entities and owners may not allow direct contact between the public and the prohibited wildlife species. A person who knowingly violates the prohibition must be fined not more than $20,000, or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both. The bill considers each violation to be a separate offense. The offense must be deemed to have been committed not only in the district where the violation first occurred, but also in any district in which the defendant may have taken or been in possession of the prohibited wildlife species. The bill extends forfeiture provisions to fish, wildlife, or plants that are bred or possessed. 


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation 
Act Amendments of 1997''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION AND AMENDMENT OF ATLANTIC STRIPED BASS 
              CONSERVATION ACT.

    The Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note) is 
amended to read as follows:

``SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This Act may be cited as the `Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation 
Act'.

``SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    ``(a) Findings.--The Congress finds and declares the following:
        ``(1) Atlantic striped bass are of historic commercial and 
    recreational importance and economic benefit to the Atlantic 
    coastal States and to the Nation.
        ``(2) No single government entity has full management authority 
    throughout the range of the Atlantic striped bass.
        ``(3) The population of Atlantic striped bass--
            ``(A) has been subject to large fluctuations due to natural 
        causes, fishing pressure, environmental pollution, loss and 
        alteration of habitat, inadequacy of fisheries conservation and 
        management practices, and other causes; and
            ``(B) risks potential depletion in the future without 
        effective monitoring and conservation and management measures.
        ``(4) It is in the national interest to implement effective 
    procedures and measures to provide for effective 
    interjurisdictional conservation and management of this species.
    ``(b) Purpose.--It is therefore declared to be the purpose of the 
Congress in this Act to support and encourage the development, 
implementation, and enforcement of effective interstate action 
regarding the conservation and management of the Atlantic striped bass.

``SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    ``As used in this Act--
        ``(1) the term `Magnuson Act' means the Magnuson-Stevens 
    Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
        ``(2) The term `Atlantic striped bass' means members of stocks 
    or populations of the species Morone saxatilis, which ordinarily 
    migrate seaward of the waters described in paragraph (3)(A)(i).
        ``(3) The term `coastal waters' means--
            ``(A) for each coastal State referred to in paragraph 
        (4)(A)--
                ``(i) all waters, whether salt or fresh, of the coastal 
            State shoreward of the baseline from which the territorial 
            sea of the United States is measured; and
                ``(ii) the waters of the coastal State seaward from the 
            baseline referred to in clause (i) to the inner boundary of 
            the exclusive economic zone;
            ``(B) for the District of Columbia, those waters within its 
        jurisdiction; and
            ``(C) for the Potomac River Fisheries Commission, those 
        waters of the Potomac River within the boundaries established 
        by the Potomac River Compact of 1958.
        ``(4) The term `coastal State' means--
            ``(A) Pennsylvania and each State of the United States 
        bordering on the Atlantic Ocean north of the State of South 
        Carolina;
            ``(B) the District of Columbia; and
            ``(C) the Potomac River Fisheries Commission established by 
        the Potomac River Compact of 1958.
        ``(5) The term `Commission' means the Atlantic States Marine 
    Fisheries Commission established under the interstate compact 
    consented to and approved by the Congress in Public Laws 77-539 and 
    81-721.
        ``(6) The term `exclusive economic zone' has the meaning given 
    such term in section 3(6) of the Magnuson Act (16 U.S.C. 1802(6)).
        ``(7) The term `fishing' means--
            ``(A) the catching, taking, or harvesting of Atlantic 
        striped bass, except when incidental to harvesting that occurs 
        in the course of commercial or recreational fish catching 
        activities directed at a species other than Atlantic striped 
        bass;
            ``(B) the attempted catching, taking, or harvesting of 
        Atlantic striped bass; and
            ``(C) any operation at sea in support of, or in preparation 
        for, any activity described in subparagraph (A) or (B).
    The term does not include any scientific research authorized by the 
    Federal Government or by any State government.
        ``(8) The term `moratorium area' means the coastal waters with 
    respect to which a declaration under section 5(a) applies.
        ``(9) The term `moratorium period' means the period beginning 
    on the day on which moratorium is declared under section 5(a) 
    regarding a coastal State and ending on the day on which the 
    Commission notifies the Secretaries that that State has taken 
    appropriate remedial action with respect to those matters that were 
    the case of the moratorium being declared.
        ``(10) The term `Plan' means a plan for managing Atlantic 
    striped bass, or an amendment to such plan, that is prepared and 
    adopted by the Commission.
        ``(11) The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of Commerce or 
    a designee of the Secretary of Commerce.
        ``(12) The term `Secretaries' means the Secretary of Commerce 
    and the Secretary of the Interior or their designees.

``SEC. 4. MONITORING OF IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT BY COASTAL 
              STATES.

    ``(a) Determination.--During December of each fiscal year, and at 
any other time it deems necessary the Commission shall determine--
        ``(1) whether each coastal State has adopted all regulatory 
    measures necessary to fully implement the Plan in its coastal 
    waters; and
        ``(2) whether the enforcement of the Plan by each coastal State 
    is satisfactory.
    ``(b) Satisfactory State Enforcement.--For purposes of subsection 
(a)(2), enforcement by a coastal State shall not be considered 
satisfactory by the Commission if, in its view, the enforcement is 
being carried out in such a manner that the implementation of the Plan 
within the coastal waters of the State is being, or will likely be, 
substantially and adversely affected.
    ``(c) Notification of Secretaries.--The Commission shall 
immediately notify the Secretaries of each negative determination made 
by it under subsection (a).

``SEC. 5. MORATORIUM.

    ``(a) Secretarial Action After Notification.--Upon receiving notice 
from the Commission under section 4(c) of a negative determination 
regarding a coastal State, the Secretaries shall determine jointly, 
within 30 days, whether that coastal State is in compliance with the 
Plan and, if the State is not in compliance, the Secretaries shall 
declare jointly a moratorium on fishing for Atlantic striped bass 
within the coastal waters of that coastal State. In making such a 
determination, the Secretaries shall carefully consider and review the 
comments of the Commission and that coastal State in question.
    ``(b) Prohibited Acts During Moratorium.--During a moratorium 
period, it is unlawful for any person--
        ``(1) to engage in fishing within the moratorium area;
        ``(2) to land, or attempt to land, Atlantic striped bass that 
    are caught, taken, or harvested in violation of paragraph (1);
        ``(3) to land lawfully harvested Atlantic striped bass within 
    the boundaries of a coastal State when a moratorium declared under 
    subsection (a) applies to that State; or
        ``(4) to fail to return to the water Atlantic striped bass to 
    which the moratorium applies that are caught incidental to 
    harvesting that occurs in the course of commercial or recreational 
    fish catching activities, regardless of the physical condition of 
    the striped bass when caught.
    ``(c) Civil Penalties.--
        ``(1) Civil penalty.--Any person who commits any act that is 
    unlawful under subsection (b) shall be liable to the United States 
    for a civil penalty as provided by section 308 of the Magnuson Act 
    (16 U.S.C. 1858).
        ``(2) Civil forfeitures.--
            ``(A) In general.--Any vessel (including its gear, 
        equipment, appurtenances, stores, and cargo) used, and any fish 
        (or the fair market value thereof) taken or retained, in any 
        manner, in connection with, or as the result of, the commission 
        of any act that is unlawful under subsection (b) shall be 
        subject to forfeiture to the United States as provided in 
        section 310 of the Magnuson Act (16 U.S.C. 1860).
            ``(B) Disposal of fish.--Any fish seized pursuant to this 
        Act may be disposed of pursuant to the order of a court of 
        competent jurisdiction, or, if perishable, in a manner 
        prescribed in regulations.
    ``(d) Enforcement.--A person authorized by the Secretaries or the 
Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may 
take any action to enforce a moratorium declared under subsection (a) 
that an officer authorized by the Secretary under section 311(b) of the 
Magnuson Act (16 U.S.C. 1861(b)) may take to enforce that Act (16 
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). The Secretaries may, by agreement, on a 
reimbursable basis or otherwise, utilize the personnel, services, 
equipment (including aircraft and vessels), and facilities of any other 
Federal department or agency and of any agency of a State in carrying 
out that enforcement.
    ``(e) Regulations.--The Secretaries may issue regulations to 
implement this section.

``SEC. 6. CONTINUING STUDIES OF STRIPED BASS POPULATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--For the purposes of carrying out this Act, the 
Secretaries shall conduct continuing, comprehensive studies of Atlantic 
striped bass stocks. These studies shall include, but shall not be 
limited to, the following:
        ``(1) Annual stock assessments, using fishery-dependent and 
    fishery-independent data, for the purposes of extending the long-
    term population record generated by the annual striped bass study 
    conducted by the Secretaries before 1994 and understanding the 
    population dynamics of Atlantic striped bass.
        ``(2) Investigations of the causes of fluctuations in Atlantic 
    striped bass populations.
        ``(3) Investigations of the effects of water quality, land use, 
    and other environmental factors on the recruitment, spawning 
    potential, mortality, and abundance of Atlantic striped bass 
    populations, including the Delaware River population.
        ``(4) Investigations of--
            ``(A) the interactions between Atlantic striped bass and 
        other fish, including bluefish, menhaden, mackerel, and other 
        forage fish or possible competitors, stock assessments of these 
        species, to the extent appropriate; and
            ``(B) the effects of interspecies predation and competition 
        on the recruitment, spawning potential mortality, and abundance 
        of Atlantic striped bass.
    ``(b) Socio-Economic Study.--The Secretaries, in consultation with 
with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, shall conduct a 
study of the socio-economic benefits of the Atlantic striped bass 
resource. The Secretaries shall issue a report to the Congress 
concerning the findings of this study no later than September 30, 1998.
    ``(c) Reports.--The Secretaries shall make biennial reports to the 
Congress and to the Commission concerning the progress and findings of 
studies conducted under subsection (a) and shall make those reports 
public. Such reports shall, to the extent appropriate, contain 
recommendations of actions which could be taken to encourage the 
sustainable management of Atlantic striped bass.

``SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.

    ``(a) Authorization.--For each of fiscal years 1998, 1999, and 
2000, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act--
        ``(1) $800,000 to the Secretary of Commerce; and
        ``(2) $250,000 to the Secretary of the Interior.
    ``(b) Cooperative Agreements.--The Secretaries may enter into 
cooperative agreements with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 
Commission or with States, for the purpose of using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to this section to provide financial assistance 
for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

``SEC. 8. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PREPARATION OF MANAGEMENT PLANS AND 
              AMENDMENTS.

    ``(a) Standards and Procedures.--In order to ensure the opportunity 
for public participation in the preparation of management plans and 
amendments to management plans for Atlantic striped bass, the 
Commission shall prepare such plans and amendments in accordance with 
the standards and procedures established under section 805(a)(2) of the 
Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act.
    ``(b) Application.--Subsection (a) shall apply to management plans 
and amendments adopted by the Commission after the 6-month period 
beginning on the date of enactment of the Atlantic Striped Bass 
Conservation Act Amendments of 1997.

``SEC. 9. PROTECTION OF STRIPED BASS IN THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE.

    ``(a) Regulation of Fishing in Exclusive Economic Zone.--The 
Secretary shall promulgate regulations governing fishing for Atlantic 
striped bass in the exclusive economic zone that the Secretary 
determines--
        ``(1) are consistent with the national standards set forth in 
    section 301 of the Magnuson Act (16 U.S.C. 1851);
        ``(2) are compatible with the Plan and each Federal moratorium 
    in effect on fishing for Atlantic striped bass within the coastal 
    waters of a coastal State;
        ``(3) ensure the effectiveness of State regulations on fishing 
    for Atlantic striped bass within the coastal waters of a coastal 
    State; and
        ``(4) are sufficient to assure the long-term conservation of 
    Atlantic striped bass populations.
    ``(b) Consultation; Periodic Review of Regulations.--In preparing 
regulations under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with the 
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, the appropriate Regional 
Fishery Management Councils, and each affected Federal, State, and 
local government entity. The Secretary shall periodically review 
regulations promulgated under subsection (a), and if necessary to 
ensure their continued consistency with the requirements of subsection 
(a), shall amend those regulations.
    ``(c) Applicability of Magnuson Act Provisions.--The provisions of 
sections 307, 308, 309, 310, and 311 of the Magnuson Act (16 U.S.C. 
1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, and 1861) regarding prohibited acts, civil 
penalties, criminal offenses, civil forfeitures, and enforcement shall 
apply with respect to regulations and any plan issued under subsection 
(a) of this section as if such regulations or plan were issued under 
the Magnuson Act.''.

SEC. 3. REPEALS.

    (a) Anadromous Fish Conservation Act.--Section 7 of the Anadromous 
Fish Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 757g) is repealed.
    (b) Albemarle Sound-Roanoke River Basin.--Section 5 of the Act 
entitled ``An Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Atlantic 
Striped Bass Conservation Act for fiscal years 1989 through 1991, and 
for other purposes'', approved November 3, 1988 (16 U.S.C. 1851 note; 
102 Stat. 2984), relating to studies of the Albermarle Sound-Roanoke 
River Basin striped bass stock, is repealed.
    (c) Regulation of Fishing in Exclusive Economic Zone.--Section 6 of 
the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the 
Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act for fiscal years 1989 through 
1991, and for other purposes'', approved November 3, 1988 (16 U.S.C. 
1851 note; 102 Stat. 2986) is repealed.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

Ex Output:

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act Amendments of 1997 - Amends the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act to replace the existing Act with provisions requiring a moratorium on fishing for Atlantic striped bass in the coastal waters of a State that the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior determine is not complying with the Commission's plan for managing Atlantic striped bass.  Provides for civil penalties and forfeiture of vessels, gear, and fish for violations of the moratorium. Mandates continuing, comprehensive studies of Atlantic striped bass stocks and a study of the socio-economic benefits of the Atlantic striped bass resource. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Act.  Authorizes cooperative agreements between the Secretaries and the Commission or States to use amounts appropriated under the Act. Requires the Commission to prepare such management plans in accordance with standards and procedures of the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act relating to the preparation of coastal fishery management plans. Mandates regulations governing fishing for Atlantic striped bass in the Exclusive Economic Zone that are consistent with the national standards in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, ensure the effectiveness of State regulations on fishing for Atlantic striped bass in the coastal waters of a coastal State, and meet other requirements.  Applies provisions of that Act regarding prohibited acts, civil penalties, criminal offenses, civil forfeitures, and enforcement concerning regulations and any plan issued under this paragraph. Repeals provisions of the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act relating to studies of the anadromous stocks of Atlantic striped bass. Repeals provisions of Federal law relating to a study of the striped bass fishery resources and habitats of the Albemarle Sound-Roanoke River basin area. Repeals provisions of Federal law relating to regulations governing the fishing for Atlantic striped bass in the Exclusive Economic Zone.