[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3402 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3402

  To establish a fountain darter captive propagation research program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 1993

 Mr. Fields of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
           to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a fountain darter captive propagation research program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fountain Darter Captive Propagation 
Research Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FOUNTAIN DARTER CAPTIVE PROPAGATION RESEARCH.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Department of the Interior 
shall direct the National Biological Survey to establish a fountain 
darter captive propagation research program.
    (b) Program.--The Program shall--
            (1) conduct research to establish and maintain a fountain 
        darter captive broodstock population at the San Marcos National 
        Fish Hatchery and Technology Center for the propagation and 
        production of offspring to be used in the recovery of this 
        endangered species; and
            (2) establish a cooperative research effort at Texas A&M 
        University to assist in the recovery effort for this endangered 
        species.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated annually to the Secretary of the Department of the 
Interior $1 million to conduct the Program for a five-year period 
beginning in Fiscal Year 1994.

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