[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4038 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4038

 To direct the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
   to conduct a study of the feasibility of establishing a National 
                           Angler's License.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 1994

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
   to conduct a study of the feasibility of establishing a National 
                           Angler's License.

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

SECTION 1. NATIONAL ANGLER'S LICENSE STUDY.

    (a) Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Director of the United States Fish and 
        Wildlife Service shall conduct a study of the feasibility of--
                    (A) establishing, under Federal law, a National 
                Angler's License that would grant to a holder of such a 
                license the right to engage in recreational fishing in 
                navigable waters in any State under the same conditions 
                and restrictions that apply under the laws of the State 
                to an individual who holds a license, permit, or other 
                authorization for that fishing issued by the State; and
                    (B) offering with such a license National Species 
                Tags for various species that authorize the holder of 
                the license to engage in a State in recreational 
                fishing for a particular species of fish under the same 
                conditions and restrictions that apply under any 
                special tag or other authorization required under the 
                laws of the State for that fishing.
            (2) Fees.--The study shall include development of formulas 
        for imposition of fees for National Angler's Licenses and 
        National Species Tags and allocation among the States of 
        amounts received as such fees that would completely offset all 
        decreases in State revenues resulting from any reduction in 
        sales of State recreational fishing licenses because of the 
        issuance of National Angler's Licenses or National Species 
        Tags.
            (3) State authority preserved.--The National Angler's 
        Licenses and National Species Tags to be studied under this 
        subsection are licenses and tags that could be used in lieu of, 
        but would not supersede or preempt, any license, tag, or other 
        authorization required under State law.
            (4) Marine waters.--Nothing in this Act shall authorize the 
        study, recommendation, adoption, or implementation of a Federal 
        license to engage in recreational fishing in marine waters.
    (b) Report.--The Director shall submit a report to the Congress on 
the study conducted under this section, by not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.

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