[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 2160 Referred in Senate (RFS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2160


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 24, 1996

                                Received

                              June 7, 1996

  Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                             Transportation

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To authorize appropriations to carry out the Interjurisdictional 
    Fisheries Act of 1986 and the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act.

    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 ``Cooperative Fisheries Management Act 
of 1996''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF INTERJURISDICTIONAL FISHERIES ACT OF 1986.

    Section 308 of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 (16 
U.S.C. 4107) is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) General Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Department of Commerce for apportionment to carry 
out the purposes of this title--
            ``(1) $3,400,000 for fiscal year 1996;
            ``(2) $3,900,000 for fiscal year 1997; and
            ``(3) $4,400,000 for fiscal year 1998.'';
            (2) in subsection (c) by striking ``$350,000 for each of 
        the fiscal years 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993, and $600,000 
        for each of the fiscal years 1994 and 1995,'' and inserting 
        ``$650,000 for fiscal year 1996, $700,000 for fiscal year 1997, 
        and $750,000 for fiscal year 1998,''; and
            (3) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in the heading by striking ``Grants'' and 
                inserting ``Assistance'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ``award grants to 
                persons engaged in commercial fisheries, for uninsured 
                losses determined by the Secretary to have been 
                suffered'' and inserting ``help persons engaged in 
                commercial fisheries, either by providing assistance 
                directly to those persons or by providing assistance 
                indirectly through State and local government agencies 
                and nonprofit organizations, for projects or other 
                measures to alleviate harm determined by the Secretary 
                to have been incurred'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``a grant'' and 
                inserting ``direct assistance to a person'';
                    (D) in paragraph (3) by striking ``gross revenues 
                annually,'' and inserting ``net revenues annually from 
                commercial fishing,'';
                    (E) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
                following:
    ``(4)(A) Assistance may not be provided under this subsection as 
part of a fishing capacity reduction program in a fishery unless the 
Secretary determines that adequate conservation and management measures 
are in place to rebuild the fishery over a reasonable time period.
    ``(B) As a condition of awarding assistance with respect to a 
vessel under a fishing capacity reduction program, the Secretary 
shall--
            ``(i) prohibit the vessel from being used for fishing; and
            ``(ii) require that the vessel be--
                    ``(I) scrapped or otherwise disposed of in a manner 
                approved by the Secretary; or
                    ``(II) donated to a nonprofit organization and 
                thereafter used only for purposes of research, 
                education, or training.
    ``(C) A vessel that is prohibited from fishing under subparagraph 
(B) shall not be eligible for a fishery endorsement under section 
12108(a) of title 46, United States Code, and any such endorsement for 
the vessel shall not be effective.''; and
                    (F) in paragraph (5) by striking ``for awarding 
                grants'' and all that follows through the end of the 
                paragraph and inserting ``for receiving assistance 
                under this subsection.''.

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE ANADROMOUS FISH CONSERVATION ACT.

    Section 4 of the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 757d) 
is amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 4. (a)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out the purposes of this Act not to exceed the following sums:
            ``(A) $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997.
            ``(B) $4,250,000 for fiscal year 1998.
    ``(2) Sums appropriated under this subsection are authorized to 
remain available until expended.
    ``(b) Not more than $625,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
section in any one fiscal year shall be obligated in any one State.''.

SEC. 4. AMENDMENT TO THE FISHERIES ACT OF 1995.

    Section 309(b) of the Fisheries Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-43) is 
amended by striking ``July 1, 1996'' and inserting ``July 1, 1997''.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 23, 1996.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.