[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2673 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 2673

To amend the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 to authorize use 
of fishery resource disaster relief funds for assisting persons engaged 
   in commercial fisheries to respond to impacts of fishery resource 
                               disasters.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 20, 1995

 Mr. DeFazio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 to authorize use 
of fishery resource disaster relief funds for assisting persons engaged 
   in commercial fisheries to respond to impacts of fishery resource 
                               disasters.

    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 ``Fishing Families Relief Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO USE FISHERY RESOURCE DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS TO 
              PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.

    Section 308(d) of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 (16 
U.S.C. 4107(d)) is amended--
            (1) in the heading by striking ``Grants'' and inserting 
        ``Assistance'';
            (2) 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 directly through assistance to persons or indirectly 
        through assistance to State and local government agencies and 
        non-profit organizations, for projects or other measures 
        designed to alleviate harm determined by the Secretary to have 
        been incurred'';
            (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ``a grant under this 
        subsection'' and inserting ``assistance under this subsection, 
        if provided directly to a person,'';
            (4) by striking paragraph (4), and redesignating paragraphs 
        (5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and
            (5) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated) by striking ``for 
        awarding grants'' and all that follows through the end of the 
        paragraph and inserting ``for receiving assistance under this 
        subsection.''.
                                 <all>