[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. 1498 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1498

   To authorize appropriations to carry out the Interjurisdictional 
             Fisheries Act of 1986, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 21, 1995

    Ms. Snowe (for herself, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Cohen, and Mr. Kennedy) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize appropriations to carry out the Interjurisdictional 
             Fisheries Act of 1986, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Interjurisdictional Fisheries 
Amendments Act of 1995''.

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) by striking ``1994 and 1995,'' in subsection (b) and 
        inserting ``1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998,''; and
            (3) 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,'' in subsection (c) and inserting 
        ``$650,000 for fiscal year 1996, $700,000 for fiscal year 1997, 
        and $750,000 for fiscal year 1998,''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF INTERJURISDICTIONAL FISHERIES ACT TO IMPLEMENT THE 
              NORTHEAST, NORTHWEST, AND GULF OF MEXICO DISASTER RELIEF 
              PROGRAMS.

    Section 308(d) of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 (16 
U.S.C. 4107(d)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``award grants to persons engaged in 
        commercial fisheries, for uninsured losses determined by the 
        Secretary to have been suffered'' in paragraph (1) and 
        inserting ``assist 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 impacts determined by the Secretary to 
        have been incurred'';
            (2) by striking ``a grant'' in paragraph (3) and inserting 
        ``assistance'';
            (3) by inserting ``, if provided directly to a person,'' in 
        paragraph (3) after ``subsection'';
            (4) by striking out ``gross revenues annually,'' in 
        paragraph (3) and inserting ``net annual revenue from 
        commercial fisheries,'';
            (5) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
            ``(4) Assistance may not be provided under this subsection 
        as part of a fishing capacity reduction program in a fishery 
        unless--
                    ``(A) adequate conservation and management measures 
                are in place to restore the fishery; and
                    ``(B) adequate measures are in place to prevent the 
                replacement of fishing capacity eliminated by the 
                program in that fishery.''; and
            (6) by striking ``awarding'' and all that follows in 
        paragraph (5) and inserting ``assistance provided under this 
        subsection.''.
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