[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1088 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1088

 To reauthorize appropriations for the conservation of the Washington 
  salmon fishery through the purchase of salmon fishing licenses and 
                            fishing vessels.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To reauthorize appropriations for the conservation of the Washington 
  salmon fishery through the purchase of salmon fishing licenses and 
                            fishing vessels.

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

SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM FOR CONSERVATION OF WASHINGTON 
              SALMON FISHERY THROUGH PURCHASE OF SALMON FISHING 
              LICENSES AND VESSELS.

    Section 134 of the Salmon and Steelhead Conservation and 
Enhancement Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 3335) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``for the purposes of carrying out the 
        provisions of this part'' and inserting ``for the purchase of 
        salmon fishing licenses and fishing vessels in accordance with 
        this part'';
            (2) by striking ``1981'' and inserting ``1997''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
        ``Amounts appropriated under this section for a fiscal year 
        after fiscal year 1997 may be used only for the purchase of a 
        salmon fishing license or a fishing vessel, from a person that 
        fished under the authority of the license or that used the 
        vessel to fish for salmon, respectively, for 3 years of the 5-
        year period ending on the date of the purchase of the 
        license.''.
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