[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4423 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4423

 To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
to provide that the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery shall be managed 
  in accordance with such fishery management plans, regulations, and 
 other conservation and management as applied to that fishery on April 
                               13, 1998.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 1998

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
to provide that the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery shall be managed 
  in accordance with such fishery management plans, regulations, and 
 other conservation and management as applied to that fishery on April 
                               13, 1998.

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

SECTION 1. GULF OF MEXICO RED SNAPPER FISHERY MANAGEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 407 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1883(c)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Management Prior to Referenda.--The red snapper fishery in 
the Gulf of Mexico shall be managed in accordance with such fishery 
management plans, regulations, and other conservation and management as 
applied to that fishery on April 13, 1998, except as may be otherwise 
provided in a fishery management plan, plan amendment, or regulation 
submitted and approved in accordance with this section after the date 
of enactment of this subsection.''.
    (b) Regulations of No Force or Effect.--Regulations relating to the 
red snapper fishery in the Gulf of Mexico that were published by the 
National Marine Fisheries Service in the Federal Register on April 14, 
1998 (63 Fed. Reg. 18144), shall have no force or effect.
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