[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2875 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2875

 To amend the Klamath River Basin Fishery Resources Restoration Act to 
  provide for tribal representation on the Klamath Fishery Management 
  Council, to clarify allocation of the annual tribal catch, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 1999

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Klamath River Basin Fishery Resources Restoration Act to 
  provide for tribal representation on the Klamath Fishery Management 
  Council, to clarify allocation of the annual tribal catch, 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. KLAMATH RIVER BASIN FISHERY RESOURCES RESTORATION ACT.

    (a) Findings.--Section 1 of the Klamath River Basin Fishery 
Resources Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 460ss), is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(10) the Karuk Indian Tribe's fishery on the Klamath 
        River is a federally recognized and federally protected Indian 
        fishery subject to such laws and regulations as are otherwise 
        applicable to Indian tribal fisheries on the Klamath River.''.
    (b) Council Membership.--Section 3(c) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460ss-
2(c)), is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence by striking ``11'' and inserting 
        ``12''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) A representative of the Karuk Indian Tribe who shall 
        be appointed by the governing body of the tribe.''.
    (c) Clarification of Allocation.-- The Act (16 U.S.C. 460ss) is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 9. ALLOCATION OF ANNUAL CATCH.

    ``The Karuk Tribe's annual catch yielded through the tribal fishery 
on the Klamath River shall be part of the tribe's in-river tribal 
allocation.''.
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