[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 4046 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4046

 To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
       to recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term 
      sustainability of marine fisheries, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2000

 Mr. Gilchrest (for himself, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. English, and 
Mr. Greenwood) 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 recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term 
      sustainability of marine fisheries, 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 ``Fisheries Recovery Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

    Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, any 
amendment to, repeal of, or reference to a section or other provision 
of law shall be considered to be made to such provision of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 
1801 et seq.).

SEC. 3. MINIMIZING BYCATCH.

    (a) Findings and Policy.--
            (1) Findings.--Section 2(a) (16 U.S.C. 1801(a)) is further 
        amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(10) The magnitude of bycatch and discards of living 
        marine resources in United States marine fisheries can have 
        profound population, ecosystem, and socio-economic effects on 
        United States fishery resources and the fishing communities 
        that depend on those resources.''.
            (2) Policy.--Section 2(c)(3) (16 U.S.C. 1801(c)(3)) is 
        amended by striking ``practical measures'' and all that follows 
        through ``fish;'' and inserting the following: ``practical 
        measures that avoid bycatch, minimize the mortality of bycatch 
        that cannot be avoided, and minimize unnecessary waste of 
        fish;''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 3(2) (16 U.S.C. 1802(2)) is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(2) the term `bycatch' means--
                    ``(A) catch of non-target fish species and non-fish 
                species;
                    ``(B) economic and regulatory discards including 
                discards of target species; and
                    ``(C) fish and non-fish species that are otherwise 
                killed or injured as a result of fishing.
        Such term does not include target species of fish of a 
        recreational catch and release fishing program that are 
        released alive in accordance with that program.''.
    (c) National Standards for Fishery Conservation and Management.--
Section 301(a)(9) (16 U.S.C. 1859(a)(9)) is amended by striking ``, to 
the extent practicable, (A) minimize'' and insert ``(A) avoid''.
    (d) Required Provisions of Fishery Management Plans.--Section 
303(a) (16 U.S.C. 1853(a)) is amended--
            (1) by amending paragraph (11) to read as follows:
            ``(11) establish and implement an accurate and reliable 
        standardized reporting methodology to assess the amount and 
        type of bycatch occurring in the fishery within 1 year after 
        the date of enactment of the Fisheries Recovery Act of 2000, 
        specify objective and measurable bycatch targets that reduce 
        bycatch to levels approaching zero, and specify a timetable, 
        not to exceed 5 years, for achieving those targets through 
        conservation and management measures that, in the following 
        priority--
                    ``(A) avoid bycatch; and
                    ``(B) minimize the mortality of bycatch which 
                cannot be avoided;''; and
            (2) by striking ``and'' after the semicolon at the end of 
        paragraph (13), by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
        (14) and inserting a semicolon, and by adding at the end the 
        following:
            ``(15) account for all sources of fishing mortality, 
        including discard mortality, in determining the maximum 
        sustainable yield for the fishery, in establishing total 
        allowable catch and other catch limits necessary to achieve the 
        optimum yield, and in counting catch;
            ``(16) include conservation and management measures that 
        provide catch incentives for participants within and among gear 
        categories to employ fishing practices that avoid bycatch or 
        result in lower levels of the mortality of bycatch that cannot 
        be avoided;''.

SEC. 4. PROTECTION OF ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT.

    (a) Definition.--Section 3(10) (16 U.S.C. 1802(10)) is amended by 
inserting ``, whether managed or not,'' after ``to fish''.
    (b) Required Provisions of Fishery Management Plans.--Section 
303(a)(7) (16 U.S.C. 1853(a)(7)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(7) describe and identify essential fish habitat based on 
        the guidelines established by the Secretary under section 
        305(b)(1)(A), giving priority to those fish species that are 
        managed in the fishery pursuant to section 302(h)(1), and--
                    ``(A) analyze the impacts of fishing on essential 
                fish habitat;
                    ``(B) minimize any adverse impacts on essential 
                fish habitat from fishing;
                    ``(C) close an area to a fishing gear or practice 
                if such fishing gear or practice may adversely affect 
                essential fish habitat, unless the Council determines 
                based on the best scientific information available that 
                a closure is not necessary to protect such habitat; and
                    ``(D) identify other actions to encourage the 
                conservation and enhancement of such habitats;''.
    (c) Restrictions on Fishing Gear and Fishing.--Section 305(b) (16 
U.S.C. 1855(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(5) No person or vessel may--
            ``(A) employ fishing gear or engage in a fishery in an area 
        closed to that fishing gear or fishery unless the Secretary, 
        after notice and opportunity for public comment, finds that the 
        fishing gear or fishery will have a minimal adverse impact on 
        essential fish habitat and minimal bycatch of non-target 
        species; or
            ``(B) use fishing gear in a fishery that is not currently 
        used in the fishery, or that is not included on the list 
        published pursuant to subsection (a)(1), unless the Secretary, 
        after notice and opportunity for public comment, finds that the 
        fishing gear will have a minimal adverse impact on essential 
        fish habitat and result in minimal bycatch of non-target 
        species.''.
    (d) Response to Secretary's Recommendations.--Section 305(b)(4)(B) 
(16 U.S.C. 1855(b)(4)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``A Federal agency receiving a recommendation under 
subparagraph (A) shall ensure that its action is not likely to 
adversely modify or impair essential fish habitat.''.

SEC. 5. REFORM OF THE REGIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCILS.

    Section 302(b)(2) (16 U.S.C. 1852(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``of the active participants'' and 
                inserting ``among the active participants''; and
                    (B) by inserting before the period the following: 
                ``and representatives of the public interest in marine 
                fish conservation, including representatives of 
                conservation organizations with knowledge regarding the 
                conservation and management of the fishery resources of 
                the geographic area concerned''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C) in the second sentence by inserting 
        ``and representatives of conservation organizations'' after 
        ``commercial and recreational fishery interests''.

SEC. 6. CONSERVING ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES.

    (a) Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation Act Amendments.--Section 
304 (16 U.S.C. 1854) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``or international agreement''; and
                    (B) by striking ``or agreement'';
            (2) in subsection (e)(4)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)(i) by striking ``, 
                recommendations by international organizations in which 
                the United States participates,'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A)(ii) by striking ``, or 
                management measures under an international agreement in 
                which the United States participates''; and
                    (C) by adding ``and'' after the semicolon at the 
                end of subparagraph (A), striking ``; and'' at the end 
                of subparagraph (B) and inserting a period, and 
                striking subparagraph (C);
            (3) in subsection (g)(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
        through (G) in order as subparagraphs (B) through (H), and 
        inserting before subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated) the 
        following:
                    ``(A) ensure that all conservation and management 
                measures promulgated under this subsection are 
                consistent with the national standards and other 
                provisions of this Act;'';
            (4) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated) by striking 
        ``minimize, to the extent practicable,'' and inserting ``take 
        into account''; and
            (5) in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated) by inserting 
        before the semicolon at the end the following: ``, if the 
        Secretary has determined that such harvest prevents 
        overfishing, minimizes bycatch, and is otherwise consistent 
        with the national standards and other provisions of this Act''.
    (b) Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 Amendments.--The Atlantic 
Tunas Convention Act of 1975 is amended--
            (1) in section 3(a)(1) (16 U.S.C. 971a(a)(1)) by striking 
        ``three'' and inserting ``four'';
            (2) in section 3(a)(2) (16 U.S.C. 971a(a)(2)) by striking 
        ``and'' after the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (A), by 
        striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and 
        inserting ``; and'', and by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) one shall be appointed from among 
                representatives of the public interest in marine fish 
                conservation, including representatives of conservation 
                organizations with knowledge and experience regarding 
                the highly migratory species fisheries in the Atlantic 
                Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea.''; and
            (3) in section 6(c)(3) (16 U.S.C. 971d(c)(3)) in the matter 
        following subparagraph (K) by striking ``or decreasing''.

SEC. 7. MANDATORY FISHERY OBSERVER PROGRAM.

    (a) Finding.--Section 2(a)(6) (16 U.S.C. 1801(a)(6)) is amended by 
inserting ``, including a national fisheries observer program,'' after 
``United States''.
    (b) Required Fishery Management Plan Provisions.--
            (1) In general.--Section 303(a) (16 U.S.C. 1853(a)) is 
        further amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(17) to the extent necessary to collect statistically 
        significant and reliable data, require that one or more 
        observers be carried on board a vessel of the United States 
        (other than vessels engaged in charter fishing that are 
        carrying 10 or fewer passengers for hire) engaged in commercial 
        fishing for species that are subject to the plan, for the 
        purpose of collecting statistically significant and reliable 
        data necessary for the conservation and management of the 
        fishery, including monitoring and reporting of bycatch and 
        discards, landings, impacts on essential fish habitat, and 
other relevant information; except that such a vessel shall not be 
required to carry an observer on board if the facilities of the vessel 
for the quartering of an observer, or for carrying out observer 
functions, are so inadequate or unsafe that the health or safety of the 
observer or the safe operation of the vessel would be jeopardized;
            ``(18) require a permit to be obtained from, and fees to be 
        paid to, the Secretary, with respect to--
                    ``(A) any fishing vessel of the United States 
                fishing, or that the owner or operator of which selects 
                to use to fish, in the exclusive economic zone or 
                special areas or for anadromous species of Continental 
                Shelf fishery resources beyond such zone or areas;
                    ``(B) the operator of any such vessel; or
                    ``(C) any United States fish processor who first 
                receives fish that are subject to the plan; and''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--(A) Section 303(b) (16 U.S.C. 
        1853(b)) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (8).
            (B) Section 304(d)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1854(d)(1)) is amended by 
        striking ``section 303(b)(1)'' and inserting ``section 
        303(a)(18)''.

SEC. 8. CONSERVING MARINE ECOSYSTEMS.

    (a) Findings, Purposes, and Policy.--Section 2 (16 U.S.C. 1801) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking paragraph (7) and 
        redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (7), 
        (8), and (9);
            (2) in subsection (b) by striking paragraph (6), 
        redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8), and inserting 
        after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) to assure that development of fisheries by the United 
        States fishing industry takes into consideration the ecosystem 
        needs of target species and the impacts of fishing on other 
        species in the ecosystem;
            ``(7) to promote management decisions incorporating the 
        precautionary approach, especially in cases in which the 
        effects of fishing are unknown or uncertain, in order to 
        maintain ecosystem health and sustainability; and''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)(3) by striking ``considers 
        efficiency;'' and inserting ``incorporates and applies 
        ecosystem principles; considers how fishing affects predator-
        prey and other important ecological relationships within marine 
        ecosystems;''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 3(29) (16 U.S.C. 1802(29)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``fishery'' and inserting ``stock of 
        fish''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period the following: ``or, 
        through direct or indirect impacts on other species, 
        jeopardizes the ecological integrity and sustainability of 
        marine ecosystems''.
    (c) National Standards.--Section 301(a) (16 U.S.C. 1851(a)) is 
further amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(10) Conservation and management measures shall--
                    ``(A) in any case in which information is 
                uncertain, unreliable, or inadequate, reduce risks by 
                setting precautionary reference points for each stock 
                of fish and the action to be taken if such a reference 
                point is approached or exceeded;
                    ``(B) take into account the direct and indirect 
                impacts of fishing on other species and their habitats 
                and the conservation of those species and their 
                habitats as important components of the ecosystem; and
                    ``(C) allow the expansion of existing fisheries or 
                the development of new fisheries only after measures 
                are in place to prevent adverse impacts on the stocks, 
                associated species, and the ecosystem.''.
    (d) Required Fishery Management Plan Provisions.--Section 303(a) 
(16 U.S.C. 1853(a)) is further amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A) by inserting before the semicolon 
        the following ``and the ecosystem within which the fishery 
        functions''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(19) include a fishery impact statement for the plan or 
        amendment that shall assess, specify, and describe the likely 
        effects, if any, of the conservation and management measures on 
        other species, including key predator-prey interactions, in the 
        ecosystem, for the purpose of determining consistency with the 
        relevant Fisheries Ecosystem Plan as required under section 
        305(j).''.
    (e) Fisheries Ecosystem Plans.--Section 305 (16 U.S.C. (1855)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Fisheries Ecosystem Plans.--(1) Each Council shall, within 18 
months after the date of the enactment of the Fisheries Recovery Act of 
2000, prepare and submit to the Secretary a Fisheries Ecosystem Plan 
for each major marine ecosystem within its jurisdiction. In the case in 
which significant portions of a major ecosystem are in the 
jurisdictions of adjacent Councils, the Councils shall jointly prepare 
a plan for the major ecosystem. The Secretary shall issue regulations 
that establish a process for preparing and developing Fisheries 
Ecosystem Plans that is consistent with the fishery management plan 
process under section 304.
    ``(2) Each Fisheries Ecosystem Plan shall--
            ``(A) contain information on the structure and function of 
        the ecosystem in which fishing activities occur, including the 
        geographic extent of the ecosystem and its biological, 
        physical, and chemical dynamics, a description of the 
        significant food web including key predator-prey relationships, 
        and the habitat needs of different life stages of species that 
        make up the significant food web;
            ``(B) establish indices of ecosystem health and integrity;
            ``(C) describe how the information on ecosystem structure 
        and function is to be incorporated into the context of fishery-
        specific management plans;
            ``(D) include specific recommendations for implementing 
        ecosystem protections in fishery management plans; and
            ``(E) outline a long-term monitoring program to evaluate 
        fishery-dependent and fishery-independent changes in the 
        ecosystem.
    ``(3) No later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of the 
Fisheries Recovery Act of 2000, the Secretary shall prepare guidance 
for Fisheries Ecosystem Plan development, in conjunction with the 
Councils and other scientific, fisheries, and conservation interests as 
appropriate, and provide them to the Councils to facilitate development 
and implementation of the required Fisheries Ecosystem Plans within the 
prescribed time period.
    ``(4) The Secretary shall review each Fisheries Ecosystem Plan 
according to the guidance prepared pursuant to paragraph (3) and 
approve or disapprove the plan, in whole or in part, according to the 
process described in section 304. If the Secretary disapproves or 
partially approves a plan, the Council shall revise and resubmit the 
plan within 9 months after its disapproval.
    ``(5) If, within the 18-month period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of the Fisheries Recovery Act of 2000, a Council fails to 
develop and submit to the Secretary a Fisheries Ecosystem Plan as 
required under this section, or if the Secretary disapproves in whole 
or in part such a plan, the Secretary shall prepare a plan for that 
ecosystem concerned within 27 months after the date of the enactment of 
the Fisheries Recovery Act of 2000.
    ``(6)(A) The Secretary may not approve a fisheries management plan 
or an amendment to such a plan, and such a plan or amendment shall not 
be effective after the 24-month period beginning on the date the 
Secretary approves or prepares a relevant Fisheries Ecosystem Plan, 
unless the Secretary determines that the fisheries management plan or 
an amendment is consistent with the principles, goals, policies, and 
recommendations of each relevant Fisheries Ecosystem Plan approved or 
prepared by the Secretary.
    ``(B) Within 24 months after the date the Secretary approves or 
prepares a final Fisheries Ecosystem Plan, each Council shall submit to 
the Secretary any fishery management plans or plan amendments required 
to make all fishery management plans under its jurisdiction consistent 
with the principles, goals, policies, and recommendations of the 
Fisheries Ecosystem Plan.
    ``(C) If a Council fails to submit any fishery management plan or 
amendment required under subparagraph (A) before the end of the 24-
month period beginning on the date of such approval, or if the 
Secretary disapproves in whole or in part such plan or amendment, the 
Secretary shall prepare such plan or amendment within 33 months after 
the date of such approval.''.

SEC. 9. ELIMINATION OF OVERFISHING AND REBUILDING OF OVERFISHED 
              POPULATIONS.

    (a) Findings, Purposes, and Policy.--Section 2 (16 U.S.C. 1801) is 
further amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ``valuable'' and 
        inserting ``ecologically and economically valuable'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(3) by striking ``promote'' and 
        inserting ``provide for''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)(6) by striking ``diversity'' and 
        inserting ``abundance and diversity''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 3 (16 U.S.C. 1802) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5) by striking subparagraphs (ii) and 
        (iii) and inserting the following:
                    ``(ii) irreversible, long-term, or significant 
                short-term adverse effects on fishery resources and the 
                marine environment are avoided;
                    ``(iii) there will be a multiplicity of options 
                available with respect to future uses of these 
                resources; and
                    ``(iv) explicit buffers against scientific 
                uncertainty are used to prevent and stop 
                overfishing.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (37) by inserting before the period the 
        following: ``but, does not, in any case, include more than one 
        species of fish''.
    (c) National Standards for Fishery Conservation and Management.--
Section 301 (16 U.S.C. 1851) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
            ``(1) Conservation and management measures shall prevent 
        overfishing of each stock of fish while achieving, on a 
        continuing basis, the optimum yield from each fishery for the 
        United States.'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3) by striking ``as a unit'' the 
                second place it appears;
                    (C) in paragraph (5) by striking ``shall'' and 
                inserting ``should'';
                    (D) in paragraph (6) by inserting before the period 
                the following: ``but no such measures shall allow the 
                overfishing of any stock of fish at any time''; and
                    (E) by striking paragraph (7) and redesignating 
                paragraphs (8), (9), and (10) in order as paragraphs 
                (7), (8), and (9); and
            (2) in subsection (b) by striking ``advisory'' and all that 
        follows through ``, based'' and inserting ``guidelines, 
        based''.
    (d) Required Fishery Management Plan Provisions.--Section 303(a) 
(16 U.S.C. 1853(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(B) by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) by striking paragraph (1)(C) and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(C) consistent with the national standards and 
                the other provisions of this Act, except such 
                consistency is not required if the regulations would 
                likely cause overfishing, allow continued overfishing, 
                or delay the rebuilding of any overfished species or 
                stock of fish managed under this Act; and
                    ``(D) consistent with any other applicable law;'';
            (3) in paragraph (5) by inserting after ``number of 
        hauls,'' the following: ``the number and species of all fish 
        caught in the course of the fishery,''; and
            (4) by amending paragraph (10) to read as follows:
            ``(10) specify objective and measurable criteria for 
        identifying when the fishery to which the plan applies is 
        overfished, such definition shall be developed and expressed in 
        terms of a minimum level of spawning biomass and maximum level 
        or rate of fishing mortality, designed to ensure the 
        restoration and maintenance of the fish population's abundance, 
        age structure, sex ratio, and size structure so as to provide 
        maximum sustainable yield and maintain ecological integrity, 
        (with an analysis of how the criteria were determined and the 
        relationship of the criteria to the reproductive potential of 
        stocks of fish in that fishery) and, in the case of a fishery 
        which the Council or the Secretary has determined is 
        approaching an overfished condition or is overfished, contain 
        conservation and management measures to prevent overfishing or 
        end overfishing and rebuild the fishery;''.
    (e) Action by the Secretary.--Section 304(e) (16 U.S.C. 1854(e)) is 
amended--
            (1) by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows:
            ``(5) If, within the one-year period beginning on the date 
        of identification or notification that a fishery is overfished 
        or is approaching an overfished condition, the Council does not 
        submit to the Secretary a fishery management plan, plan 
        amendment, or proposed regulations required by paragraph (3), 
        the Secretary shall prepare a fishery management and any 
        accompanying regulations to prevent or stop overfishing and 
        rebuild affected stocks of fish within 9 months under 
        subsection (c).''; and
            (2) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following:
            ``(7) The Secretary shall review any fishery management 
        plan, plan amendment, or regulations required by this 
        subsection at routine intervals that may not exceed two years. 
        If the Secretary finds as a result of the review or as a result 
        of any information provided to the Secretary that such plan, 
        amendment, or regulations have not resulted or are not likely 
        to result in ending overfishing and rebuilding affected fish 
        stocks in the timeframe required by subsection (4), the 
        Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) in the case of a fishery to which section 
                302(a)(3) applies, immediately make revisions necessary 
                to end overfishing and rebuild overfished stocks as 
                required by this section; or
                    ``(B) for all other fisheries, immediately notify 
                the appropriate Council and recommend to the Council 
                further conservation and management measures that the 
                Council should take under paragraph (3).
            ``(8) The Secretary shall complete an assessment of the 
        status of each fish stock that is subject to a fisheries 
        management plan, by not later than 5 years after the date of 
        the enactment of the Fisheries Recovery Act of 2000.

SEC. 10. PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH TO FISHERIES MANAGEMENT.

    (a) Findings and Policy.--Section 2 (16 U.S.C. 1801) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(11) Fishery management must be based on the best 
        scientific information available and must be precautionary in 
        favor of conservation when data is absent, uncertain, 
        unreliable, or inadequate.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(3) by striking ``utilizes, and is 
        based upon,'' and inserting ``utilizes the precautionary 
        approach and is based upon''.
    (b) Precautionary Approach Defined.--Section 3 (16 U.S.C. 1802) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(46) The term `precautionary approach' means--
                    ``(A) exercising additional caution in favor of 
                conservation in any case in which information is 
                absent, uncertain, unreliable, or inadequate as to the 
                effects of any existing or proposed action on fish, 
                essential fish habitat, other marine species, and the 
                marine ecosystem in which a fishery occurs; and
                    ``(B) selecting and implementing any action that 
                will be significantly more likely than not to satisfy 
                the conservation objectives of this Act.''.
    (c) National Standard for Fishery Conservation and Management.--
Section 301(a) (16 U.S.C. 1851) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(11) The precautionary approach shall apply to 
        conservation and management measures, in particular, and 
        without limitation, to the application of the national standard 
        set forth in paragraph (1).''.

SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 4 (16 U.S.C. 1803) is amended to read as 
follows:

``SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this Act the following:
            ``(1) For information collection and analysis--
                    ``(A) $195,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
                    ``(B) $205,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
                    ``(C) $215,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
                    ``(D) $225,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and
                    ``(E) $235,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            ``(2) For conservation and management operations--
                    ``(A) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
                    ``(B) $126,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
                    ``(C) $132,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
                    ``(D) $139,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and
                    ``(E) $146,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            ``(3) For State and industry assistance programs, 
        $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 
        2005.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the end of the 
first section is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 3 the following:

``Sec. 4. Authorization of appropriations.''.
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