[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4840 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 4840


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 13, 2000

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To reauthorize the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management 
                                  Act.

    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 ``Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF ATLANTIC COASTAL FISHERIES COOPERATIVE 
              MANAGEMENT ACT.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 811 of the Atlantic 
Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (16 U.S.C. 5108) is 
amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 811. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--To carry out this title, there are authorized to 
be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.
    ``(b) Cooperative Statistics Program.--Amounts authorized under 
subsection (a) may be used by the Secretary to support the Commission's 
cooperative statistics program.
    ``(c) Reports.--
            ``(1) Annual report to the secretary.--The Secretary shall 
        require, as a condition of providing financial assistance under 
        this title, that the Commission and each State receiving such 
        assistance submit to the Secretary an annual report that 
        provides a detailed accounting of the use of the assistance.
            ``(2) Biennial reports to the congress.--The Secretary 
        shall submit biennial reports to the Committee on Resources of 
        the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
        Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the use of Federal 
        assistance provided to the Commission and the States under this 
        title. Each biennial report shall evaluate the success of such 
        assistance in implementing this title.''.
    (b) Technical Corrections.--
            (1) In general.--Such Act is amended--
                    (A) in section 802(3) (16 U.S.C. 5101(3)) by 
                striking ``such resources in'' and inserting ``such 
                resources is''; and
                    (B) by striking section 812 and the second section 
                811.
            (2) Amendments to repeal not affected.--The amendments made 
        by paragraph (1)(B) shall not affect any amendment or repeal 
        made by the sections struck by that paragraph.
            (3) Short title references.--Such Act is further amended by 
        striking ``Magnuson Fishery''
        each place it appears and inserting ``Magnuson-Stevens 
        Fishery''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 12, 2000.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.