[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 947 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 947

  To address resource management issues in Glacier Bay National Park, 
                                Alaska.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 1999

 Mr. Young of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                     to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To address resource management issues in Glacier Bay National Park, 
                                Alaska.

    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 ``Glacier Bay Fisheries Act''.

SEC. 2. RESOURCE HARVESTING.

    In Glacier Bay National Park, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
accommodate--
            (1) the conduct of subsistence fishing and gathering under 
        title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation 
        Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.); and
            (2) the conduct by the State of Alaska, in accordance with 
        the principles of sustained yield, of marine commercial 
        fisheries, except fishing for Dungeness crab in the waters of 
        the Beardslee Islands and upper Dundas Bay.

SEC. 3. CLAIMS FOR LOST EARNINGS.

    Section 3(g) of Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-2(g)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) to pay an aggregate of not more than $2,000,000 per 
        fiscal year in actual and punitive damages to persons that, at 
        any time after January 1, 1999, suffer a loss in earnings from 
        commercial fisheries legally conducted in the marine waters of 
        Glacier Bay National Park, due to any action by an officer, 
        employee, or agent of any Federal department or agency, that 
        interferes with any person legally fishing or attempting to 
        fish in such commercial fisheries.''.
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