[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 781 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 781

 To restore balance to the membership of the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries 
                          Management Council.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 3, 2003

 Mr. Lott (for himself and Mr. Breaux) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To restore balance to the membership of the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries 
                          Management Council.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF MAGNUSON-STEVENS ACT.

    Section 302(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1852(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(7) During fiscal years 2003 through 2006, the Secretary 
        may not appoint--
                    ``(A) an individual to the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries 
                Management Council unless the list of individuals 
                submitted under paragraph (2)(C) by the Governor of the 
                State from which the individual is to be appointed 
                includes at least 1 individual from the commercial 
                fishing sector; nor
                    ``(B) an individual (other than an individual who 
                is a participant in, or a representative of, a 
                commercial fishery) to the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries 
                Management Council if the appointment of that 
                individual would result in there being fewer than 5 
                members of that Council who are participants in, or 
                representatives, of commercial fisheries.''.
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