[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3227 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 3227


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 15, 2008

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow stocking fish in 
 certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National 
       Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.

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

SECTION 1. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to authorize the National Park Service 
to allow the stocking of fish in certain lakes under certain conditions 
in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation 
Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.

SEC. 2. STOCKING OF CERTAIN LAKES IN NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK, ROSS 
              LAKE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, AND LAKE CHELAN NATIONAL 
              RECREATION AREA.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Director of the National Park Service, may authorize the stocking of 
fish in lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National 
Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.
    (b) Conditions.--The following conditions shall apply to stocking 
of lakes under subsection (a):
            (1) The Secretary is authorized to allow stocking in up to, 
        but not to exceed, 42 lakes. The 42 lakes which may be stocked 
        are those lakes identified for potential stocking under 
        Alternative B of the 2005 North Cascades National Park Service 
        Complex Mountain Lakes Fishery Management Plan Draft.
            (2) The Secretary shall only stock fish that are--
                    (A) native to the slope of the Cascade Range on 
                which the lake to be stocked is located; and
                    (B) functionally sterile.
            (3) The Secretary is authorized to coordinate the stocking 
        of fish with the State of Washington.
    (c) Reports.--The Secretary shall continue a program of research 
and monitoring of the impacts of fish stocking on park resources and 
shall report the results of such research and monitoring to the 
appropriate committees of Congress every 5 years.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2008.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.

                               By Robert F. Reeves,

                                                          Deputy Clerk.