[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5850 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5850

    To amend the Act entitled ``An Act authorizing associations of 
   producers of aquatic products'' to include persons engaged in the 
 fishery industry as charter boats or recreational fishermen, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 17, 2008

   Mr. Miller of Florida (for himself, Mr. Boyd of Florida, and Mr. 
   Bonner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Act entitled ``An Act authorizing associations of 
   producers of aquatic products'' to include persons engaged in the 
 fishery industry as charter boats or recreational fishermen, 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 ``Charter and Recreational Fishing 
Collective Marketing Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. CHARTER BOATS AND RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN.

    (a) In General.--The Act entitled ``An Act authorizing associations 
of producers of aquatic products'', approved June 25, 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
521), is amended--
            (1) in the second undesignated paragraph, by inserting 
        ``and recreational'' after ``includes all commercial''; and
            (2) by inserting after the first undesignated paragraph the 
        following:
    ``Persons engaged in the fishery industry, as charter boat or 
recreational fishermen catching aquatic products, may act together in 
associations, corporate or otherwise, with or without capital stock, in 
collectively catching, producing, and marketing such aquatic products, 
including implementing a vessel capacity reduction program, improving 
the operational and economic efficiency of a fishery, undertaking 
research, and improving the conservation and management of a fishery 
resource.''.
    (b) Construction.--Nothing in this section or the amendments made 
by this section shall be construed to diminish or supersede any 
authority or provision of the Magnuson-Sevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
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