[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 297 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 297

    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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 2009

  Mr. Nelson of Florida 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 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 2009''.

SEC. 2. CHARTER BOATS AND RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN.

    (a) In General.--The Act of June 25, 1934 (48 Stat. 1213, chapter 
742; 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-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
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