[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3906 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3906

     To amend the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act to allow 
  recreational fishing for Atlantic Striped Bass in the Block Island 
                          Sound transit zone.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2012

    Mr. Bishop of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act to allow 
  recreational fishing for Atlantic Striped Bass in the Block Island 
                          Sound transit zone.

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

SECTION 1. RECREATIONAL FISHING FOR ATLANTIC STRIPED BASS IN THE BLOCK 
              ISLAND SOUND TRANSIT ZONE.

    Section 9 of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
5158) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Recreational Fishing in Block Island Sound Transit Zone.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        Secretary shall not prohibit fishing for Atlantic Striped Bass 
        in the Block Island Sound transit zone.
            ``(2) Exception.--This subsection does not limit the 
        authority of the Secretary to establish seasonal or other 
        temporary limitations on fishing that are specifically 
        necessary for the conservation and management of Atlantic 
        striped bass.
            ``(3) Block island sound transit zone defined.--In this 
        subsection the term `Block Island Sound transit zone' means the 
        area of the exclusive economic zone within Block Island Sound, 
        north of a line connecting Montauk Light, Montauk Point, New 
        York, and Block Island Southeast Light, Block Island, Rhode 
        Island; and west of a line connecting Point Judith Light, Point 
        Judith, Rhode Island, and Block Island Southeast Light, Block 
        Island, Rhode Island.''.
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