[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5797 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5797


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 2, 2012

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To exempt the owners and operators of vessels operating on Mille Lacs 
          Lake, Minnesota, from certain Federal requirements.

    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 ``Mille Lacs Lake Freedom To Fish Act 
of 2012''.

SEC. 2. MILLE LACS LAKE, MINNESOTA.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the owner or operator 
of a vessel operating on Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota, shall not, with 
respect to such vessel, be subject to any Federal requirement under 
subtitle II of title 46, United States Code, relating to licensing or 
vessel inspection.

            Passed the House of Representatives August 1, 2012.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.