[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[H.R. 1158 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1158

                     One Hundred Thirteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen


                                 An Act


 
  To direct the Secretary of the Interior to continue 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. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``North Cascades National Park Service 
Complex Fish Stocking Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
    In this Act:
        (1) North cascades national park service complex.--The term 
    ``North Cascades National Park Service Complex'' means collectively 
    the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation 
    Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.
        (2) Plan.--The term ``plan'' means the document entitled 
    ``North Cascades National Park Service Complex Mountain Lakes 
    Fishery Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement'' and 
    dated June 2008.
        (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior.
SEC. 3. STOCKING OF CERTAIN LAKES IN THE NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK 
SERVICE COMPLEX.
    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary shall 
authorize the stocking of fish in lakes in the North Cascades National 
Park Service Complex.
    (b) Conditions.--
        (1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to allow stocking 
    of fish in not more than 42 of the 91 lakes in the North Cascades 
    National Park Service Complex that have historically been stocked 
    with fish.
        (2) Native nonreproducing fish.--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) nonreproducing, as identified in management alternative 
        B of the plan.
        (3) Considerations.--In making fish stocking decisions under 
    this Act, the Secretary shall consider relevant scientific 
    information, including the plan and information gathered under 
    subsection (c).
        (4) Required coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate the 
    stocking of fish under this Act with the State of Washington.
    (c) Research and Monitoring.--The Secretary shall--
        (1) continue a program of research and monitoring of the 
    impacts of fish stocking on the resources of the applicable unit of 
    the North Cascades National Park Service Complex; and
        (2) beginning on the date that is 5 years after the date of 
    enactment of this Act and every 5 years thereafter, submit to the 
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
    Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a 
    report that describes the results of the research and monitoring 
    under paragraph (1).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.