[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4722 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4722

   To clarify that for purposes of all Federal laws governing marine 
 fisheries management, the landward boundary of the exclusive economic 
zone between areas south of Montauk, New York, and Point Judith, Rhode 
                    Island, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2014

    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 clarify that for purposes of all Federal laws governing marine 
 fisheries management, the landward boundary of the exclusive economic 
zone between areas south of Montauk, New York, and Point Judith, Rhode 
                    Island, 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 ``EEZ Clarification Act''.

SEC. 2. LANDWARD BOUNDARY OF EEZ NEAR BLOCK ISLAND FOR PURPOSES OF 
              FEDERAL MARINE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT.

    For purposes of all Federal laws governing marine fisheries 
management--
            (1) the landward boundary of the exclusive economic zone 
        between the area south of Montauk, New York, and the area south 
        of Point Judith, Rhode Island, shall be considered to be a 
        continuous line running--
                    (A) from a point 3 miles south of the southernmost 
                point of Montauk to a point 3 miles south of the 
                southernmost point of Block Island, Rhode Island, and
                    (B) from such point 3 miles south of the 
                southernmost point of Block Island, Rhode Island, to a 
                point 3 miles south of the southern most point of Point 
                Judith; and
            (2) the authority to manage such fisheries in waters 
        landward of such line is vested in States and interstate marine 
        fisheries management commissions, as applicable, that otherwise 
        have jurisdiction over such waters.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON IMPACT OF MODIFYING LANDWARD BOUNDARY OF EEZ FOR ALL 
              FEDERAL FISHERIES MANAGEMENT.

    Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Commerce shall report to the Congress on the impact of 
section 2.
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