[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5026 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5026

  To prohibit closing or repurposing any propagation fish hatchery or 
 aquatic species propagation program of the Department of the Interior 
 unless such action is expressly authorized by an Act of Congress, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 8, 2014

 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Roe 
  of Tennessee, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Michaud) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit closing or repurposing any propagation fish hatchery or 
 aquatic species propagation program of the Department of the Interior 
 unless such action is expressly authorized by an Act of Congress, 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 ``Fish Hatchery Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CLOSING PROPAGATION FISH HATCHERIES OR 
              REPURPOSING PRIORITIES FOR PROPAGATION PROGRAMS.

    (a) Prohibition.--The Secretary of the Interior may not permanently 
close, reprogram, repurpose, decommission, significantly alter, or move 
to caretaker status any fish and other aquatic species propagation 
hatchery or propagation program within the National Fish Hatchery 
System of the Department of the Interior unless such action is 
expressly authorized by an Act of Congress.
    (b) Effective Period.--This section shall be effective during the 
period beginning November 1, 2013, and ending upon the expiration of 
the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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