[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2012 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2012

 To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
to authorize competitive grants to support programs that address needs 
                        of fishing communities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 23, 2015

 Mr. Keating introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
to authorize competitive grants to support programs that address needs 
                        of fishing communities.

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

SECTION 1. SHORESIDE COMMERCIAL FISHING SUPPORT GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 321. SHORESIDE COMMERCIAL FISHING SUPPORT GRANTS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may make competitive grants to 
persons eligible under subsection (b) to support, pursuant to the 
national standard set forth in section 301(8), programs that address 
needs of fishing communities by--
            ``(1) providing health promotion and disease prevention 
        services, including--
                    ``(A) preventive health services and assessments;
                    ``(B) mental health services and assessments;
                    ``(C) substance abuse prevention, treatment, 
                rehabilitation, and education; or
                    ``(D) immunization services;
            ``(2) providing financial planning education and other 
        services to improve the financial stability of families and 
        small businesses, including regarding budgeting, forecasting, 
        retirement planning, college financing, or estate planning;
            ``(3) supporting positive community response to tragedies 
        at sea; or
            ``(4) workforce development training, including--
                    ``(A) community health worker training for fishing 
                community members;
                    ``(B) apprentice programs to train inexperienced 
                fishermen participating in sustainable fisheries; and
                    ``(C) volunteer oil handling classes taught by an 
                experienced commercial vessel operator.
    ``(b) Eligible Persons.--Any municipality, port authority, other 
appropriate public entity, not-for-profit organization, or other 
qualified person, that provides shoreside commercial fishing support 
shall be eligible for a grant under this section.
    ``(c) Survey of Needs.--The Secretary shall conduct demographic 
surveys of commercial fishermen and their family members to identify 
needs of fishing communities that can be addressed by grants authorized 
by this section.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--For grants under this 
section there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in the first section 
is amended by adding at the end the following:

``Sec. 321. Shoreside commercial fishing support grants.''.
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