[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3310 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3310

  To preserve access to public waters and maintain the vital role of 
               States in fisheries management decisions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2015

Ms. Ros-Lehtinen (for herself, Mr. Curbelo of Florida, Mr. Diaz-Balart, 
Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, Mr. 
 LaMalfa, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Miller of Florida, Ms. Graham, Mr. Yoho, 
    Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Mica, Mr. Posey, Mr. Webster of 
Florida, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Jolly, Mr. Ross, Mr. Buchanan, 
   Mr. Rooney of Florida, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Austin Scott of 
   Georgia, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Jones, Mr. 
 Guinta, Mr. Sensenbrenner, and Mr. Grothman) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To preserve access to public waters and maintain the vital role of 
               States in fisheries management decisions.

    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 ``Preserving Public Access to Public 
Waters Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT OF STATE APPROVAL OF RESTRICTION OF RECREATIONAL OR 
              COMMERCIAL FISHING ACCESS TO CERTAIN STATE OR TERRITORIAL 
              WATERS.

    (a) Approval Required.--The Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Commerce shall not restrict recreational or commercial 
fishing access to any State or territorial marine waters or Great Lakes 
waters within the jurisdiction of the National Park Service or the 
Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, respectively, unless those 
restrictions are developed in coordination with, and approved by, the 
fish and wildlife management agency of the State or territory that has 
fisheries management authority over those waters.
    (b) Marine Waters Defined.--In this section the term ``marine 
waters'' includes coastal waters and estuaries.
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