[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2047 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2047

  To terminate the independent third-party program for sectors of the 
 Northeast Multispecies Fishery unless the program is fully funded by 
   the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 17, 2015

  Ms. Ayotte introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To terminate the independent third-party program for sectors of the 
 Northeast Multispecies Fishery unless the program is fully funded by 
   the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 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 ``Protecting Local Fishing Jobs and 
Communities Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF INDEPENDENT THIRD-PARTY MONITORING.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
Secretary of Commerce shall not require sectors of the Northeast 
Multispecies Fishery to comply with the independent third-party 
monitoring program required by section 648.87 of title 50, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or similar successor regulation).
    (b) Exception.--The Secretary of Commerce may require sectors of 
the Northeast Multispecies Fishery to comply with the independent 
third-party monitoring program required by section 648.87 of title 50, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or similar successor regulation), if the 
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
fully funds the program with funds appropriated for the Administration.
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