[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2654 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2654

  To make funds available for Dungeness crab and rock crab emergency 
              disaster assistance, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 8, 2016

  Mrs. Boxer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To make funds available for Dungeness crab and rock crab emergency 
              disaster assistance, 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 ``Crab Emergency Disaster Assistance 
Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. DUNGENESS CRAB AND ROCK CRAB FISHERY FAILURE AND FISHERY 
              RESOURCE DISASTER.

    (a) Disaster Assistance.--
            (1) Appropriation of funds.--In addition to any other funds 
        available for such purpose, there is appropriated to the 
        Secretary of Commerce $138,150,000 to make a lump sum payment 
        to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.
            (2) Distribution.--The Commission shall distribute such 
        amount among fishing communities, Indian tribes, small 
        businesses, including fishermen, fish processors, and related 
        businesses, individuals, and other entities, for assistance for 
        the economic and social effects of the commercial fishery 
        failure in the Dungeness crab fishery or rock crab fishery 
        determined under section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
        Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)) or the 
        fishery resource disaster in either such fishery determined 
        under section 308(d) of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act 
        of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4107(d)), to mitigate the economic losses to 
        such communities, tribes, businesses, individuals or other 
        entities caused by closures or other restrictions on the 
        harvesting of Dungeness crab or rock crab.
            (3) Availability.--Amounts appropriated by this subsection 
        shall remain available for the period with respect to which the 
        determination referred to in paragraph (2) is made.
            (4) Unused funds.--Any amount appropriated by this 
        subsection that is not expended or otherwise obligated for the 
        purpose described in paragraph (1) shall be returned to the 
        Treasury of the United States.
            (5) Effective date.--This subsection shall take effect on--
                    (A) the date the Secretary of Commerce publishes 
                notice of a determination under section 312(a) of the 
                Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
                Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)) that there is a commercial 
                fishery failure in the Dungeness crab fishery or rock 
                crab fishery; or
                    (B) the date the Secretary of Commerce publishes 
                notice of a determination under section 308(d) of the 
                Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 
                4107(d)) that there is a fishery resource disaster in 
                either such fishery.
    (b) Research.--
            (1) Appropriation of funds.--There is appropriated to the 
        Secretary of Commerce--
                    (A) $1,000,000 for West Coast domoic acid sampling 
                and monitoring; and
                    (B) $5,000,000 for competitive grants for projects, 
                activities, and research that advance the capacity--
                            (i) to predict the occurrence of harmful 
                        algal blooms in the offshore waters of 
                        California, Washington, and Oregon; and
                            (ii) to evaluate the toxicity of domoic 
                        acid bioaccumulation and transmission to humans 
                        through the food supply.
            (2) Establishment of grant program.--The Secretary shall 
        establish a grant program with amounts appropriated by 
        paragraph (1)(B) not later than 90 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
    (c) Limitation on Administrative Expenses.--The Secretary of 
Commerce may not use more than 4 percent of the amount appropriated 
under each of subsections (a) and (b) for administrative expenses.
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