[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1195 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1195

 To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to permit striped bass fishing 
in the Exclusive Economic Zone transit zone between Montauk, New York, 
        and Point Judith, Rhode Island, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 2017

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to permit striped bass fishing 
in the Exclusive Economic Zone transit zone between Montauk, New York, 
        and Point Judith, Rhode Island, 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 ``Local Fishing Access Act''.

SEC. 2. FISHING IN BLOCK ISLAND SOUND TRANSIT ZONE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with 
the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, may issue regulations 
to permit and regulate Atlantic striped bass fishing in the Block 
Island Sound Transit Zone.
    (b) Block Island Sound Transit Zone Defined.--In this section the 
term ``Block Island Sound transit zone'' means the area of the 
exclusive economic zone north of a line connecting Montauk Light, 
Montauk Point, New York, and Block Island Southeast Light, Block 
Island, Rhode Island; and west of a line connecting Point Judith Light, 
Point Judith, Rhode Island, and Block Island Southeast Light, Block 
Island, Rhode Island.
    (c) Savings Clause.--Nothing in this section or the regulations 
issued under this section shall affect--
            (1) any permit that--
                    (A) is issued under any other provision of law by 
                the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
                including a permit issued before the date of the 
                enactment of this Act; and
                    (B) authorizes fishing in the Block Island Sound 
                Transit Zone; or
            (2) any activity authorized by such a permit.
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