[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4262 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4262

   To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to 
 approve or deny spend plans within a certain amount of time, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 2, 2024

Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. 
Rubio) 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 require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to 
 approve or deny spend plans within a certain amount of time, 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 ``Fishery Improvement to Streamline 
untimely regulatory Hurdles post Emergency Situation Act'' or the 
``FISHES Act''.

SEC. 2. APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF SPEND PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the 
case of a spend plan submitted to the Director by the Secretary for 
approval by the Director pursuant to section 312(a) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)), 
the Director shall approve or deny such spend plan not later than 30 
days after the date on which the Secretary submits such spend plan to 
the Director for approval.
    (b) Denial of Spend Plan.--
            (1) In general.--If the Director denies a spend plan under 
        subsection (a) or paragraph (3) of this subsection, the 
        Director shall, not later than 15 days after the date of such 
        denial, return such denied spend plan to the Secretary with a 
        description of the changes to such denied spend plan that are 
        necessary for the Director to approve such denied spend plan.
            (2) Resubmission of spend plan.--Upon receipt of a denied 
        spend plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary, in consultation 
        with the relevant requester with an affirmative fishery 
        resource disaster determination of the spend plan, shall make 
        the necessary changes to such spend plan described by the 
        Director under paragraph (1) and resubmit such spend plan to 
        the Director for approval.
            (3) Review of resubmitted spend plan.--Not later than 15 
        days after the date of the receipt of a spend plan under 
        paragraph (2), the Director shall approve or deny such spend 
        plan.
    (c) Approval of Spend Plan.--If the Director approves a spend plan 
under subsection (a) or subsection (b)(3), the Director shall--
            (1) make such approval publicly available on the website of 
        the Office of Management and Budget; and
            (2) include in such approval--
                    (A) the date on which communication regarding such 
                spend plan was initiated between the Director and the 
                Secretary;
                    (B) if applicable--
                            (i) the date of each denial of such spend 
                        plan under subsection (a) and subsection 
                        (b)(3); and
                            (ii) the date of each resubmission of such 
                        spend plan under subsection (b)(2); and
                    (C) the date on which the Director approved such 
                spend plan.
    (d) Expediting Disaster Review.--Section 312(a) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4)(B), by amending clause (ii) to read as 
        follows:
                            ``(ii) Time frame.--The Secretary shall 
                        complete the review described in clause (i) not 
                        later than 30 days after the Secretary receives 
                        a complete request for a fishery resource 
                        disaster determination.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (6)(F)(i), by striking ``90'' and 
        inserting ``30''.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Affirmative fishery resource disaster determination.--
        The term ``affirmative fishery resource disaster 
        determination'' means a determination by the Secretary under 
        section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
        Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)) that a fishery resource 
        disaster has occurred.
            (2) Fishery resource disaster.--The term ``fishery resource 
        disaster'' has the meaning given the term in section 
        312(a)(1)(C) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
        Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)(1)(C)).
            (3) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the Office of Management and Budget.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Commerce.
            (5) Spend plan.--The term ``spend plan'' means a spend plan 
        submitted to the Secretary under section 312(a)(6)(D) of the 
        Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
        U.S.C. 1861a(a)(6)(D)) by a requester with an affirmative 
        fishery resource disaster determination.
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