[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 165 (Friday, November 19, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S15145]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       GLACIER BAY FISHERIES ACT

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                      BINGAMAN AMENDMENT NO. 2801

  Mr. DASCHLE (for Mr. Bingaman) proposed an amendment to the bill (S. 
501) to address resource management issues in Glacier Bay National 
Park, Alaska; as follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Glacier Bay National Park 
     Resource Management Act of 1999''.

     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

       As used in this Act--
       (1) the term ``local residents'' means those persons living 
     within the vicinity of Glacier Bay National Park and 
     Preserve, including but not limited to the residents of 
     Hoonah, Alaska, who are descendants of those who had an 
     historic and cultural tradition of sea gull egg gathering 
     within the boundary of what is now Glacier Bay National Park 
     and Preserve;
       (2) the term ``outer waters'' means all of the marine 
     waters within the park outside of Glacier Bay proper;
       (3) the term ``park'' means Glacier Bay National Park;
       (4) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
     Interior; and
       (5) the term ``State'' means the State of Alaska.

     SEC. 3. COMMERCIAL FISHING.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall allow for commercial 
     fishing in the outer waters of the park in accordance with 
     the management plan referred to in subsection (b) in a manner 
     that provides for the protection of park resources and 
     values.
       (b) Management Plan.--The Secretary shall cooperate in the 
     development of a management plan for the regulation of 
     commercial fisheries in the outer water of the park in 
     accordance with existing Federal and State laws and any 
     applicable international conservation and management 
     treaties.
       (c) Savings.--(1) Nothing in this Act shall alter or affect 
     the provisions of section 123 of the Department of the 
     Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal 
     Year 1999 (Public Law 105-277), as amended by section 501 of 
     the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public 
     Law 106-31).
       (2) Nothing in this Act shall enlarge or diminish Federal 
     or State title, jurisdiction, or authority with respect to 
     the waters of the State of Alaska, the waters within Glacier 
     Bay National Park and Preserve, or tidal or submerged lands.
       (d) Study.--(1) Not later than one year after the date 
     funds are made available, the Secretary, in consultation with 
     the State, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the 
     International Pacific Halibut Commission and other affected 
     agencies shall develop a plan for a comprehensive multi-
     agency research and monitoring program to evaluate the 
     health of fisheries resources in the park's marine waters, 
     to determine the effect, if any, of commercial fishing 
     on--
       (A) the productivity, diversity, and sustainability of 
     fishery resources in such waters; and
       (B) park resources and values.
       (2) The Secretary shall promptly notify the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and 
     the Committee on Resources of the United States House of 
     Representatives upon the completion of the plan.
       (3) The Secretary shall complete the program set forth in 
     the plan not later than seven years after the date the 
     Congressional Committees are notified pursuant to paragraph 
     (2), and shall transmit the results of the program to such 
     Committees on a biennial basis.

     SEC. 4. SEA GULL EGG COLLECTION STUDY

       (a) Study.--The Secretary, in consultation with local 
     residents, shall undertake a study of sea gulls living within 
     the park to assess whether sea gull eggs can be collected on 
     a limited basis without impairing the biological 
     sustainability of the sea gull population in the park. The 
     study shall be completed no later than two years after the 
     date funds are made available.
       (b) Recommendations--If the study referred to in subsection 
     (a) determines that the limited collection of sea gull eggs 
     can occur without impairing the biological sustainability of 
     the sea gull population in the park, the Secretary shall 
     submit recommendations for legislation to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and 
     the Committee on Resources of the United States House of 
     Representatives.

     SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as are 
     necessary to carry out this Act''.

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