[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 125 (Friday, September 29, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1977]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2006

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                               speech of

                             HON. DON YOUNG

                               of alaska

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 28, 2006

  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Madam Speaker, I an exchange of letters between 
Don Young and Richard Pombo for the Record.
                                         House of Representatives,


                                       Committee on Resources,

                               Washington, DC, September 28, 2006.
     Hon. Don Young,
     Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: I have reviewed the text of H.R. 5681, 
     the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2006, and believe that 
     the Committee on Resources has a jurisdictional interest in 
     provisions in this important legislation dealing with 
     fisheries. Specifically, we have identified a provision 
     dealing with the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab fishery 
     in the Northern Region of the management plan.
       Recognizing that the House of Representatives has a 
     dwindling number of legislative days left before the 109th 
     Congress adjourns, I will forego seeking a sequential 
     referral of H.R. 5681. Waiving the Committee on Resources' 
     right to a referral in this case does not waive the 
     Committee's jurisdiction over any provision in H.R. 5861 or 
     similar provisions in other bills. In addition, I ask that 
     you support my request to have the Committee on Resources 
     represented on the conference on this bill, if a conference 
     is necessary. Finally, I ask that you include this letter in 
     the Congressional Record during debate on H.R. 5861 when it 
     is considered by the House of Representatives.
       I appreciate your leadership on this bill and I look 
     forward to working with you on H.R. 586.
           Sincerely,
                                                 Richard W. Pombo,
     Chairman.
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         House of Representatives, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                               Washington, DC, September 27, 2006.
     Hon. Richard W. Pombo,
     Chairman, Committee on Resources,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Chairman Pombo: Thank you for your letter expressing 
     the jurisdictional interest of the Committee on Resources in 
     H.R. 5681, the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2006. The 
     Committee on Resources has a recognized claim to jurisdiction 
     over the conversion to catcher processor provision that is 
     included in this bill as proposed to be considered under 
     suspension. I appreciate your agreement to allow this measure 
     to proceed under suspension and to waive further 
     consideration.
       I understand that your agreement to allow this bill to 
     proceed under suspension is conditioned upon our mutual 
     understanding that nothing in this legislation, or your 
     decision to waive further consideration, reduces or otherwise 
     affects the jurisdiction of the Committee on Resources over 
     provisions of the bill that are in your jurisdiction. I also 
     understand that this waiver does not affect the right of the 
     Committee on Resources to have its members named as conferees 
     in the event of a conference with the Senate on this bill.
       I greatly appreciate your cooperation in allowing the 
     conversion to catcher processor shares provision to move on 
     H.R. 5681. This issue impacts only fisheries in Alaska.
           Sincerely,
                                                        Don Young,
     Chairman.

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