[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 106 (Wednesday, July 9, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4356-S4357]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE COMPLEX FISH STOCKING ACT

  The bill (H.R. 1158) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National 
Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National 
Recreation Area, was ordered to a third reading and was read the third 
time.

                               H.R. 1158

       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 ``North Cascades National Park 
     Service Complex Fish Stocking Act''.

     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) North cascades national park service complex.--The term 
     ``North Cascades National Park Service Complex'' means 
     collectively the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake 
     National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation 
     Area.
       (2) Plan.--The term ``plan'' means the document entitled 
     ``North Cascades National Park Service Complex Mountain Lakes 
     Fishery Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement'' 
     and dated June 2008.
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.

     SEC. 3. STOCKING OF CERTAIN LAKES IN THE NORTH CASCADES 
                   NATIONAL PARK SERVICE COMPLEX.

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary 
     shall authorize the stocking of fish in lakes in the North 
     Cascades National Park Service Complex.
       (b) Conditions.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to allow 
     stocking of fish in not more than 42 of the 91 lakes in the 
     North Cascades National Park Service Complex that have 
     historically been stocked with fish.
       (2) Native nonreproducing fish.--The Secretary shall only 
     stock fish that are--
       (A) native to the slope of the Cascade Range on which the 
     lake to be stocked is located; and
       (B) nonreproducing, as identified in management alternative 
     B of the plan.
       (3) Considerations.--In making fish stocking decisions 
     under this Act, the Secretary shall consider relevant 
     scientific information, including the plan and information 
     gathered under subsection (c).
       (4) Required coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate 
     the stocking of fish under this Act with the State of 
     Washington.
       (c) Research and Monitoring.--The Secretary shall--
       (1) continue a program of research and monitoring of the 
     impacts of fish stocking on the resources of the applicable 
     unit of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex; and
       (2) beginning on the date that is 5 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act and every 5 years thereafter, submit to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
     and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
     Representatives a report that describes the results of the 
     research and monitoring under paragraph (1).

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