[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 21, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4416]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4794. Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4685 proposed by Mr. 
Shelby (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2578, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds in this Act shall be provided 
     to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council to prepare a 
     fishery management plan or amendment or to take other action 
     that does not include the full participation, including in 
     votes of the Council, of the principal official with marine 
     fishery management responsibility (or a designee) for the 
     State of Rhode Island and one additional representative 
     designated by the Secretary of Commerce from among at least 
     three qualified individuals recommended by Governor of the 
     State of Rhode Island.
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