[106th Congress Public Law 455]
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Public Law 106-455
106th Congress
An Act
To address resource management issues in Glacier Bay National Park,
Alaska. <<NOTE: Nov. 7, 2000 - [S. 501]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Glacier Bay
National Park Resource Management Act of 2000.>>
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 16 USC 410hh-4 note.>> SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Glacier Bay National Park Resource
Management Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. <<NOTE: 16 USC 410hh-4 note.>> 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. <<NOTE: 16 USC 410hh-4 note.>> 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 and the State shall cooperate in
the development of a management plan for the regulation of commercial
fisheries in the outer waters 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,
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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 <<NOTE: Deadline.>> 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. <<NOTE: 16 USC 410hh-4 note.>> 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. <<NOTE: 16 USC 410hh-4 note.>> AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to
carry out this Act.
Approved November 7, 2000.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 501:
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SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-128 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
Vol. 145 (1999):
Nov. 19, considered and passed
Senate.
Vol. 146 (2000):
Oct. 23, considered and passed
House.
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