[118th Congress Public Law 229]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 118-229
118th Congress

                                 An Act


 
   To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to 
  approve or deny spend plans within a certain amount of time, and for 
         other purposes. <<NOTE: Jan. 4, 2025 -  [H.R. 5103]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Fishery 
Improvement to Streamline untimely regulatory Hurdles post Emergency 
Situation Act. 16 USC 1801 note. Deadlines.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fishery Improvement to Streamline 
untimely regulatory Hurdles post Emergency Situation Act'' or the 
``FISHES Act''.
SEC. 2. SPEND PLANS.

    Section 312(a)(6) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)(6)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), to read as follows:
                    ``(D) Spend plans.--
                          ``(i) In general.--To receive an allocation 
                      from funds available under paragraph (9), a 
                      requester with an affirmative fishery resource 
                      disaster determination shall submit a spend plan 
                      to the Secretary, not more than 120 days after 
                      receiving notification that funds are available, 
                      that shall include the following information, if 
                      applicable:
                                    ``(I) Objectives and outcomes, with 
                                an emphasis on addressing the factors 
                                contributing to the fishery resource 
                                disaster and minimizing future uninsured 
                                losses, if applicable.
                                    ``(II) Statement of work.
                                    ``(III) Budget details.
                          ``(ii) Review.--
                                    
                                ``(I) <<NOTE: Determination. Notice.>> In
                                 general.--The Secretary shall review a 
                                spend plan submitted under clause (i) to 
                                determine if it is complete and provide 
                                notice within 10 days.
                                    ``(II) Incomplete spend plan.--If 
                                the Secretary determines that a spend 
                                plan submitted under clause (i) is not 
                                complete, when providing the notice 
                                required by subclause (I), the Secretary 
                                shall provide a detailed description of 
                                the information that is necessary for 
                                the spend plan to be determined 
                                complete.''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (F)(i), to read as follows:
                          ``(i) Availability.--

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                                    ``(I) Timeline.--Funds shall be made 
                                available to grantees not later than 90 
                                days after the date the Secretary 
                                receives a complete spend plan.
                                    ``(II) Review of completed spend 
                                plan and apportionment of funds.--If so 
                                requested, the Director of the Office of 
                                Management and Budget may review a 
                                completed spend plan concurrently with 
                                the Secretary. The Director of the 
                                Office of Management and Budget may not 
                                delay the timeline described in 
                                subclause (I).''.

    Approved January 4, 2025.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 5103:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 118-733 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):
            Dec. 3, considered and passed House.
            Dec. 20, considered and passed Senate.

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