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S. 3099, Access for Sportfishing Act of 2016 1 (October 21, 2016)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo3245 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE October 21, 2016 S. 3099 Access for Sportfishing Act of 2016 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 29, 2016 S. 3099 would prohibit the National Park Service (NPS) from implementing or enforcing restrictions on fishing in Biscayne National Park in Florida, unless the restrictions are developed in coordination with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and are the least restrictive measures necessary for effective management of the fishery. The bill also would require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to issue a final regulation implementing the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012, which prohibits the sale of billfish, within 45 days of enactment of the bill. Finally, S. 3099 would amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to prohibit people from feeding sharks in federal waters. Based on information from the NPS and the FWC about the agencies' positions on fishing restrictions within the park, CBO expects that the NPS would probably not choose to enter into an agreement with the FWC to develop new fishing regulations. As a result, CBO estimates that implementing the legislation would not affect federal spending with respect to management of Biscayne National Park. Based on information from NOAA, CBO estimates that implementing S. 3099 would cost less than $500,000 annually to issue rules on the sale of billfish and to implement the prohibition on feeding sharks. Any such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds. Enacting the legislation could increase revenues and associated direct spending; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. S. 3099 would create new civil and criminal penalties, for feeding sharks; such penalties are recorded as revenues. Because criminal penalties are deposited into the Crime Victims Fund and later spent without further appropriations action, the bill also could increase direct spending. However, CBO expects that any additional revenues and subsequent direct spending would not be significant in any year because the number of civil and criminal violations would probably be small. CBO estimates that enacting S. 3099 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027.

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