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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-838
FEDERALLY INTEGRATED SPECIES HEALTH ACT
JULY 18, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 3916]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3916) to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to
vest in the Secretary of the Interior functions under that Act with
respect to species of fish that spawn in fresh or estuarine waters
and migrate to ocean waters, and species of fish that spawn in
ocean waters and migrate to fresh waters, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommend that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Federally Integrated Species Health Act or the
FISH Act.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO ANADROMOUS SPECIES AND
CATADROMOUS SPECIES.
(a) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.-All functions with respect to anadromous species
and catadromous species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.) that were vested in the Secretary of Commerce or the National Marine Fish-
eries Service immediately before the enactment of this Act are transferred to the
Secretary of the Interior.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.-The Endangered Species Act of 1973 is amend-
ed-
(1) in section 3(15) (16 U.S.C. 1532(15))-
(A) by inserting (A) after (15); and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
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