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H. Rept. 115-994 1 (2018-10-23)

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                      115TH CONGRESS                                            REPORT
                         2d Session      HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES               115-994







                                          CORMORANT RELIEF ACT



                      OCTOBER 23, 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. 6302]

                                [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                        The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
                     bill (H.R. 6302) to enact as law certain regulations relating to the
                     taking of double-crested cormorants, having considered the same,
                     report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend 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 Cormorant Relief Act.
                     SEC. 2. REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE TAKING OF DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS.
                       (a) FORCE AND EFFECT.-
                           (1) IN GENERAL.-Subject to subsection (b), sections 21.47 and 21.48 of title
                         50, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on January 1, 2016), shall have
                         the force and effect of law.
                           (2) PUBLIC NOTICE.-The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section
                         as the Secretary), acting through the Director of the United States Fish and
                         Wildlife Service (referred to in this section as the Director), shall notify the
                         public of the authority provided by paragraph (1) in a manner determined to
                         be appropriate by the Secretary.
                       (b) SUNSET.-The authority provided by subsection (a)(1) shall terminate on the
                     effective date of a regulation promulgated by the Director after the date of enact-
                     ment of this Act to control depredation of double-crested cormorant populations.
                       (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.-Nothing in this section limits the authority of the
                     Director to promulgate regulations relating to the taking of double-crested cor-
                     morants under any other law.
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