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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-314
NATIONAL FISH HABITAT CONSERVATION THROUGH
PARTNERSHIPS ACT
NOVEMBER 26, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1747]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1747) to encourage partnerships among public agencies
and other interested persons to promote fish conservation, 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 National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Part-
nerships Act.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to encourage partnerships among public agencies and
other interested persons to promote fish conservation-
(1) to achieve measurable habitat conservation results through strategic ac-
tions of Fish Habitat Partnerships that lead to better fish habitat conditions
and increased fishing opportunities by-
(A) improving ecological conditions;
(B) restoring natural processes; or
(C) preventing the decline of intact and healthy systems;
(2) to establish a consensus set of national conservation strategies as a frame-
work to guide future actions and investment by Fish Habitat Partnerships;
(3) to broaden the community of support for fish habitat conservation by-
(A) increasing fishing opportunities;
(B) fostering the participation of local communities, especially young peo-
ple in local communities, in conservation activities; and
(C) raising public awareness of the role healthy fish habitat play in the
quality of life and economic well-being of local communities;
(4) to fill gaps in the National Fish Habitat Assessment and the associated
database of the National Fish Habitat Assessment-
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