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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-531
DIRECT ENHANCEMENT OF SNAPPER CONSERVATION
AND THE ECONOMY THROUGH NOVEL DEVICES ACT
OF 2020
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020.-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. 5126]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 5126) to require individuals fishing for Gulf reef fish to
use certain descending devices, and for other purposes, having con-
sidered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommends 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 Direct Enhancement of Snapper Conservation and
the Economy through Novel Devices Act of 2020 or the DESCEND Act of 2020.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that commercial and recreational fishermen (which, for
the purpose of this Act shall include charter fishing) for Gulf reef fish are expected
to use a venting tool or a descending device required for possession under section
3 when releasing fish that are exhibiting signs of barotrauma. The Secretary of
Commerce (referred to in this Act as the Secretary), in coordination with the Gulf
of Mexico Fishery Management Council, should develop and disseminate to fisher-
men education and outreach materials related to proper use of venting tools and de-
scending devices, and strongly encourage their use by commercial and recreational
fishermen when releasing fish that are exhibiting signs of barotrauma.
SEC. 3. REQUIRED POSSESSION OF DESCENDING DEVICES.
(a) REQUIRED GEAR IN THE GULF REEF FISH FISHERY.-Title III of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
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