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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-580
FISHERY RESOURCE DISASTERS IMPROVEMENT ACT
NOVEMBER 16, 2022.-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
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 2923]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (S. 2923) to improve the Fishery Resource Disaster Relief pro-
gram of the National Marine Fisheries Service, and for other pur-
poses, having considered 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 Fishery Resource Disasters Improvement Act.
SEC. 2. FISHERY RESOURCE DISASTER RELIEF.
Section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)) is amended to read as follows:
(a) FISHERY RESOURCE DISASTER RELIEF.-
(1) DEFINITIONS.-In this subsection:
(A) ALLOWABLE CAUSE.-The term 'allowable cause' means a natural
cause, discrete anthropogenic cause, or undetermined cause.
(B) ANTHROPOGENIC CAUSE.-The term 'anthropogenic cause' means an
anthropogenic event, such as an oil spill or spillway opening-
(i) that could not have been addressed or prevented by fishery man-
agement measures; and
(ii) that is otherwise beyond the control of fishery managers to miti-
gate through conservation and management measures, including regu-
latory restrictions imposed as a result of judicial action or to protect
human health or marine animals, plants, or habitats.
(C) FISHERY RESOURCE DISASTER.-The term 'fishery resource disaster'
means a disaster that is determined by the Secretary in accordance with
this subsection and-
(i) is an unexpected large decrease in fish stock biomass or other
change that results in significant loss of access to the fishery resource,
which may include loss of fishing vessels and gear for a substantial pe-
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