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118TH CONGRESS
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SUPPORTING
THROUGH
DIALOGUE
THE HEALTH OF AQUATIC SYSTEMS
RESEARCH KNOWLEDGE AND ENHANCED
ACT
JANUARY 30, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 4051]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4051) to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a
task force regarding shark depredation, and for other purposes,
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 Supporting the Health of Aquatic systems through
Research Knowledge and Enhanced Dialogue Act or the SHARKED Act.
SEC. 2. SHARK DEPREDATION TASK FORCE AND RESEARCH PROJECTS.
(a) SHARK DEPREDATION TASK FORCE.-
(1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Commerce shall establish a task force (re-
ferred to in this subsection as the task force) to identify and address critical
needs with respect to shark depredation.
(2) MEMBERSHIP.-The Secretary of Commerce shall appoint individuals to
the task force, including-
(A) 1 representative from-
(i) each Regional Fishery Management Council established under sec-
tion 302(a)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Man-
agement Act (16 U.S.C. 1852(a)(1));
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