An amendment numbered 15 printed in the Congressional Record to include provisions regarding eligibility to participate in the Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program.

1. Inserts new text at the end of title IV

   Inserts

   Inserted: SEC. . ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN WESTERN ALASKA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA PROGRAM.

   Inserted: (a) Treatment of Secretary Approval.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Approval by the Secretary of Commerce of a community development plan, or an amendment thereof, shall not be considered a major Federal action for purposes of section 102(2) of the Public Law 91-190 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)).

   Inserted: (2) Definition.--(A) In this subsection, the term "community development plan" means a plan, prepared by a community development quota group for the western Alaska community development quota program under section 305(i) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1855(i)), that describes how the group intends to--

   Inserted: (i) harvest its share of fishery resources allocated to the program; and

   Inserted: (ii) use the harvest opportunity, and any revenue derived from such use, to assist communities that are members of the group with projects to advance economic development.

   Inserted: (B) In this subsection, no plan that allocates fishery resources to the western Alaska community development quota program under section 305(i) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1855(i)) is a "community development plan".

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   Add at the end of title IV the following:

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