Amendment prohibits the use of funds by NOAA to enforce 1) amendment 40 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2015; or 2) Red Snapper Management Measures published in the Federal Register. Amendment also provides that recreational fisherman should receive at least 20 percent of the number of days as commercial fisherman receive to fish for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico.

1. Adds Sec. ___. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to enforce: at the end of the bill

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   Inserted: Sec. ___. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to enforce:

   Inserted: 1) Amendment 40 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2015 or any other effort of the same substance, or

   Inserted: 2) Red Snapper Management Measures published in the Federal Register on May 1, 2015 or any other effort of the same substance that establishes an-4 annual catch limits or annual catch targets for Red Snapper that would result in the commercial fishing for Red Snapper in the federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico lasting longer than five times the number of days recreational fishers are allowed to catch and retain at least two such fish each day in such federal waters.

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