[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2197 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
2d Session
S. 2197
To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
to clarify the status of certain communities in the western Alaska
community development quota program.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 11, 2004
Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Stevens) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
to clarify the status of certain communities in the western Alaska
community development quota program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``CDQ Community Preservation Act''.
SEC. 2. WESTERN ALASKA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA PROGRAM.
(a) Eligible Communities.--Section 305(i)(1) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1855(i)) is
amended adding at the end the following:
``(E) A community shall be eligible to participate in the
western Alaska community development quota program under
subparagraph (A) if the community was--
``(i) listed in table 7 to part 679 of title 50,
Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on January 1,
2004; or
``(ii) approved by the National Marine Fisheries
Service on April 19, 1999.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Such section is further amended, in
paragraph (B), by striking ``To'' and inserting, ``Except as provided
in subparagraph (E), to''.
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