[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 3227 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
2d Session
H. R. 3227
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 15, 2008
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
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AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow stocking fish in
certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National
Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to authorize the National Park Service
to allow the stocking of fish in certain lakes under certain conditions
in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation
Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.
SEC. 2. STOCKING OF CERTAIN LAKES IN NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK, ROSS
LAKE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, AND LAKE CHELAN NATIONAL
RECREATION AREA.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the
Director of the National Park Service, may authorize the stocking of
fish in lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National
Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.
(b) Conditions.--The following conditions shall apply to stocking
of lakes under subsection (a):
(1) The Secretary is authorized to allow stocking in up to,
but not to exceed, 42 lakes. The 42 lakes which may be stocked
are those lakes identified for potential stocking under
Alternative B of the 2005 North Cascades National Park Service
Complex Mountain Lakes Fishery Management Plan Draft.
(2) The Secretary shall only stock fish that are--
(A) native to the slope of the Cascade Range on
which the lake to be stocked is located; and
(B) functionally sterile.
(3) The Secretary is authorized to coordinate the stocking
of fish with the State of Washington.
(c) Reports.--The Secretary shall continue a program of research
and monitoring of the impacts of fish stocking on park resources and
shall report the results of such research and monitoring to the
appropriate committees of Congress every 5 years.
Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2008.
Attest:
LORRAINE C. MILLER,
Clerk.
By Robert F. Reeves,
Deputy Clerk.