HR 5850
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5850
To amend the Act entitled `An Act authorizing associations of producers
of aquatic products' to include persons engaged in the fishery industry as
charter boats or recreational fishermen, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 17, 2008
Mr. MILLER of Florida (for himself, Mr. BOYD of Florida, and Mr. BONNER)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural
Resources
A BILL
To amend the Act entitled `An Act authorizing associations of producers
of aquatic products' to include persons engaged in the fishery industry as
charter boats or recreational fishermen, and for other purposes.
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 `Charter and Recreational Fishing Collective
Marketing Act of 2008'.
SEC. 2. CHARTER BOATS AND RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN.
(a) In General- The Act entitled `An Act authorizing associations of producers
of aquatic products', approved June 25, 1934 (15 U.S.C. 521), is amended--
(1) in the second undesignated paragraph, by inserting `and recreational'
after `includes all commercial'; and
(2) by inserting after the first undesignated paragraph the following:
`Persons engaged in the fishery industry, as charter boat or recreational
fishermen catching aquatic products, may act together in associations, corporate
or otherwise, with or without capital stock, in collectively catching, producing,
and marketing such aquatic products, including implementing a vessel capacity
reduction program, improving the operational and economic efficiency of a
fishery, undertaking research, and improving the conservation and management
of a fishery resource.'.
(b) Construction- Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section
shall be construed to diminish or supersede any authority or provision of
the Magnuson-Sevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801
et seq.).
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