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(Original Signature of Member)

H. R. ll
116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION

To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

to add a pandemic as a potential cause of a fishery resource disaster.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mr. GOLDEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on llllllllllllll

A BILL
To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act to add a pandemic as a potential cause
of a fishery resource disaster.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITTLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pandemic Fishery Dis-

5 aster Response Act’’.

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1 SEC. 2. TRANSITION TO SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES.

2 Section 312(a)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

3 Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C.
4 1861a(a)(1)) is amended—
5 (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and
6 inserting ‘‘;’’;
7 (2) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘.’’ and in-
8 serting ‘‘; or’’; and
9 (3) by adding at the end the following:
10 ‘‘(D) a pandemic, as such term is defined by
11 the Secretary of Health and Human Services.’’.

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