A bill to extend the effective period of the consent of Congress to the interstate compact relating to the restoration of Atlantic salmon to the Connecticut River Basin and creating the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission, and for other purposes.

Extends, for an additional 20 years, the effective period of the consent of Congress to the interstate compact relating to the restoration of Atlantic salmon to the Connecticut River Basin and creating the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the activities of the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission through FY 2010.

Amends the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001, to revise the formula for financing the fishing capacity reduction program for crab fisheries included in the Fishery Management Plan for Commercial King and Tanner Crab Fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[S. 703 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 703

   To extend the effective period of the consent of Congress to the 
 interstate compact relating to the restoration of Atlantic salmon to 
the Connecticut River Basin and creating the Connecticut River Atlantic 
               Salmon Commission, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 5, 2001

 Mr. Smith of New Hampshire (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. 
Gregg, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Kerry) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                            on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To extend the effective period of the consent of Congress to the 
 interstate compact relating to the restoration of Atlantic salmon to 
the Connecticut River Basin and creating the Connecticut River Atlantic 
               Salmon Commission, 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. CONNECTICUT RIVER ATLANTIC SALMON COMPACT.

    (a) Effective Period of Congressional Consent.--Section 3(2) of 
Public Law 98-138 (97 Stat. 870) is amended by striking ``twenty 
years'' and inserting ``40 years''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Public Law 98-138 (97 Stat. 
866) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the 
Interior to carry out the activities of the Connecticut River Atlantic 
Salmon Commission $9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 
2010.''.
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