To direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study of the population of the South Atlantic red snapper fishery, and to limit the authority of the Secretary to promulgate any interim rule that prohibits fishing in the South Atlantic red snapper fishery.

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study of the population of the South Atlantic red snapper fishery and report to Congress.

Prohibits the Secretary from promulgating any interim rule under specified provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act that prohibits fishing in the South Atlantic red snapper fishery before such report demonstrates the need for interim rules.

Prohibits any interim rule that was promulgated before enactment of this Act from having any force or effect.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3307 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3307

     To direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study of the 
population of the South Atlantic red snapper fishery, and to limit the 
    authority of the Secretary to promulgate any interim rule that 
      prohibits fishing in the South Atlantic red snapper fishery.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2009

  Mr. Mica (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Brown of South 
 Carolina, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Westmoreland, and Mr. Miller 
 of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
     To direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study of the 
population of the South Atlantic red snapper fishery, and to limit the 
    authority of the Secretary to promulgate any interim rule that 
      prohibits fishing in the South Atlantic red snapper fishery.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SOUTH ATLANTIC RED SNAPPER FISHERY.

    (a) Population Study.--The Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a 
study of the population of the South Atlantic red snapper fishery and 
submit to Congress a report on the findings of such study.
    (b) Limitation on Interim Rule Closing Fishery.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce may not 
        promulgate any interim rule under section 305(c) of the 
        Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
        U.S.C. 1855(c)) that prohibits fishing in the South Atlantic 
        red snapper fishery before the date the Secretary submits to 
        Congress a report on findings of a study under subsection (b) 
        that demonstrate the need for such interim rules.
            (2) Existing interim rules.--Any interim rule described in 
        paragraph (1) that was promulgated before the date of enactment 
        of this Act shall have no force or effect.
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