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Calendar No. 362
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1158
[Report No. 113–151]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 12, 2013Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
April 10, 2014Reported by Ms. Landrieu, without amendment
AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North
Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake
Chelan National Recreation Area.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
North Cascades National Park Service
Complex Fish Stocking Act.
2.
Definitions
In this Act:
(1)
North cascades
national park service complex
The term North Cascades
National Park Service Complex means collectively the North Cascades
National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan
National
Recreation Area.
(2)
Plan
The
term plan means the document entitled North Cascades
National Park Service Complex Mountain Lakes Fishery Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement and dated June 2008.
(3)
Secretary
The
term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
3.
Stocking of
certain lakes in the north cascades national park service complex
(a)
In
general
Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary shall authorize
the stocking of fish in lakes in the North Cascades National Park Service
Complex.
(b)
Conditions
(1)
In
general
The Secretary is authorized to allow stocking of fish in
not more than 42 of the 91 lakes in the North Cascades National Park
Service
Complex that have historically been stocked with fish.
(2)
Native
nonreproducing fish
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) nonreproducing, as
identified in management alternative B of the plan.
(3)
Considerations
In
making fish stocking decisions under this Act, the Secretary shall
consider
relevant scientific information, including the plan and information
gathered
under subsection (c).
(4)
Required
coordination
The Secretary shall coordinate the stocking of fish
under this Act with the State of Washington.
(c)
Research and
monitoring
The Secretary shall—
(1) continue a program
of research and monitoring of the impacts of fish stocking on the
resources of
the applicable unit of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex;
and
(2) beginning on the
date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act and every 5
years
thereafter, submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives a
report that describes the results of the research and monitoring under
paragraph (1).
April 10, 2014Reported without amendment