,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abai  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ae1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,bonner introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,magnuson-,stevens
 ,fishery ,conservation and ,management 
,act to provide that each of the ,states
 of ,texas1 ,louisiana1 ,mississippi1   
,alabama1 and ,florida have exclusive   
fishery management authority over reef  
fish in the ,gulf of ,mexico in waters  
that1 on average1 are #bj fathoms or    
less in depth1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,gulf ,fisheries ,fairness ,act4
  #b4 ,state exclusive fishery          
management authority over reef fish in  
the ,gulf of ,mexico  7a7 ,in general   
,the ,magnuson-,stevens ,fishery        
,conservation and ,management ,act is   
amended--  7#a7 in section #aja 7#af    
,u4,s4,c4 #ahaa7--  7,a7 in subsection  
7a71 by inserting and subsection 7c7 of 

this section after section #ajb2 and    
7,b7 by adding at the end the following3
  7c7 ,state exclusive fishery          
management authority over reef fish in  
the ,gulf of ,mexico  7#a7 ,in general  
,each of the ,states of ,texas1         
,louisiana1 ,mississippi1 ,alabama1 and 
,florida shall have exclusive fishery   
management authority over all ,gulf reef
 fish in all waters that are--  7,a7    
within the exclusive economic zone in   
the ,gulf of ,mexico2  7,b7 not further 
from shore than the line described under
 paragraph 7#b72 and  7,c7 between the  
projected lines determined for that     
,state under section #d7;a77#b77;,a7 of 
the ,outer ,continental ,shelf ,lands   
,act 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #accc7;a77#b77;,a774
  7#b7 ,description of line  7,a7 ,in   
general ,the ,secretary shall publish a 
description of1 and map showing1 a      
continuous line in waters of the        
exclusive economic zone in the ,gulf of 
,mexico along the coasts of the ,states 
referred to in paragraph 7#a71 that is  

comprised of points that are1 on        
average1 #bj fathoms in depth4  7,b7    
,minimum distance ,no point on such line
 shall be less than #i nautical miles   
from the baseline from which the        
territorial sea of the ,united ,states  
is measured4  7#c7 ,prohibition on      
limiting authority to fish under        
,federal law ,the ,secretary may not    
suspend1 revoke1 terminate1 or otherwise
 limit the authority of any person under
 ,federal law to engage in fishing1     
based on fishing by the person for ,gulf
 reef fish in waters that are subject to
 the exclusive fishery management       
authority of a ,state under this        
subsection4  7#d7 ,gulf reef fish       
defined ,in this subsection the term    
,gulf reef fish means all fish listed in
 table #c of appendix ,a to part #fbb of
 title #ej1 ,code of ,federal           
,regulations 7as in effect on the date  
of enactment of this subsection74  2 and
  7#b7 in section #cjb7;a77#a77;,e7 7#af
 ,u4,s4,c4 #aheb7;a77#a77;,e771 by      

inserting of this subsection and section
 #aja7;c7 after paragraph 7#c74  7b7    
,deadline ,the ,secretary of ,commerce  
shall publish the #bj-;fathom line      
description and map required under the  
amendment made by subsection 7a77#a7 by 
not later than #cj days after the date  
of the enactment of this ,act4  7c7     
,termination of application of more     
restrictive ,federal regulations        
,sections #fbb4d7;a77#a77;iv7 and       
#fbb4d7;a77#b77v7 of title #ej1 ,code of
 ,federal ,regulations1 as in effect on 
the date of enactment of this ,act1 and 
any substantially similar regulation1   
shall not apply with respect to waters  
described in section #aja7;c77#a7 of the
 ,magnuson-,stevens ,fishery            
,conservation and ,management ,act1 as  
amended by this section4