,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hbf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #bf1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,whitfield introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit
 the ,corps of ,engineers from taking   
any action to establish a restricted    
area prohibiting public access to waters
 downstream of a dam1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,freedom to ,fish   
,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,restricted areas at
 ,corps of ,engineers dams  7a7 ,in     
general ,the ,secretary of the ,army1   
acting through the ,chief of ,engineers1
 shall not take any action to establish 
a restricted area prohibiting public    
access to waters downstream of a dam    
owned by the ,corps of ,engineers4  7b7 
,effective date  7#a7 ,in general       
,subject to paragraph 7#b71 this section
 shall apply to an action described in  
subsection 7a7 on or after ,august #a1  

#bjab4  7#b7 ,existing restrictions ,if 
the ,secretary of the ,army1 acting     
through the ,chief of ,engineers1 has   
taken an action described in subsection 
7a7 during the period beginning on      
,august #a1 #bjab1 and ending on the    
date of enactment of this ,act1 the     
,secretary shall--  7,a7 cease          
implementing the restricted area        
resulting from the action2 and  7,b7    
remove any barriers constructed in      
connection with the restricted area4