,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ceba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #af1 #bjae
 ,mr4 ,jolly introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to authorize grants for data   
collection for use in stock assessments 
of red snapper and other reef fish      
species in the ,gulf of ,mexico1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,gulf ,red    
,snapper ,data ,improvement ,act4  #b4  
,gulf of ,mexico red snapper and other  
reef fish species data collection grants
  7a7 ,grants authorized ,the ,secretary
 of ,commerce1 acting through the       
,national ,marine ,fisheries ,service   
,southeast ,regional ,office1 shall     
award competitive grants for            
fishery-dependent and                   
fishery-independent data collection for 
use in stock assessments for red snapper
 and other reef fish species in the     
,gulf of ,mexico4  7b7 ,innovative      

approaches ,in awarding grants under    
this section1 the ,secretary shall seek 
to improve red snapper and other reef   
fish species stock assessments through  
innovative approaches to data collection
 that incorporates data from cooperative
 peer-reviewed research involving       
academia1 fishermen1 and other fisheries
 sources4  7c7 ,grant period ,grants    
under this section may be for one or    
more fiscal years4  #c4 ,communication  
with stakeholders  7a7 ,in general ,the 
,secretary of ,commerce shall seek to   
improve communications by the ,national 
,marine ,fisheries ,service with        
stakeholders regarding the ,gulf of     
,mexico red snapper and other reef fish 
species stock assessment processes and  
outcomes of such processes4  7b7 ,report
 ,the ,secretary shall-- 7#a7 by not    
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 report to   
,congress on actions taken under this   
section and the results of such actions2
 and  7#b7 update such report every #ahj

 days thereafter4  #d4 ,process for     
using ,gulf of ,mexico red snapper and  
other reef fish species cooperative     
research data ,the ,secretary of        
,commerce shall--  7#a7 by not later    
than #ahj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 develop and     
report to the ,congress on a process for
 using data collected through           
cooperative research activities for     
,gulf of ,mexico red snapper and other  
reef fish species stock assessments2 and
  7#b7 update such report every #ahj    
days thereafter4  #e4 ,authorization of 
appropriations ,there is authorized to  
be appropriated to the ,secretary of    
,commerce #aj1jjj1jjj for grants1       
personnel1 operations1 and data         
collection under this ,act to improve   
,gulf of ,mexico red snapper and other  
reef fish species stock assessments4