,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjdg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ag1
 #bjae ,ms4 ,ayotte introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to terminate the          
independent third-party program for     
sectors of the ,northeast ,multispecies 
,fishery unless the program is fully    
funded by the ,national ,oceanic and    
,atmospheric ,administration and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,protecting   
,local ,fishing ,jobs and ,communities  
,act of #bjae4  #b4 ,termination of     
independent third-party monitoring  7a7 
,in general ,except as provided in      
subsection 7b71 the ,secretary of       
,commerce shall not require sectors of  
the ,northeast ,multispecies ,fishery to
 comply with the independent third-party
 monitoring program required by section 
#fdh4hg of title #ej1 ,code of ,federal 

,regulations 7or similar successor      
regulation74  7b7 ,exception ,the       
,secretary of ,commerce may require     
sectors of the ,northeast ,multispecies 
,fishery to comply with the independent 
third-party monitoring program required 
by section #fdh4hg of title #ej1 ,code  
of ,federal ,regulations 7or similar    
successor regulation71 if the           
,administrator of the ,national ,oceanic
 and ,atmospheric ,administration fully 
funds the program with funds            
appropriated for the ,administration4