,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ifb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #g1        
#bjag,mr4 ,kildee introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,agriculture1 for a period to be        
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit operation of    
aquaculture facilities that contribute  
to pollution of wild and scenic rivers4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,preserve ,fishing on ,wild and 
,scenic ,river ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition  
on aquaculture facilities affecting wild
 and scenic rivers  7a7 ,prohibition    
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 after the end of the #c-year period
 beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this ,act a person shall not operate 
an aquaculture facility unless the      

,secretary of the ,interior has         
certified that such operation will not  
discharge a pollutant into a river any  
segment of which is a wild and scenic   
river4  7b7 ,administration and         
certifications  7#a7 ,in general ,the   
,secretary of the ,interior shall       
administer this section4  7#b7          
,certifications ,upon receipt of a      
request for a certification required by 
subsection 7a7 submitted by a person    
operating or seeking to operate an      
aquaculture facility1 the ,secretary    
shall--  7,a7 determine whether or not  
such facility will discharge a pollutant
 into a river any segment of which is a 
wild and scenic river2 and  7,b7 if the 
,secretary determines that such facility
 will not discharge a pollutant into a  
river any segment of which is a wild and
 scenic river1 certify that             
determination4  7c7 ,relationship to    
other law ,this section1 and a          
determination or certification by the   
,secretary under this section1 shall not

 be construed to affect section #cah of 
the ,federal ,water ,pollution ,control 
,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acbh7 or the       
authority of the ,administrator of the  
,environmental ,protection ,agency under
 that section4  7d7 ,definitions ,in    
this section3 7#a7 ,aquaculture facility
 ,the term aquaculture facility means a 
facility used for the propagation or    
rearing 7or both7 of aquatic species in 
a controlled or selected environment4   
,the term does not include any fish     
hatchery operated by a ,federal or      
,state agency4  7#b7 ,pollutant ,the    
term pollutant has the meaning that term
 has under section #ejb7f7 of the       
,federal ,water ,pollution ,control ,act
 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acfb7f774  7#c7 ,river 
,the term river has the meaning that    
term has under section #af7;a7 of the   
,wild and ,scenic ,rivers ,act 7#af     
,u4,s4,c4 #abhf7;a774  7#d7 ,wild and   
scenic river ,the term wild and scenic  
river means any waters included in the  
national wild and scenic rivers system  

under the ,wild and ,scenic ,rivers ,act
 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #abga et seq474