,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abdb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ad1       
#bjai,mr4 ,bergman 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,peterson7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to enact as law certain        
regulations relating to the taking of   
double-crested cormorants4  #a4 ,short  
,title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,cormorant ,relief ,act4  #b4           
,regulations relating to the taking of  
double-crested cormorants  7a7 ,force   
and effect  7#a7 ,in general ,subject to
 subsection 7b71 sections #ba4dg and    
#ba4dh of title #ej1 ,code of ,federal  
,regulations 7as in effect on ,january  
#a1 #bjaf71 shall have the force and    
effect of law4  7#b7 ,public notice ,the
 ,secretary of the ,interior 7referred  
to in this section as the ,secretary71  
acting through the ,director of the     
,united ,states ,fish and ,wildlife     
,service 7referred to in this section as

 the ,director71 shall notify the public
 of the authority provided by paragraph 
7#a7 in a manner determined to be       
appropriate by the ,secretary4  7b7     
,sunset ,the authority provided by      
subsection 7a77#a7 shall terminate on   
the effective date of a regulation      
promulgated by the ,director after the  
date of enactment of this ,act to       
control depredation of double-crested   
cormorant populations4  7c7 ,rule of    
construction ,nothing in this section   
limits the authority of the ,director to
 promulgate regulations relating to the 
taking of double-crested cormorants     
under any other law4