,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dbfb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #b1       
#bjbd,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for       
himself1 ,mr4 ,sullivan1 ,ms4           
,murkowski1 and ,mr4 ,rubio7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,director  
of the ,office of ,management and       
,budget to approve or deny spend plans  
within a certain amount of time1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,fishery      
,improvement to ,streamline untimely    
regulatory ,hurdles post ,emergency     
,situation ,act or the ,,fishes ,act4   
#b4 ,approval or denial of spend plans  
7a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding any    
other provision of law1 in the case of a
 spend plan submitted to the ,director  
by the ,secretary for approval by the   
,director pursuant to section #cab7;a7  
of the ,magnuson-,stevens ,fishery      

,conservation and ,management ,act 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #ahfa;a7a771 the ,director    
shall approve or deny such spend plan   
not later than #cj days after the date  
on which the ,secretary submits such    
spend plan to the ,director for         
approval4  7b7 ,denial of spend plan    
7#a7 ,in general ,if the ,director      
denies a spend plan under subsection 7a7
 or paragraph 7#c7 of this subsection1  
the ,director shall1 not later than #ae 
days after the date of such denial1     
return such denied spend plan to the    
,secretary with a description of the    
changes to such denied spend plan that  
are necessary for the ,director to      
approve such denied spend plan4  7#b7   
,resubmission of spend plan ,upon       
receipt of a denied spend plan under    
paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary1 in      
consultation with the relevant requester
 with an affirmative fishery resource   
disaster determination of the spend     
plan1 shall make the necessary changes  
to such spend plan described by the     

,director under paragraph 7#a7 and      
resubmit such spend plan to the         
,director for approval4  7#c7 ,review of
 resubmitted spend plan ,not later than 
#ae days after the date of the receipt  
of a spend plan under paragraph 7#b71   
the ,director shall approve or deny such
 spend plan4  7c7 ,approval of spend    
plan ,if the ,director approves a spend 
plan under subsection 7a7 or subsection 
7b77#c71 the ,director shall-- 7#a7 make
 such approval publicly available on the
 website of the ,office of ,management  
and ,budget2 and  7#b7 include in such  
approval-- 7,a7 the date on which       
communication regarding such spend plan 
was initiated between the ,director and 
the ,secretary2  7,b7 if applicable--   
7i7 the date of each denial of such     
spend plan under subsection 7a7 and     
subsection 7b77#c72 and  7ii7 the date  
of each resubmission of such spend plan 
under subsection 7b77#b72 and  7,c7 the 
date on which the ,director approved    
such spend plan4  7d7 ,expediting       

disaster review ,section #cab7;a7 of the
 ,magnuson-,stevens ,fishery            
,conservation and ,management ,act 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #ahfa;a7a77 is amended-- 7#a7 
in paragraph 7#d77;,b71 by amending     
clause 7ii7 to read as follows3  7ii7   
,time frame ,the ,secretary shall       
complete the review described in clause 
7i7 not later than #cj days after the   
,secretary receives a complete request  
for a fishery resource disaster         
determination4  2 and  7#b7 in paragraph
 7#f77;,f77i71 by striking #ij and      
inserting #cj4  7e7 ,definitions ,in    
this section3 7#a7 ,affirmative fishery 
resource disaster determination ,the    
term affirmative fishery resource       
disaster determination means a          
determination by the ,secretary under   
section #cab7;a7 of the                 
,magnuson-,stevens ,fishery             
,conservation and ,management ,act 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #ahfa;a7a77 that a fishery    
resource disaster has occurred4  7#b7   
,fishery resource disaster ,the term    

fishery resource disaster has the       
meaning given the term in section       
#cab7;a77#a77;,c7 of the                
,magnuson-,stevens ,fishery             
,conservation and ,management ,act 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #ahfa;a7a77#a77;,c774  7#c7   
,director ,the term ,director means the 
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget4  7#d7 ,secretary ,the term 
,secretary means the ,secretary of      
,commerce4  7#e7 ,spend plan ,the term  
spend plan means a spend plan submitted 
to the ,secretary under section         
#cab7;a77#f77;,d7 of the                
,magnuson-,stevens ,fishery             
,conservation and ,management ,act 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #ahfa;a7a77#f77;,d77 by a     
requester with an affirmative fishery   
resource disaster determination4