[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5269 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5269

    To require State or territorial approval of restriction by the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce of recreational 
 or commercial fishing access to certain State or territorial waters, 
                             respectively.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 2018

Mrs. Radewagen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require State or territorial approval of restriction by the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce of recreational 
 or commercial fishing access to certain State or territorial waters, 
                             respectively.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State and Territorial Approval for 
Restriction of Fishing Act'' or the ``STAR Fishing Act''.

SEC. 2. STATE OR TERRITORIAL APPROVAL OF RESTRICTION OF RECREATIONAL OR 
              COMMERCIAL FISHING ACCESS TO CERTAIN STATE OR TERRITORIAL 
              WATERS.

    (a) Approval Required.--The Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Commerce shall not restrict recreational or commercial 
fishing access to any State or territorial marine waters or Great Lakes 
waters within the jurisdiction of the National Park Service or the 
Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, respectively, unless those 
restrictions are developed in coordination with, and approved by, the 
fish and wildlife management agency of the State or territory that has 
fisheries management authority over those waters.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``marine waters'' 
includes coastal waters and estuaries.
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