A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide fisheries disaster relief for commercial fishery failures that are due to certain duties, and for other purposes.

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1984 To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide fisheries disaster relief for commercial fishery failures that are due to certain duties, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 26, 2019 Mr. WYDEN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide fisheries disaster relief for commercial fishery failures that are due to certain duties, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. FISHERIES DISASTER RELIEF FOR COMMER- 3 CIAL FISHERY FAILURES DUE TO CERTAIN 4 DUTIES. 5 Section 312(a)(1)(B) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fish- 6 ery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 7 1861a(a)(1)(B)) is amended— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jul 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1984.IS S1984 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 1984 IS (1) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ before ‘‘regulatory restric- 1 tions’’; and 2 (2) by inserting ‘‘or (ii) increases in duties on 3 any United States seafood products (within the 4 meaning of the term ‘fish’ under section 3), or fish 5 products, as retaliation for increases in duties im- 6 posed by the United States pursuant to section 232 7 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 8 1862) or section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 9 U.S.C. 2411), including increases in duties on sea- 10 food products pursuant to such section 301’’ after 11 ‘‘environment’’. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jul 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1984.IS S1984 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS