119-hr4800

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4800 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4800

 To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
 to make certain freshwater fisheries eligible for fishery resource 
 disaster relief.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 29, 2025

 Mr. Higgins of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. Fields) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
 Resources

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 A BILL

 To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
 to make certain freshwater fisheries eligible for fishery resource 
 disaster relief.

 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 ``Fisheries Modernization Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN FRESHWATER FISHERIES ELIGIBLE FOR FISHERY RESOURCE 
 DISASTER RELIEF.

    (a) In General.--

Section 312

    (a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a

    (a) ) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (1) --
        (A) in subparagraph
        (A) , by inserting 
 ``infrastructure-related cause,'' after ``discrete 
 anthropogenic cause,'';
        (B) by redesignating subparagraphs
        (E) through
        (G) as subparagraphs
        (F) through
        (H) , respectively; and
            (C) by inserting after subparagraph
            (D) the 
 following:
 ``
        (E) Infrastructure-related cause.--The term 
 `infrastructure-related cause' means an event--
 ``
            (i) caused by the operation or failure of 
 Federal or State infrastructure, including--
 ``
            (I) flood control systems;
 ``
            (II) spillways;
 ``
            (III) levees; and
 ``
            (IV) diversions; and
 ``
            (ii) that results in measurable 
 disruption to commercial or subsistence fishery 
 activity, aquatic habitat, or water quality.'';

    (2) in paragraph

    (2)
        (A) , by inserting ``, including with 
 respect to the red swamp crawfish (Procambarus clarkii) and 
 white river crawfish (Procambarus zonangulus) fisheries'' after 
 ``in accordance with this subsection'';

    (3) in paragraph

    (3)
        (B)
            (v) --
        (A) in subclause
            (III) , by striking ``and'' at the 
 end;
        (B) in subclause
            (IV) , by striking the period at 
 the end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (V) with respect to the red swamp 
 crawfish (Procambarus clarkii) and 
 white river crawfish (Procambarus 
 zonangulus) fisheries, information 
 related to hydrological conditions, 
 water quality degradation, extreme 
 flooding or drought, or other 
 environmental disruptions that directly 
 impact viability.''; and

    (4) in paragraph

    (5) --
        (A) in subparagraph
        (A) --
            (i) by redesignating clauses
            (iii) and
            (iv) as clauses
            (iv) and
            (v) , respectively;
            (ii) by inserting after clause
            (ii) the 
 following:
 ``
            (iii) an infrastructure-related cause;''; 
 and
            (iii) in clause
            (iv) , as so redesignated, 
 by striking ``a combination of a natural cause 
 and an anthropogenic cause'' and inserting 
 ``any combination of clauses
            (i) through
            (iii) ''; and
        (B) in subparagraph
            (D) , by striking ``and 
 safety,'' and inserting ``and safety, and including a 
 disaster affecting the red swamp crawfish (Procambarus 
 clarkii) and white river crawfish (Procambarus 
 zonangulus) fisheries,''.

    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed 
to limit, reduce, or otherwise affect the eligibility of any marine or 
anadromous fishery for fishery resource disaster assistance under 

section 312 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a).
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