Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act

Floor Speech

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Mr. STAUBER. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 2878) to reauthorize funding to monitor, assess, and research the Great Lakes Basin, and for other purposes.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

The text of the bill is as follows: S. 2878

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 ``Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act''. SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING TO MONITOR, ASSESS, AND RESEARCH GREAT LAKES BASIN.

Section 201(d) of title II of division P of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (16 U.S.C. 941h(d)), is amended by striking ``2025'' and inserting ``2030''.

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Mr. STAUBER. 2878, the bill now under consideration.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. 2878, the Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act.

The Great Lakes Fishery Research Program is administered by the U.S. Geological Survey, which works in concert with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to conduct research and collect data to support the binational fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin.

This bill would continue the many tools that help manage and protect these fisheries, which are integral to the region's economic and ecological health. I urge my colleagues to support this bill.

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Mr. STAUBER. Mr. Speaker, this bill supports effective fishery management, which starts with accurate data. I thank Representatives Quigley and Huizenga for their work on this bill.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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