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Amendment to H.R. 39 

 Offered by Mr. Underwood 



Designate the existing text as title I, and at the end 

 of the bill add the following new title: 



i TITLE II-INSULAR AREAS 



2 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 



3 This title may be cited as the "Pacific Insular Areas 



4 Fisheries Empowerment Act of 1995". 



5 SEC. 202. FINDINGS, PURPOSES AND POLICY. 



6 (a) FlNDDJGS.— Section 2(a) (16 U.S.C. 1801(a)) is 



7 further amended by adding at the end the following: 



8 "(10) The Pacific Insular Areas of the United 



9 States contain a unique historical, cultural, legal, po- 



10 litical, and geographic circumstance, including the 



11 importance of fisheries resources to their economic 



12 growth.". 



13 (b) Policy.— Section 2(c) (16 U.S.C. 1801) is 



14 amended — 



15 (1) by striking "and" at the end of paragraph 



16 (5); 



17 (2) by striking the period at the end of para- 



18 graph (6) and inserting "; and"; and 



19 - (3) by adding at the end the following new 



20 paragraph: 



