To establish a Council on Interjurisdictional Rivers Fisheries and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a pilot test of the Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Agreement.
Cooperative Interjurisdictional Rivers Fisheries Resources Act of 1992 - Establishes the Council on Interjurisdictional Rivers Fisheries to develop recommendations for cooperative action strategies on the management of interjurisdictional rivers fisheries, including: (1) a listing of the ten highest priority interjurisdictional rivers in need of cooperative fisheries management; and (2) comprehensive fishery strategic plans for the five highest priority rivers.
Mandates a pilot test and report to the Congress regarding the Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Agreement, including: (1) the impacts of navigation, flood control, power generation, irrigation and municipal water supplies projects on Mississippi River drainage basin fishery resources; and (2) a comprehensive study of the management, research, and restoration needs of the fisheries of the river's drainage system.
Authorizes appropriations.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, DOE, Interior, Army Corps of Engineers.
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