Haley Stevens: “It is my intention this evening to offer the managers' amendment to S. 39, which is a bill to reauthorize and strengthen…”

“It is my intention this evening to offer the managers' amendment to S. 39, which is a bill to reauthorize and strengthen the Magnuson Fisheries Conservation Management Act. This managers' amendment will replace the substitute that was approved and reported by the Commerce Committee and will be adopted as original text when it is adopted by the Senate. This is bipartisan legislation that has been in the works now for over 3 years. We called it the ``Sustainable Fisheries Act.'' It is the most significant revision of the Magnuson Act since that bill was enacted in 1976. I first introduced that 200-mile limit concept in the Senate, Mr. President, in 1971. We never envisioned the problems that exist today.”