Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 4737 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to grant to States on the Gulf of Mexico jurisd... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. State jurisdiction over fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico

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Section 306(b) ( 16 U.S.C. 1856(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding section 3(11) and subsection

(a)of this section, for purposes of managing fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, the seaward boundary of a coastal State in the Gulf of Mexico is a line 9 nautical miles seaward from the baseline from which the territorial sea of the United States is measured. .

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Sec. 2

State jurisdiction over fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico

U.S.C.§ 1856

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