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Text of the Signing Statement from the White House website
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Statement by the President
LAND & AGRICULTURE -- Issued on: December 31, 2018
Today, I have signed into law S. 1520, the “Modernizing
Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2018” (the
“Act”). The Act, however, further strengthens the
Regional Fishery Management Councils, which were first
established by the Magnuson-Stevens Act of 1976 to
promulgate fishery management plans. The power of these
Councils has steadily increased over time, raising
constitutional concerns related to the manner of the
appointment and removal of their members and of members
of certain scientific and statistical committees that
assist them. Keeping with past practice of the
executive branch, my Administration will treat the plans
promulgated by the Council as advisory only; the
adoption of the plans will be subject to the discretion
of the Secretary of Commerce as part of the regulatory
process described in section 304 of the Magnuson‑Stevens
Act.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Sources for the Signing Statement
Text of the Affected Law
S. 1520, the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries
Management Act of 2018, has been
designated as
Public Law number 115-405.
The text of S. 1520 from the Government Printing Office (GPO) is
available as follows:
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