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H. Rept. 116-642 1 (2020-12-14)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxadpq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . 116TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-642 CLIMATE-READY FISHERIES ACT OF 2019 DECEMBER 14, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H.R. 4679] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4679) to require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to Congress a report examining efforts by the Re- gional Fishery Management Councils, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and the National Marine Fisheries Service to prepare and adapt United States fishery management for the impacts of climate change, and for other purposes, having consid- ered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of H.R. 4679 is to require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to Congress a report examining ef- forts by the Regional Fishery Management Councils, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and the National Marine Fisheries Service to prepare and adapt United States fishery man- agement for the impacts of climate change. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's recent report on the ocean and cryosphere reported that warming and changing ocean conditions are already impacting fisheries catches and the geographic distribution and size of fish stocks, which could lead to negative impacts on income, livelihood, and food security of depend- ent communities, not to mention conflicts between and within coun- 19-006