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H. Rept. 119-210 1 (2025-07-21)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahnj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-210 GREAT LAKES MASS MARKING PROGRAM ACT OF 2025 JULY 21, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 1917] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1917) to establish the Great Lakes Mass Marking Pro- gram, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that- (1) the Great Lakes have experienced rapid changes in recent years due to- (A) the introduction of multiple aquatic invasive species; (B) alterations in the food web; and (C) decreases in the abundance of prey species; (2) due to rapid biological change in the Great Lakes, the Great Lakes need a collaborative, science-based program to assist in making management actions regarding fish stocking rates, the rehabilitation of important fish species, and habitat restoration; (3) the States of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Wisconsin and Indian Tribes in those States, working through the Council of Lake Committees of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, have identified that mass marking is- (A) a precise tool to keep hatchery-produced fish in balance with wild fish; and (B) essential to achieving fishery management and research objectives through producing a better understanding of- (i) the quantity of hatchery produced fish compared to wild fish in the Great Lakes; (ii) the effectiveness of hatchery operations; and (iii) the effectiveness of fishery management actions; (4) the mass marking program of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in the Great Lakes- 59-006