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H. Rept. 119-283 1 (2025-09-15)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahqw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-283 GREAT LAKES FISHERY RESEARCH REAUTHORIZATION ACT SEPTEMBER 15, 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. 1809] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1809) to reauthorize funding to monitor, assess, and re- search the Great Lakes Basin, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 1809 is to reauthorize funding to monitor, assess, and research the Great Lakes Basin. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION H.R. 1809 reauthorizes the Great Lakes Fishery Research Pro- gram (Program). Established in 2019, the Program allows the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct monitoring, assessment, science, and research, in support of the binational fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin. I In creating the Program, Congress found that fish- eries management and research requires sound science and new technologies to support the diverse ecosystem and economic engine of the Great Lakes.2 To inform fisheries managers, the Program conducts research and investigations on various topics, including fish movement and behavior, deepwater ecosystem science, fish 116 U.S.C. 941h(c)(1). 216 U.S.C. 941h(b). 59-006