H.R. 3718 (Introduced in House) — Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2025

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2025”.

Sec. 2 Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 3 References

Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).

Sec. 4 Definitions

In this Act:

(1)

Administrator— The term Administrator means the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

(2)

Council— The term Council has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1802).

(3)

Secretary— The term Secretary means the Secretary of Commerce.

Sec. 5 Gender neutral language

(a)

The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended by striking “prepared by him” each place such term appears and inserting “prepared by the Secretary”.

(b)

Each of the following provisions is amended by striking “he” each place such term appears and inserting “the Secretary”:

(1)

Section 201(h)(2) (16 U.S.C. 1821(h)(2)).

(2)

Section 204(b) (16 U.S.C. 1824(b)).

(3)

Section 305(c)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1855(c)(1)).

(4)

Section 306(b)(2) (16 U.S.C. 1856(b)(2)).

(c)

Each of the following provisions is amended by striking “his” each place such term appears and inserting “the Secretary’s”:

(1)

Section 3(39) (16 U.S.C. 1802(39)).

(2)

Section 204(b)(9) (16 U.S.C. 1824(b)(9)).

(3)

Section 306(b)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1856(b)(1)).

(4)

Section 308(a) (16 U.S.C. 1858(a)).

(d)

Section 201(e)(1)(D) (16 U.S.C. 1821(e)(1)(D)) is amended by striking “he” and inserting “such Secretary”.

(e)

Section 201(i) (16 U.S.C. 1821(i)) is amended by striking “his” and inserting “such Governor's”.

(f)

Section 203(c)(5)(C) (16 U.S.C. 1823(c)(5)(C)) is amended by striking “his” and inserting “the minority leader’s”.

(g)

Sections 204(b)(4)(A) and 302(c)(1)(D) (16 U.S.C. 1824(b)(4)(A) and 1852(c)(1)(D)) are each amended by striking “his” and inserting “such Secretary’s”.

(h)

Subsections (b)(1)(B) and (c)(1)(A) of section 302 (16 U.S.C. 1852(b)(1)(B) and (c)(1)(A)) are each amended by striking “his” and inserting “such director’s”.

(i)

Section 302(c)(1)(B) (16 U.S.C. 1852(c)(1)(B)) is amended by striking “his” and inserting “such commander’s”.

(j)

Section 302(c)(1)(C) (16 U.S.C. 1852(c)(1)(C)) is amended by striking “his” and inserting “such executive director’s”.

(k)

Section 302(f)(4) (16 U.S.C. 1852(f)(4)) is amended by striking “he” and inserting “the Administrator of General Services”.

(l)

Section 302(j)(4) (16 U.S.C. 1852(j)(4)) is amended by striking “his or her” and inserting “such individual’s”.

(m)

Section 302(j)(7)(D) (16 U.S.C. 1852(j)(7)(D)) is amended by striking “he or she” each place such term appears and inserting “such individual”.

(n)

Section 309(a) (16 U.S.C. 1859(a)) is amended by striking “he” and inserting “such person”.

(o)

Section 311(b)(1)(A)(i) (16 U.S.C. 1861(b)(1)(A)(i)) is amended by striking “he” and inserting “such officer”.

(p)

Section 311(b)(2) (16 U.S.C. 1861(b)(2)) is amended—

(1)

by striking “he” and inserting “such person”; and

(2)

by striking “his” and inserting “such person’s”.

Sec. 6 Conforming amendments to table of contents of Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

The table of contents is amended to read as follows:

Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2025