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[H.R. 5103 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.5103

                     One Hundred Eighteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
         the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four


                                 An Act


 
   To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to 
  approve or deny spend plans within a certain amount of time, and for 
                             other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Fishery Improvement to Streamline 
untimely regulatory Hurdles post Emergency Situation Act'' or the 
``FISHES Act''.
SEC. 2. SPEND PLANS.
    Section 312(a)(6) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)(6)) is amended--
        (1) in subparagraph (D), to read as follows:
            ``(D) Spend plans.--
                ``(i) In general.--To receive an allocation from funds 
            available under paragraph (9), a requester with an 
            affirmative fishery resource disaster determination shall 
            submit a spend plan to the Secretary, not more than 120 
            days after receiving notification that funds are available, 
            that shall include the following information, if 
            applicable:

                    ``(I) Objectives and outcomes, with an emphasis on 
                addressing the factors contributing to the fishery 
                resource disaster and minimizing future uninsured 
                losses, if applicable.
                    ``(II) Statement of work.
                    ``(III) Budget details.

                ``(ii) Review.--

                    ``(I) In general.--The Secretary shall review a 
                spend plan submitted under clause (i) to determine if 
                it is complete and provide notice within 10 days.
                    ``(II) Incomplete spend plan.--If the Secretary 
                determines that a spend plan submitted under clause (i) 
                is not complete, when providing the notice required by 
                subclause (I), the Secretary shall provide a detailed 
                description of the information that is necessary for 
                the spend plan to be determined complete.''; and

        (2) in subparagraph (F)(i), to read as follows:
                ``(i) Availability.--

                    ``(I) Timeline.--Funds shall be made available to 
                grantees not later than 90 days after the date the 
                Secretary receives a complete spend plan.
                    ``(II) Review of completed spend plan and 
                apportionment of funds.--If so requested, the Director 
                of the Office of Management and Budget may review a 
                completed spend plan concurrently with the Secretary. 
                The Director of the Office of Management and Budget may 
                not delay the timeline described in subclause (I).''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.