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[CITE: 16USC5157]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
             CHAPTER 71A--ATLANTIC STRIPED BASS CONSERVATION
 
Sec. 5157. Public participation in preparation of management 
        plans and amendments
        

(a) Standards and procedures

    In order to ensure the opportunity for public participation in the 
preparation of management plans and amendments to management plans for 
Atlantic striped bass, the Commission shall prepare such plans and 
amendments in accordance with the standards and procedures established 
under section 5104(a)(2) of this title.

(b) Application

    Subsection (a) of this section shall apply to management plans and 
amendments adopted by the Commission after the 6-month period beginning 
on December 16, 1997.

(Pub. L. 98-613, Sec. 8, Oct. 31, 1984, 98 Stat. 3190; Pub. L. 105-146, 
Sec. 2, Dec. 16, 1997, 111 Stat. 2676.)


                               Amendments

    1997--Pub. L. 105-146 amended section catchline and text generally, 
substituting provisions relating to public participation in preparation 
of management plans and amendments for provisions requiring the 
Secretaries to review the existing Plan and report to the Commission and 
Committees of Congress on its adequacy.
