; and (2) may be renewed in accordance with this section. (c) Savings provision Except for subsection (b)(2), nothing in this section may be construed to affect an exempted fishing permit approved under section 600.745 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, before the date of enactment of this Act. II Recreation fishery information, research, and development 201. Cooperative data collection (a) Improving data collection and analysis Section 404 ( 16 U.S.C. 1881c ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Improving data collection and analysis (1) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017 , the Secretary shall develop, in consultation with the science and statistical committees of the Councils established under section 302(g) and the Marine Fisheries Commissions, and submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report on facilitating greater incorporation of data, analysis, stock assessments, and surveys from State agencies and nongovernmental sources described in paragraph (2) into fisheries management decisions. (2) Nongovernmental sources Nongovernmental sources referred to in paragraph (1) include the following: (A) Fishermen. (B) Fishing communities. (C) Universities. (D) Research and philanthropic institutions. (3) Content In developing the report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— (A) identify types of data and analysis, especially concerning recreational fishing, that can be reliably used for purposes of this Act as the basis for establishing conservation and management measures as required by section 303(a)(1), including setting standards for the collection and use of that data and analysis in stock assessments and surveys and for other purposes