US Congress Senate Bill 1251 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 7 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-08-28 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 200.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Amendments Act (Sec. 2) This bill permanently reauthorizes and amends the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995, which provides for: (1) the implementation of the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, done in Ottawa on October 24, 1978 (1978 Convention); and (2) the management and conservation of fish in the convention area (specified waters in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean). The Convention on Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, which was adopted in Lisbon on September 28, 2007, is implemented as well. The 2007 Convention amends the 1978 Convention. (Sec. 8) The bill applies to all fish, mollusks, and crustaceans within the convention area, excluding: (1) sedentary species over which coastal states may exercise sovereign rights consistent with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 (1982 Convention), and (2) anadromous and catadromous stocks and highly migratory species managed under other international treaties and listed in the 1982 Convention. The bill also applies to vessels engaged in fishing activities, including fish harvesting vessels, fish processing vessels, vessels engaged in transshipment of fishery resources, and vessels engaged in experimental or exploratory fishing activities. (Sec. 10) The bill repeals provisions requiring the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish and report on a new quota allocation practice.

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Amendments Act

Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-08-28	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 200.
2015-08-28	Senate	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/05/2015 without amendment. With written report No. 114-120.
2015-05-20	Senate	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2015-05-07	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

SB1335 (Related) 2016-05-18 - Held at the desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1251/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1251/BILLS-114s1251is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1251/BILLS-114s1251rs.pdf