Ocean Habitat Protection Act
Latest action · Mar 21, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 19, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 19, 2002 to Oct 8, 2002; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Mar 19, 2002 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Mar 19, 2002 |
| R-PA | James C. Greenwood | Original | Mar 19, 2002 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Mar 19, 2002 |
| R-NJ | Jim Saxton | Original | Mar 19, 2002 |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Original | Mar 19, 2002 |
| R-DE | Michael N. Castle | Original | Mar 19, 2002 |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Original | Mar 19, 2002 |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Mar 20, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Apr 9, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Apr 10, 2002 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Apr 11, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Apr 23, 2002 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Apr 25, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Apr 30, 2002 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | May 2, 2002 | |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | May 7, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | May 9, 2002 | |
| D-GU | Robert A. Underwood | May 14, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | May 21, 2002 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 22, 2002 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Jun 4, 2002 | |
| D-PR | Anibal Acevedo-Vila | Jun 6, 2002 | |
| D-MO | Karen McCarthy | Jun 21, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jun 21, 2002 | |
| R-NJ | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | Oct 8, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Oct 8, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2002 |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred Mar 21, 2002 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
- Mar 19, 2002Introduced in House
- Mar 19, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 107-111 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 4749, THE MAGNUSON-STEVENS ACT AMENDMENTS OF 2002115 pages | Natural Resources Committee | May 2, 2002 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To protect diverse and structurally complex areas of the seabed in the United States exclusive economic zone by establishing a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other groundgear used on bottom trawls.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Ocean Habitat Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2002Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
