HR 2500 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Great Lakes Migratory Bird Research and Management Act

Introduced Jun 17, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Bart Stupak D-MI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 20, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJun 17, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Great Lakes Migratory Bird Research and Management Act - Amends the Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956 to authorize the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to carry out activities relating to the investigation of migratory bird depredation on commercial and sport fisheries in the Great Lakes.

Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits to cooperating State, Provincial, Tribal, First Nation, and U.S. and Canadian Federal agencies with migratory bird management authority, and signatory to a Memorandum of Understanding with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, to manage and take migratory birds, for the purpose of control of depredation by such birds on commercial and sport fisheries in the Great Lakes.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 20, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
  2. Jun 17, 2003Introduced in House
  3. Jun 17, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Resources.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.

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