Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009
Latest action · Mar 23, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
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 18, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require fishery management plans, amendments, or regulations for overfished fisheries to specify a time period for ending overfishing and rebuilding the fishery that is as short as practicable (currently, as short as possible). Modifies the exceptions to the requirement that such period not exceed ten years.
Requires consideration, in evaluating progress to end overfishing and rebuild overfished stocks, of factors other than commercial and recreational fishing.
Requires, when the Secretary of Commerce extends the period under specified provisions, that the maximum rebuilding time not exceed the sum of the initial ten-year period, the expected time to rebuild the stock absent any fishing mortality and under prevailing environmental conditions, and the mean generation time of the stock.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2009 to Jun 9, 2010; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Mar 18, 2009 |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Original | Mar 18, 2009 |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | Original | Mar 18, 2009 |
| D-NJ | John H. Adler | Original | Mar 18, 2009 |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Original | Mar 18, 2009 |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Original | Mar 18, 2009 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Mar 18, 2009 |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Mar 24, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Mar 24, 2009 | |
| R-SC | Henry E. Brown, Jr. | Apr 2, 2009 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Apr 2, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Apr 21, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Allen Boyd | May 13, 2009 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Jun 2, 2009 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Jun 2, 2009 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Jun 3, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Cliff Stearns | Jun 17, 2009 | |
| R-FL | John L. Mica | Jul 14, 2009 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Jul 17, 2009 | |
| R-AL | Jo Bonner | Sep 30, 2009 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Nov 6, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Nov 19, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Dec 3, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Ander Crenshaw | Dec 8, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Adam H. Putnam | Feb 23, 2010 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Feb 23, 2010 | |
| D-NC | Larry Kissell | Feb 24, 2010 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Feb 24, 2010 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Feb 26, 2010 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Mar 16, 2010 | |
| R-OR | Greg Walden | Jun 9, 2010 | |
| D-FL | Suzanne M. Kosmas | Jun 9, 2010 |
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 18, 2009 |
| Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Mar 23, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
- Mar 18, 2009Introduced in House
- Mar 18, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H799 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL | Feb 24, 2010 |
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. 111-48 | CATCH SHARES AS A MANAGEMENT OPTION: CRITERIA FOR ENSURING SUCCESS -- PARTS 1 & 2262 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Mar 16, 2010–Apr 22, 2010 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1255 | Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009 | Related bill | Jun 11, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to extend the authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009
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 18, 2009Introduced 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.
