Flexibility and Access in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2011
Latest action · Dec 1, 2011 Committee Hearings Held.
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.
- IntroducedSep 23, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Flexibility and Access in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2011 - 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 (under current law, as short as possible). Modifies the exceptions to the requirement that such period not exceed 10 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 10-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.
Directs Regional Fishery Management Councils to consider data on recreational fishermen when specifying annual catch limits in a fishery management plan.
Authorizes the Secretary to suspend application of the annual catch limits to a fishery for any period that: (1) the fishery is neither overfished nor approaching such condition, (2) any stock previously affected by overfishing is rebuilt, and (3) scientific advice of the relevant Council committee is insufficient to ensure consistency with the national standard.
Requires the fishery impact statement of a fishery management plan to address the impacts and possible mitigation measures for coastal businesses dependent on recreational and commercial fishing industries.
Directs: (1) each Council to submit an annual impact statement to the Secretary describing whether each fishery management plan is projected to have any adverse economic impact (and the estimated dollar amount of any impact) on such recreational and commercial fishermen and coastal businesses, and (2) the Secretary to mitigate any such impacts.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 23, 2011 to Mar 29, 2012; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Sep 23, 2011 |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Original | Sep 23, 2011 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Sep 23, 2011 |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Oct 6, 2011 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Oct 6, 2011 | |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Nov 4, 2011 | |
| R-FL | Ander Crenshaw | Dec 6, 2011 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Dec 6, 2011 | |
| R-NY | Robert L. Turner | Dec 7, 2011 | |
| R-NY | Michael G. Grimm | Dec 16, 2011 | |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Dec 16, 2011 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Jan 24, 2012 | |
| R-FL | Steve Southerland II | Jan 24, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Feb 15, 2012 | |
| R-FL | Allen B. West | Mar 20, 2012 | |
| R-FL | Sandy Adams | Mar 20, 2012 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Mar 29, 2012 | |
| R-FL | John L. Mica | Mar 29, 2012 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Mar 29, 2012 |
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 Sep 23, 2011Hearings Dec 1, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 1, 2011Committee Hearings Held.
- Sep 23, 2011Introduced in House
- Sep 23, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Natural 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6457.
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. 112-86 | H.R. 594, H.R. 1013, H.R. 1646, H.R. 2304, H.R. 2610, H.R. 2753, H.R. 2772 AND H.R. 3061113 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Dec 1, 2011 |
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43565 | Reauthorization Issues for the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Archived | Report | May 22, 2014 |
| R41613 | Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Issues in the 112th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 22, 2013 |
| R42563 | Ending Overfishing and Rebuilding Fish Stocks in U.S. Federal Waters Archived | Report | Jun 6, 2012 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 632 | Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2011 | Related bill | Mar 17, 2011 |
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 and Access in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 23, 2011Introduced 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.
