Pirate Fishing Vessel Disposal Act of 2011
Latest action · Jun 19, 2012 Subcommittee 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.
- IntroducedNov 17, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Pirate Fishing Vessel Disposal Act of 2011 - Directs the head of a U.S. agency with administrative control over a forfeited vessel to transfer such vessel to the Commandant of the Coast Guard for use in live-fire sinking exercises if the Commandant determines that the vessel would be useful for such exercises. Requires, if a forfeited vessel is not transferred to or utilized by the Commandant for such exercises, that the forfeited vessel be transferred to or otherwise under the control of the Commandant, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration, or the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the Department of Commerce, and be: (1) scrapped or recycled; (2) sold or donated to a developing nation for fisheries enforcement; or (3) donated to a not-for-profit institution or governmental agency for education, research, or other public interest purposes with an agreement that the vessel will never be utilized for illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing or related activities.
Defines a "forfeited vessel" as a foreign or stateless vessel forfeited to the United States for engaging in specified illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing under any of the living marine resource statutes implemented by the Secretary of Commerce.
Applies this Act to all forfeited vessels surrendered or seized and forfeited after September 1, 2011.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Nov 17, 2011 |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Nov 18, 2011 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Nov 17, 2011 |
| Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Nov 29, 2011Hearings Jun 19, 2012 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Nov 17, 2011 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Nov 18, 2011 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Nov 17, 2011 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 19, 2012Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Nov 29, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
- Nov 18, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
- Nov 18, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Nov 17, 2011Introduced in House
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 H7830.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41613 | Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Issues in the 112th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 22, 2013 |
| R41684 | Enacted and Proposed Oil Spill Legislation in the 112th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 16, 2013 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1890 | Pirate Fishing Vessel Disposal Act of 2011 | Identical bill | Nov 17, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prevent forfeited fishing vessels from being transferred to private parties and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Pirate Fishing Vessel Disposal Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Coast guard
- Department of Defense
- Department of Homeland Security
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government trust funds
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Marine pollution
- Military education and training
- Motor vehicles
- Oil and gas
- Pollution liability
- Solid waste and recycling
- Transportation and Public Works
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 17, 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.
