HR 1219 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Gulf Fisheries Fairness Act

Introduced Mar 15, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Jo Bonner R-AL

Latest action · Mar 15, 2013 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Progress

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IntroducedMar 15, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Gulf Fisheries Fairness Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide each of the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida with exclusive fishery management authority over reef fish: (1) within the exclusive economic zone in the Gulf of Mexico in waters of a specified average depth on a continuous line within a minimum distance of nine nautical miles from the baseline from which the territorial sea of the United States is measured, and (2) between projected jurisdictional lines determined by the President under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to publish a description and map of the applicable line along the coasts of such states.

Prohibits the Secretary from suspending, revoking, terminating, or otherwise limiting the authority of any person under federal law to engage in fishing based on the person fishing for Gulf reef fish in waters subject to the exclusive authority of such states.

Exempts such waters from specified federal regulatory requirements addressing fishery permits.

Cosponsors 12

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2013 to May 8, 2013.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw	Mar 18, 2013
R-GA	Austin Scott	Mar 18, 2013
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.	Mar 18, 2013
R-FL	Jeff Miller	Mar 18, 2013
R-TX	Pete Olson	Mar 18, 2013
R-FL	Steve Southerland II	Mar 18, 2013
R-AL	Mike Rogers	Mar 20, 2013
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt	Mar 20, 2013
R-AL	Martha Roby	Apr 12, 2013
R-AL	Mo Brooks	Apr 12, 2013
R-AL	Spencer Bachus	Apr 12, 2013
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross	May 8, 2013

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 15, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 15, 2013Introduced in House
Mar 15, 2013Referred 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. This bill is also enacted pursuant to Congress' authority to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States, as enumerated in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution. This bill is also enacted pursuant to the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people, as enumerated in Amendment X of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1549.

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. 113-27	MANAGEMENT OF RED SNAPPER IN THE GULF OF MEXICO UNDER THE MAGNUSON- STEVENS FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT90 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Jun 27, 2013

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 provide that each of the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida have exclusive fishery management authority over reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico in waters that, on average, are 20 fathoms or less in depth, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Gulf Fisheries Fairness 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 15, 2013Introduced in House

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