Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Amendments Act
Latest action · Dec 12, 2014 By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-316.
Progress
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- IntroducedJun 17, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Amendments Act - (Sec. 9) Reauthorizes and amends the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995, which provides for: (1) the implementation of the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, done in Ottawa on October 24, 1978 (1978 Convention); and (2) the management and conservation of fish in the Conservation area (specified waters in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean).
Provides for the implementation of the Convention on Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, as adopted in Lisbon on September 28, 2007, which amends the 1978 Convention.
Applies this Act to all fish, mollusks, and crustaceans within the Convention, excluding: (1) sedentary species over which coastal states may exercise sovereign rights consistent with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 (1982 Convention), and (2) anadromous and catadromous stocks and highly migratory species managed under other international treaties and listed in the 1982 Convention.
Applies this Act to vessels engaged in fishing activities, including fish harvesting vessels, fish processing vessels, vessels engaged in transshipment of fishery resources, and vessels engaged in experimental or exploratory fishing activities.
(Sec. 10) Repeals provisions requiring the Secretary of Commerce to establish and report on a new quota allocation practice.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Jun 17, 2014Markup Sep 17, 2014Reported Dec 8, 2014 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2014By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-316.
- Dec 8, 2014Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller without amendment. Without written report.
- Dec 8, 2014Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 623.
- Sep 17, 2014Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jun 17, 2014Introduced in Senate
- Jun 17, 2014Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 22, 2014S. 2485, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Amendments ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on September 17, 2014
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to implement the Amendment to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, as adopted at Lisbon on September 28, 2007.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Amendments Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Amendments Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 8, 2014Reported to Senate
- Jun 17, 2014Introduced in Senate
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