EEZ Transit Zone Clarification and Access Act
Latest action · Jun 8, 2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
- IntroducedJul 15, 2015
- Passed HouseJun 7, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 25, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
EEZ Transit Zone Clarification and Access Act
(Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to permit and regulate Atlantic striped bass recreational fishing in the Block Island Sound Transit Zone. The transit zone is the area of federal waters within Block Island Sound, located between areas south of Montauk Point, New York, and Point Judith, Rhode Island.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 9, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Feb 9, 2016 |
Committees 2
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 Jul 15, 2015Markup Mar 16, 2016Reported Apr 25, 2016 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Aug 4, 2015Hearings Feb 2, 2016Discharged Mar 15, 2016 | |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Jun 8, 2016 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 8, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Jun 7, 2016Mr. Hardy moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 7, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3486-3487)
- Jun 7, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3070.
- Jun 7, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3486)
- Jun 7, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 7, 2016The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 25, 2016Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-517.
- Apr 25, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 397.
- Mar 16, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 16, 2016Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Mar 15, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 15, 2016Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
- Feb 2, 2016Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Aug 4, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
- Jul 15, 2015Introduced in House
- Jul 15, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 H3822 | Lee M. Zeldin R-NY | Jun 15, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3486, H3487Text printed H3486 | Cresent Hardy R-NV, Lee M. Zeldin R-NY, Wm. Lacy Clay D-MO | Jun 7, 2016 |
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
- Apr 22, 2016H.R. 3070, EEZ Transit Zone Clarification and Access ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 16, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 110, July 15, 2015, page H5237.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To clarify that for purposes of all Federal laws governing marine fisheries management, the landward boundary of the exclusive economic zone between areas south of Montauk, New York, and Point Judith, Rhode Island, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to permit striped bass fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone transit zone between Montauk, New York, and Point Judith, Rhode Island, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- EEZ Clarification Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- EEZ Transit Zone Clarification and Access Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- EEZ Transit Zone Clarification and Access Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 8, 2016Referred in Senate
- Jun 7, 2016Engrossed in House
- Apr 25, 2016Reported in House
- Jul 15, 2015Introduced 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.
