Florida Fisheries Improvement Act
Latest action · Dec 9, 2016 By Senator Thune from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 114-398.
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.
- IntroducedMay 20, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Florida Fisheries Improvement Act
TITLE I-- CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
(Sec. 101) This bill amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) to revise requirements for fishery management in the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic.
Regional fishery management councils may use alternative fishery management measures in a recreational fishery.
(Sec. 102) The bill revises requirements for fishery management plans, including by exempting certain species from fishery rebuilding requirements, changing how to determine the timelines for rebuilding fisheries, and repealing the requirement for plans to contain catch limits for red snapper.
(Sec. 103) Funds received as fines, penalties, and forfeitures of property for violations of marine resource law may be used for the cost of stock assessments, surveys, and data collection on fisheries.
(Sec. 104) A citizen owning or leasing an eligible fishery facility may make an agreement with the Department of Commerce to establish a capital construction fund to provide for the acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of a qualified facility.
(Sec. 105) Commerce must make a decision on whether there is a commercial fishery failure because of a fishery resource disaster within 90 days of a receiving a complete estimate of the economic impact of the disaster.
(Sec. 106) The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council and the South Atlantic Council must review, at least every five years, the allocation of fishing privileges. The Councils may delay the review for three one-year periods.
(Sec. 107) Commerce must enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study on allocating fishing privileges.
TITLE II--FISHERY INFORMATION, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT
(Sec. 201) Commerce must: (1) develop and publish a plan to conduct stock assessments for all stocks of fish for which a MSA fishery management plan is in effect, unless the assessment is not necessary; and (2) report on facilitating greater incorporation of data, analysis, stock assessments, and surveys from nongovernmental sources into fisheries management decisions.
(Sec. 203) The bill prohibits consideration by Congress of any bill that reduces any amount in the Fisheries Promotion Fund.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 25, 2015.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Jun 25, 2015 |
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 May 20, 2015Markup Jun 25, 2015Reported Dec 5, 2016 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2016By Senator Thune from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 114-398.
- Dec 5, 2016Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Dec 5, 2016Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 697.
- Jun 25, 2015Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- May 20, 2015Introduced in Senate
- May 20, 2015Read 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
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF10267 | Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA): Reauthorization Issues for the 115th Congress Archived | Resource | Jul 27, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to promote sustainable conservation and management for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities that rely on them, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Florida Fisheries Improvement Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Florida Fisheries Improvement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Advisory bodies
- Atlantic Ocean
- Capital gains tax
- Congressional oversight
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Economic performance and conditions
- Fishes
- Florida
- Government studies and investigations
- Gulf of Mexico
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Research administration and funding
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 5, 2016Reported to Senate
- May 20, 2015Introduced in Senate
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.
