Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act
Latest action · Feb 10, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
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.
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act
This bill prohibits a person from:
- shipping, transporting, offering for sale, selling, or purchasing a genetically altered finfish, or a food product containing those fish, in commerce;
- having custody, control, or possession of those fish or food products with the intent to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, or purchase them in commerce;
- engaging in net-pen aquaculture (pens of fish contained by nets) of those fish;
- releasing those fish into a natural environment; or
- having custody, control, or possession of those fish with the intent to release them into a natural environment.
Fish, fish parts, or products confined for scientific research or collected to enforce this bill are exempted from the prohibition. An additional exemption is established if the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): (1) prepares a finding of no significant impact in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 after reviewing an application requesting a federal agency to permit activity prohibited by this bill, or (2) finds the application to be consistent with an environmental impact statement that includes an environmental risk analysis and specified assessments of costs and potential economic damage.
Each federal agency must promptly notify NOAA when an action involving those fish or food products is first identified by the agency.
The Department of Commerce may enforce penalties for violations of this bill under specified provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 3, 2017 to Jul 11, 2017; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Jan 3, 2017 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Jul 11, 2017 |
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 Jan 3, 2017 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Feb 10, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 10, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
- Jan 3, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 3, 2017Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 1, January 3, 2017, page H52.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 394 | Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act | Reintroduction of | Mar 2, 2015 |
| HR 1105 | Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 25, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prevent the escapement of genetically altered salmon in the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 3, 2017Introduced 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.
