Forage Fish Conservation Act
Latest action · Jan 14, 2020 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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.
- IntroducedApr 10, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Forage Fish Conservation Act
This bill addresses the management and conservation of forage fish. (A forage fish is any fish at a low trophic level that contributes significantly to the diets of other fish, marine mammals, or birds and serves as a conduit for energy transfer to species at a higher trophic level.)
The Department of Commerce must establish guidelines to assist regional fishery management councils in (1) developing a list of unmanaged forage fish areas and prohibiting the development of any new forage fish fisheries until the potential impacts of such fisheries have been assessed; and (2) setting annual catch limits for forage fish fisheries that assess, specify, and reduce such limits by the diet needs of other fish species and marine wildlife.
The bill adds shad (American shad and hickory shad) and river herring (blueback herring and alewife) to the list of managed stocks for the New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 10, 2019 to Apr 23, 2020; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MO | Billy Long | Original | Apr 10, 2019 |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Original | Apr 10, 2019 |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Original | Apr 10, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Apr 10, 2019 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Apr 10, 2019 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Apr 12, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Apr 15, 2019 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Apr 18, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Apr 18, 2019 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Apr 18, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Apr 18, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Francis Rooney | May 14, 2019 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Jun 12, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Jun 18, 2019 | |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | Jun 25, 2019 | |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Sep 25, 2019 | |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Oct 11, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Feb 21, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Apr 23, 2020 |
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 Apr 10, 2019 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Apr 29, 2019Hearings Jan 14, 2020 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 14, 2020Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Apr 29, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Apr 10, 2019Introduced in House
- Apr 10, 2019Referred 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. 165, no. 62, April 10, 2019, page H3257.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 5053 | Forage Fish Conservation Act | Related bill | Dec 17, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve the management of forage fish.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Forage Fish Conservation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2019Introduced 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.
