Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2022
Latest action · Dec 30, 2022 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 502.
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 26, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sustaining America's Fisheries for the Future Act of 2022
This bill sets forth and revises various provisions relating to fisheries conservation and management, including to increase the adaptive capacity of fishery management to the impacts of climate change, implement working waterfront plans, establish an innovation prize for data collection technology used in fisheries management, and establish a national standardized reporting program for bycatch.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 26, 2021 to Dec 8, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Jul 26, 2021 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Aug 24, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Oct 5, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Nov 5, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Jan 12, 2022 | |
| D-AK | Mary Sattler Peltola | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Sep 20, 2022 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Oct 21, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Oct 25, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Nov 17, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Dec 8, 2022 |
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 26, 2021Markup Sep 29, 2022Reported Dec 30, 2022 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Aug 9, 2021Hearings Nov 16, 2021Discharged Sep 29, 2022 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jul 26, 2021Discharged Dec 30, 2022 |
| Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee | Referred Aug 13, 2021 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 30, 2022Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-685, Part I.
- Dec 30, 2022Committee on Agriculture discharged.
- Dec 30, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 502.
- Sep 29, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 29, 2022Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 18.
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
- Nov 14, 2022H.R. 4690, Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021As ordered reported on September 29, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 130, July 26, 2021, page H3908.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-11 | H.R. 59, ``STRENGTHENING FISHING COMMUNITIES AND INCREASING FLEXIBILITY IN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT''; H.R. 4690, ``SUSTAINING AMERICA'S FISHERIES FOR THE FUTURE ACT OF 2021''; AND H.R. 5770, ``FORAGE FISH CONSERVATION ACT OF 2021''211 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Nov 16, 2021 |
CRS reports 6
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 6
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R49355 | Fishery Resource Disaster Assistance | Report | Sep 18, 2026 |
| RL34209 | Fishery Resource Disaster Assistance Archived | Report | Sep 18, 2026 |
| R48951 | Shark Conservation and Management in the United States | Report | Jul 15, 2026 |
| R47645 | U.S. Regional Fishery Management Councils | Report | Jul 9, 2026 |
| IF13210 | The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA): Issues for the 119th Congress | Resource | May 7, 2026 |
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 497 | American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act | Related bill | May 12, 2022 |
| HR 2865 | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2021 | Related bill | Jul 5, 2021 |
| S 2923 | Fishery Resource Disasters Improvement Act | Related bill | Nov 16, 2022 |
| HR 3128 | American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act of 2021 | Related bill | Dec 14, 2022 |
| HR 3160 | Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act | Related bill | Jun 22, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reauthorize and amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Appropriations
- Aquaculture
- Aquatic ecology
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Atlantic Ocean
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Crime prevention
- Crime victims
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of Commerce
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Economic performance and conditions
- Employment and training programs
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Fishes
- Floods and storm protection
- Food industry and services
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Hawaii
- Hunting and fishing
- Intergovernmental relations
- International organizations and cooperation
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Marine pollution
- Marketing and advertising
- Natural disasters
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Oil and gas
- Outdoor recreation
- Pacific Ocean
- Performance measurement
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public participation and lobbying
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Right of privacy
- Seafood
- Sex offenses
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Technology assessment
- Transportation safety and security
- Water quality
- Water resources funding
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
- Worker safety and health
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 30, 2022Reported in House
- Jul 26, 2021Introduced 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.
