FISHES Act
Latest action · Jan 4, 2025 Became Public Law No: 118-229.
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.
- IntroducedAug 1, 2023
- Passed HouseDec 3, 2024
- Passed SenateDec 21, 2024
- To the PresidentDec 27, 2024
- Became lawJan 4, 2025Public Law 118-229
Summary
Fishery Improvement to Streamline untimely regulatory Hurdles post Emergency Situation Act or the FISHES Act
This act establishes procedures for the review of spend plans submitted to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) by requesters seeking fishery resource disaster assistance funding.
The act requires NOAA to review a spend plan within 10 days of its submission and determine whether it is complete. If such spend plan is not complete, NOAA must provide the requester (i.e., prospective grantee) with a detailed description of the information that is necessary for the spend plan to be determined complete. Further, NOAA must notify a requester when the spend plan has been determined to be complete.
Under current law, fishery resource disaster assistance funds must be disbursed to approved grantees within 90 days after NOAA has received a completed spend plan. The act provides that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) may review a completed spend plan concurrently with NOAA, provided OMB's review does not delay the 90-day timeline for providing funds to the grantee.
Cosponsors 49
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 1, 2023 to Oct 25, 2024; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Anna Paulina Luna | Original | Aug 1, 2023 |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Original | Aug 1, 2023 |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Original | Aug 1, 2023 |
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Original | Aug 1, 2023 |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | Aug 1, 2023 |
| R-GU | James C. Moylan | Original | Aug 1, 2023 |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Original | Aug 1, 2023 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Original | Aug 1, 2023 |
| D-AK | Mary Sattler Peltola | Original | Aug 1, 2023 |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Original | Aug 1, 2023 |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Original | Aug 1, 2023 |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Original | Aug 1, 2023 |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Aug 8, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Aug 8, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Scott Franklin | Aug 11, 2023 | |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Sep 1, 2023 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Sep 13, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Anthony D'Esposito | Sep 14, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Sep 26, 2023 | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Jan 5, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Apr 17, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Apr 20, 2024 | |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Apr 20, 2024 | |
| R-AL | Jerry L. Carl | Apr 30, 2024 | |
| R-SC | Russell Fry | Apr 30, 2024 | |
| R-FL | Michael Waltz | Jun 3, 2024 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 7, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jun 11, 2024 | |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Jun 11, 2024 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Jun 25, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Jul 2, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Jul 9, 2024 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Jul 9, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Jul 10, 2024 | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Jul 10, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Jul 15, 2024 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Jul 26, 2024 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Jul 26, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Aug 13, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Aug 23, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Sep 11, 2024 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Sep 12, 2024 | |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Sep 16, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Sep 16, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Sep 17, 2024 | |
| R-FL | Laurel M. Lee | Sep 18, 2024 | |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Sep 24, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Oct 22, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Oct 25, 2024 |
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 Aug 1, 2023Discharged Sep 19, 2024Markup Sep 19, 2024Reported Nov 14, 2024 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Oct 24, 2023Hearings Oct 25, 2023 | |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Dec 4, 2024Discharged Dec 21, 2024 |
Actions 21
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2025Signed by President.
- Jan 4, 2025Became Public Law No: 118-229.
- Dec 27, 2024Presented to President.
- Dec 23, 2024Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 21, 2024Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7317 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | Dec 20, 2024 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6268, H6269Text printed H6268 | Bruce Westerman R-AR, Byron Donalds R-FL, Debbie Dingell D-MI | Dec 3, 2024 |
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
- Dec 5, 2024H.R. 5103, FISHES ActAs passed by the House of Representatives on December 3, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 132, August 1, 2023, page H4159.
Printed hearings 2
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. 118-116 | OVERSIGHT HEARING ON EXAMINING THE PRESIDENT'S FY 2025 BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR158 pages | Natural Resources Committee | May 1, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-73 | H.R. 520, H.R. 2990, H.R. 5103, H.R. 5504, H.R. 5509, H.R. 5874, AND H.R. 6008138 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Oct 25, 2023 |
CRS reports 5
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 5
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46911 | Drought in the United States: Science, Policy, and Selected Federal Authorities | Report | Oct 2, 2026 |
| R49355 | Fishery Resource Disaster Assistance | Report | Sep 18, 2026 |
| RL34209 | Fishery Resource Disaster Assistance Archived | Report | Sep 18, 2026 |
| IF13210 | The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA): Issues for the 119th Congress | Resource | May 7, 2026 |
| R47631 | Federal Disaster Assistance for Businesses: Summaries and Policy Options | Report | Mar 30, 2026 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4262 | FISHES Act | Related bill | May 2, 2024 |
Titles 11
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to approve or deny spend plans within a certain amount of time, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Fishery Improvement to Streamline untimely regulatory Hurdles post Emergency Situation Act
- FISHES Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- FISHES Act
- Fishery Improvement to Streamline untimely regulatory Hurdles post Emergency Situation Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- FISHES Act
- Fishery Improvement to Streamline untimely regulatory Hurdles post Emergency Situation Act
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- FISHES Act
- Fishery Improvement to Streamline untimely regulatory Hurdles post Emergency Situation Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Fishery Improvement to Streamline untimely regulatory Hurdles post Emergency Situation Act
- FISHES Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Dec 4, 2024Referred in Senate
- Dec 3, 2024Engrossed in House
- Nov 14, 2024Reported in House
- Aug 1, 2023Introduced 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.
