House Bill 5548
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jan 7, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
5548
Congress
116
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Primary focus of measure is natural areas (including wilderness); lands under government jurisdiction; land use practices and policies; parks, monuments, and historic sites; fisheries and marine resources; mining and minerals. Measures concerning energy supplies and production may fall under Energy policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act
This bill revises the review process for making fishery resource disaster determinations.
Among other things, the bill
- maintains the authority of the Department of Commerce to determine the existence of a fishery disaster;
- sets forth requirements for initiating a request for a fishery resource disaster review;
- provides a 120-day time frame for Commerce to evaluate a request, beginning either upon receipt or at the close of the fishery season, if the fishery season closes;
- establishes criteria for Commerce to use when making a determination about whether a fishery resource disaster has occurred;
- lists eligible uses of fishery disaster relief funds, including for habitat conservation and restoration that reduce adverse impacts to a fishery; and
- revises reporting requirements for the biennial report on international compliance regarding foreign fishing and international fishery agreements.
January 7, 2020
01/14/2020
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
01/08/2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
01/07/2020
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
01/07/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2022 11:17:53 PM