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Senate Bill 1508
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Rhode Island Fishermen's Fairness Act of 2023
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Introduced in Senate on May 10, 2023
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Introduced in Senate 
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S. 1508 (Introduced-in-Senate)


118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1508


To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to add Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 10, 2023

Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL

To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to add Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Rhode Island Fishermen's Fairness Act of 2023”.

SEC. 2. Addition of Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.

Section 302(a)(1)(B) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1852(a)(1)(B)) is amended—

(1) by inserting “Rhode Island,” after “States of”;

(2) by inserting “Rhode Island,” after “except North Carolina,”;

(3) by striking “21” and inserting “23”; and

(4) by striking “13” and inserting “14”.