House Bill 3108
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Protecting Honest Fishermen Act of 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jun 29, 2017
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
3108
Congress
115
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Food
Primary focus of measure is agricultural practices; agricultural prices and marketing; agricultural education; food assistance or nutrition programs; food industry, supply, and safety; aquaculture; horticulture and plants. Measures concerning international trade in agricultural products may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Protecting Honest Fishermen Act of 2017
This bill expands requirements related to the safety, traceability, and labeling of commercially marketed seafood, including by requiring the labeling for such seafood to indicate whether the seafood was previously frozen and whether it was harvested in a different country from the one in which it was processed.
June 29, 2017
08/09/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
07/24/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
07/17/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
06/30/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
06/29/2017
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and 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.
06/29/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:37:43 PM