3.0.0 5956 2021-06-07T20:03:11Z 2021-06-07T20:03:11Z House H HR 2008-05-01 110 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag29 Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee Referred to 2008-11-19T23:46:13Z Referred to 2008-05-01T14:00:40Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2008-05-01T13:39:00Z Referred to 2008-05-01T14:00:35Z Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act 110 5738 HR 2008-11-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Related bill CRS Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act 110 2688 S 2008-07-15 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 880. Related bill CRS 2008-11-19 hsag29 Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Committee 2008-05-01 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2008-05-01 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2008-05-01 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2008-05-01 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2008-05-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-05-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000792 Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9] ANTHONY WEINER D NY D. 9 N Agriculture and Food Aquaculture Commerce Department of Commerce Food safety Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Import restrictions Imports International Affairs Labeling Laboratories Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Science, Technology, Communications Seafood Standards Technical assistance Agriculture and Food 00 2008-05-01 Introduced in House 2008-06-23T21:37:32Z Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to establish a program to strengthen federal activities for ensuring that commercially distributed seafood meets federal food quality and safety requirements.

Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement to strengthen cooperation on seafood safety, including regarding testing, inspections of foreign facilities, technical assistance of foreign facilities, establishing a distribution chain tracking system, and labeling.

Directs the Secretary to increase the number of laboratories certified to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards.

Authorizes the Secretary to increase the number and capacity of laboratories operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) involved in testing and other activities under this Act, as provided for in appropriations Acts.

Authorizes the Secretary to send inspectors to an originating country or exporter.


]]> Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act Short Titles as Introduced Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act Display Title Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act Official Title as Introduced To improve the protections afforded under Federal law to consumers from contaminated seafood by directing the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program, in coordination with other appropriate Federal agencies, to strengthen activities for ensuring that seafood sold or offered for sale to the public in or affecting interstate commerce is fit for human consumption. Introduced in House 2008-05-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr5956ih/xml/BILLS-110hr5956ih.xml 2008-11-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.