3.0.0 2344 2023-01-11T13:36:49Z 2023-01-11T13:36:49Z House HR 2017-05-03 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 3, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. SPEIER:H.R. 2344.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United StatesConstitution.[Page H3325]]]> hsap00 Appropriations Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-05-03T14:05:20Z 2017-05-03 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsap00 Appropriations Committee 2017-05-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-05-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001175 Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] Jackie Speier D CA 14 N H001068 Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] Jared Huffman D CA 2 2017-05-03 True E000215 Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] ANNA ESHOO D CA G. 18 2017-05-16 False C001112 Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] Salud Carbajal D CA O. 24 2017-05-16 False T000460 Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] MIKE THOMPSON D CA 5 2017-05-16 False P000613 Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20] Jimmy Panetta D CA 20 2017-05-16 False S001193 Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] Eric Swalwell D CA 15 2017-09-12 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Appropriations Aquatic ecology California Disaster relief and insurance Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Oregon Seafood Washington State Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2017-05-03 Introduced in House 2018-01-31T21:18:51Z Crab Emergency Disaster Assistance Act of 2017

This bill appropriates funds to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide disaster relief funds to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. These funds will assist fisherman and small businesses, including restaurants, which have suffered economic hardship due to the shutdown of the commercial Dungeness and rock crab season on the U.S. West Coast. These funds become available when the Department of Commerce makes a determination declaring a fishery disaster for either the Dungeness crab fishery or the rock crab fishery.

Dungeness and rock crab fisheries on the West Coast may contain dangerous levels of domoic acid, a neurotoxin produced by harmful algal blooms that can cause shellfish poisoning. The bill appropriates funds to NOAA for the sampling and monitoring of domoic acid found in the fisheries. In addition, NOAA must distribute grants for research on harmful algal blooms and domoic acid toxicity.

]]> Crab Emergency Disaster Assistance Act of 2017 Display Title Crab Emergency Disaster Assistance Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To make funds available for fisheries resource disaster assistance for the 2015-16 Dungeness crab and rock crab fisheries disaster, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Crab Emergency Disaster Assistance Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2344ih/xml/BILLS-115hr2344ih.xml 2017-05-03 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. 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.