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5770
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2023-03-09T17:47:08Z
House
HR
2021-10-28
117
[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. DINGELL:H.R. 5770.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The Constitutional authority of Congress to enact thislegislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the UnitedStates Constitution.[Page H6034]
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Natural Resources Committee
House
Standing
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Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee
    - Hearings by
2021-11-16T15:09:21Z
    - Referred to
2021-11-02T16:23:08Z
  - Referred to
2021-10-28T14:04:20Z

- Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2021
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1484
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2021-04-29
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  - Identical bill
CRS
- 2021-11-16
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Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee
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House committee actions
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Committee
- 2021-11-02
  - hsii13
Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee
1
House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Committee
- 2021-10-28
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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House floor actions
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Natural Resources Committee
- 2021-10-28
Introduced in House
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Library of Congress
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Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Debbie
Dingell
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MI
12
N
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Brian
Mast
R
FL
J.
18
2021-10-28
True
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Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Alan
Lowenthal
D
CA
S.
47
2021-10-28
True
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Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7]
Billy
Long
R
MO
7
2021-10-28
True
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Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
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Huffman
D
CA
2
2021-10-28
True
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Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]
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R
MI
6
2021-10-28
True
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Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
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Case
D
HI
1
2021-10-28
True
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Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Tom
Rice
R
SC
7
2021-10-28
True
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Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
EARL
BLUMENAUER
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OR
3
2021-10-28
True
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Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
JANICE
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D
IL
D.
9
2021-10-28
True
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Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Richard
Hudson
R
NC
8
2021-10-28
True
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Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Austin
Scott
R
GA
8
2021-10-28
True
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Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Earl
Carter
R
GA
L. "Buddy"
1
2021-10-28
True
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Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Brian
Fitzpatrick
R
PA
K.
1
2021-11-02
False
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Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Kathleen
Rice
D
NY
M.
4
2021-11-16
False
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Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
Steven
Palazzo
R
MS
M.
4
2021-12-02
False
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Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
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Bonamici
D
OR
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2022-02-08
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Ross
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NC
K.
2
2022-02-09
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Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
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Donalds
R
FL
19
2022-02-18
False
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Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
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D
TX
35
2022-02-18
False
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Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Thomas
Suozzi
D
NY
R.
3
2022-03-24
False
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Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Marc
Veasey
D
TX
A.
33
2022-03-24
False
Animals
- Advisory bodies
- Atlantic Ocean
- Ecology
- Fishes
- Hunting and fishing
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
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2021-10-28
Introduced in House
2022-05-06T14:02:12Z
Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2021
This bill addresses the management and conservation of forage fish.
The Department of Commerce must issue a definition for the term forage fish. It must consider certain factors in defining such term, including whether a species covered by the definition (1) is at a low trophic level; (2) is generally small to intermediate-sized; (3) occurs in schools or other dense aggregations; (4) contributes significantly to the diets of other fish, marine mammals, or birds; and (5) serves as a conduit for energy transfer to species at a higher trophic level.
Commerce must also establish guidelines to assist regional fishery management councils in (1) developing a list of unmanaged forage fish areas and prohibiting the development of any new forage fish fisheries until the potential impacts of such fisheries have been assessed; and (2)setting annual catch limits for forage fish fisheries that assess, specify, and reduce such limits by the diet needs of other fish species and marine wildlife.
The bill adds shad (American shad and hickory shad)and river herring (blueback herring and alewife)to the list of managed stocks for the New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.

Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2021
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Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2021
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Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2021
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- Official Title as Introduced

To improve the management of forage fish.
Introduced in House
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- Introduced in House
2021-10-28T04:00:00Z
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