Sustaining Healthy Ecosystems, Livelihoods, and Local Seafood Act

3.0.0 3951 2025-12-06T01:16:22Z 2025-12-06T01:16:22Z House H HR 2023-06-09 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3951 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 101 (Friday, June 9, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. BONAMICI:H.R. 3951.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:Aquaculture[Page H2789]</pre> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag29 Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee Referred to 2023-07-28T15:33:52Z Referred To 2023-06-09T13:07:05Z Sustaining Healthy Ecosystems, Livelihoods, and Local Seafood Act 118 2211 S 2023-06-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2023-07-28 hsag29 Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Committee 2023-06-09 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2023-06-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-06-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001278 Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] Suzanne Bonamici D OR 1 N W000804 Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] Robert Wittman R VA J. 1 2023-06-09 True P000034 Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] FRANK PALLONE D NJ 6 2023-06-09 True P000597 Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] Chellie Pingree D ME 1 2023-06-09 True C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] Ed Case D HI 1 2023-06-09 True K000399 Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A [R-VA-2] Jennifer Kiggans R VA A. 2 2023-07-06 False T000487 Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] Jill Tokuda D HI N. 2 2023-10-03 False L000557 Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] John Larson D CT B. 1 2024-03-07 False K000381 Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] Derek Kilmer D WA 6 2024-03-19 False M001223 Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] Seth Magaziner D RI 2 2024-04-10 False L000598 Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1] Nick LaLota R NY 1 2024-04-23 False Agriculture and Food Advisory bodies 2023-10-06T17:15:13Z Aquaculture 2023-10-06T17:15:13Z Congressional oversight 2023-10-06T17:15:13Z Department of Agriculture 2023-10-06T17:15:13Z Executive agency funding and structure 2023-10-06T17:15:13Z Higher education 2023-10-06T17:15:13Z Public-private cooperation 2023-10-06T17:15:13Z Seafood 2023-10-06T17:15:13Z State and local government operations 2023-10-06T17:15:13Z Agriculture and Food 2023-09-01T18:30:31Z

00 2023-06-09 Introduced in House 2024-02-21T11:43:29Z Sustaining Healthy Ecosystems, Livelihoods, and Local Seafood Act or the SHELLS Act This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish an Office of Aquaculture and an Aquaculture Advisory Committee. The term aquaculture means the propagation and rearing of aquatic species in controlled or selected environments, including ocean ranching (with exclusions). Specifically, the Office of Aquaculture must encourage and promote aquaculture operations that promote U.S. food security and limit adverse environmental effects. USDA must also establish a 14-member Aquaculture Advisory Committee to advise USDA on (1) developing and advancing aquaculture best practices; (2) the history, use, and preservation of indigenous and traditional aquaculture practices and ecological knowledge; and (3) providing technical assistance to aquaculture farmers and businesses.

Sustaining Healthy Ecosystems, Livelihoods, and Local Seafood Act Display Title 45 Sustaining Healthy Ecosystems, Livelihoods, and Local Seafood Act 2024-06-11T15:40:58Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Sustaining Healthy Ecosystems, Livelihoods, and Local Seafood Act 2024-05-24T13:38:54Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To establish in the Department of Agriculture an Office of Aquaculture, and for other purposes. 2024-03-18T20:58:30Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr3951ih/xml/BILLS-118hr3951ih.xml 2023-07-28 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.