STRENGTHENING FISHING COMMUNITIES AND INCREASING FLEXIBILITY IN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 1335), H3599, H3603, H3604, H3606, H3607, H3608, H3612, H3613 [1JN]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (H.R. 1335): consideration (see H. Res. 274), H3386 [19MY]

Letters

Improve Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery by providing flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen: several individuals, H3611 [1JN]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 1335), H3621 [1JN]

Remarks in House

Enact (H.R. 1335), H3591–H3617, H3619–H3624 [1JN], E813 [2JN]

——— consideration (H. Res. 274), H3491–H3496 [20MY]

——— corrections in engrossment, H3624 [1JN]

——— motion to recommit, H3622 [1JN]

Fish and fishing: grant States the authority to set the recreational seasons and bag limits for recreational fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, H3597 [1JN]

——— improve Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery by providing flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, H3596, H3610–H3612 [1JN]

——— prohibit fast-track analyses of environmental concerns required under the National Environmental Policy Act, H3603, H3604 [1JN]

——— provide for additional information for stock assessments, use of students to collect marine recreational fishing data, and clarification of information for fishery management council reviews, H3608 [1JN]

——— provide for more input from communities and regional experts at fishery management councils and increase ability of local agencies to hold polluters more accountable, H3622 [1JN]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize, H3615–H3617 [1JN]

National Ocean Council: develop a process for decommissioning oil and gas rigs that eliminates harm to the red snapper stock and improve habitat, H3606 [1JN]

NOAA: authorize use of alternative fishery management measures in a recreational fishery, H3612, H3613 [1JN]

——— authorize use of Asset Forfeiture Fund for enhanced fishery research, at-sea and shoreside monitoring, conservation gear engineering, development of fishery impact statements, and regional fishery management councils priorities, H3605 [1JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1335, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 274) (H. Rept. 114–128), H3386 [19MY]

Provisions: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1335) (H. Rept. 114–116), H3250 [15MY]

Statements

State-Based Solution to Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper, H3611 [1JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 274, consideration of H.R. 1335, provisions, H3491 [20MY]