(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.)
Declares that: (1) the United States should initiate discussions to negotiate international agreements for managing migratory, transboundary, and straddling fish stocks in the Arctic Ocean and establishing new international fisheries management organizations for the region; (2) such agreements should conform with the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement and contain mechanisms for establishing elements necessary for sustaining future Arctic fish stocks; (3) as international fisheries agreements are negotiated and implemented, the United States should consult with the North Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council and Alaska Native subsistence communities of the Arctic; and (4) until the agreements come into force, the United States should support international efforts to halt the expansion of commercial fishing activities in the high seas of the Arctic Ocean.
Passed Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12826-12827; text as passed Senate: CR S12827)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
Ms. Bordallo moved to suspend the rules and pass the resolution.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4067-4068)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S.J. Res. 17.
At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Issa objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4402)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text:CR 5/19/2008 H4067-4068)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text:CR 5/19/2008 H4067-4068)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Cleared for White House.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 110-243.
Became Public Law No: 110-243.
Enacted as Public Law 110-243
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