To clarify that for purposes of all Federal laws governing marine fisheries management, the landward boundary of the exclusive economic zone between areas south of Montauk, New York, and Point Judith, Rhode Island, and for other purposes.
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 25, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
EEZ Transit Zone Clarification and Access Act
(Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to permit and regulate Atlantic striped bass recreational fishing in the Block Island Sound Transit Zone. The transit zone is the area of federal waters within Block Island Sound, located between areas south of Montauk Point, New York, and Point Judith, Rhode Island.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-517.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-517.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 397.
Mr. Hardy moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3486-3487)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3070.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3486)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3486)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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