To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes.
Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act
This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2022 the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA).
Revisions are made to: (1) requirements for fishery management plans for overfished fisheries; and (2) catch limit requirements, including by authorizing Regional Fishery Management Councils to consider changes in an ecosystem and the economic needs of the fishing communities when establishing the limits.
To distinguish between fish that are depleted due to fishing and those that are depleted for other reasons, the term "depleted" replaces the term "overfished" throughout the MSA.
Fishery impact statements must analyze the impacts of proposed actions in fishery management plans on the quality of the human environment.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must publish a plan for implementing the Cooperative Research and Management Program.
The offshore jurisdiction of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama is extended from three miles to nine miles for the recreational management of red snapper.
The Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission must conduct all fishery stock assessments used for management purposes by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council for the fisheries managed under the Council's Reef Fish Management Plan.
Any commercial catch share allocation in a fishery in the Gulf of Mexico may only be traded by sale or lease within the same commercial fishing sector.
NOAA must develop a plan to conduct stock assessments for all fish for which a fishery management plan is in effect under this bill. Additionally, NOAA must develop guidelines that will incorporate data from private entities into fishery management plans.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Became Public Law No: 115-405.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 965, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Huffman amendment No. 4.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 965, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Webster amendment No. 5.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 965, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Graves (LA) amendment No. 6, as modified.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 965, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Keating amendment No. 7.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 965, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Poliquin amendment No. 8.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 965, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Zeldin amendment No. 9.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 965, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Keating amendment No. 10.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 965, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gaetz amendment No. 11, as modified.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 200.
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The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Mr. Gomez moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Natural Resources. (text: CR H6097)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gomez motion to recommit with instructions, pending a reservation of a point of order. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to impose unilateral tariffs by other countries on any US seafood exports or unilateral tariffs imposed by any country on materials necessary for the economic viability of the US fishing industry. Subsequently, the reservation was withdrawn.
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 187 - 228 (Roll no. 320).
Roll Call #320 (House)Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 222 - 193 (Roll no. 321).
Roll Call #321 (House)On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 222 - 193 (Roll no. 321).
Roll Call #321 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST - Mr. Young (AK) asked unanimous consent that the engrossment of the bill, H.R. 200, the Clerk be authorized to make technical corrections and conforming changes to the bill. The technical corrections was place at the desk and reads as follows: Page 14, line 15, strike '''including'''. Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.