S. 2346 — Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act | PoliFocus

S. 2346116th Congress

Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act

A bill to improve the Fishery Resource Disaster Relief program of the National Marine Fisheries Service, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act

This bill revises the review process for making fishery resource disaster determinations.

Among other things, the bill

maintains the authority of the Department of Commerce to determine the existence of a fishery disaster;
sets forth requirements for initiating a request for a fishery resource disaster review;
provides a 120-day time frame for Commerce to evaluate a request, beginning either upon receipt or at the close of the fishery season, if the fishery season closes;
establishes criteria for Commerce to use when making a determination about whether a fishery resource disaster has occurred;
lists eligible uses of fishery disaster relief funds, including for habitat conservation and restoration that reduce adverse impacts to a fishery; and
adds additional reporting requirements related to U.S. fishery management.

2019-07-30
Introduced in Senate
2019-07-30
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
2019-11-13
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2020-11-16
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-293.
2020-11-16
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-293.
2020-11-16
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 586.
2020-12-20
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7868-7871; text: CR S7868-7871)
2020-12-20
The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
2020-12-20
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7878-7880)
2020-12-20
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7878-7880)
2020-12-21

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