S 1624
108th Congress
Senate
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Atlantic Ocean
Fishery management
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Middle Atlantic States
Rhode Island
A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to add Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.
Introduced: September 17, 2003
Introduced by:
Reed, Jack
Democratic
· Rhode Island
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Became law
Sep 17, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11649)
Sep 17, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11649)
Sep 17, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to add Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. Excludes fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean seaward of Rhode Island from the Council's authority. Increases the Council's number of voting members from 21 to 23, and from 13 to 14 the number appointed by the Secretary of Commerce.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11649)
Committees of jurisdiction
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