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SRES 376 110th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative procedure Department of Commerce Fishery management Government Operations and Politics Law Maine Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island

A resolution providing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Commerce should declare a commercial fishery failure for the groundfish fishery for Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island and immediately propose regulations to implement section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

Introduced: November 13, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Dec 4, 2007
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14746-14747; text: CR S14746-14747)
Dec 4, 2007
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S14746-14747; text: CR S14746-14747)
Dec 4, 2007
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 13, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14300-14301)
Nov 13, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Declares that the Secretary of Commerce should reconsider a decision to deny the requests of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the states of Maine and Rhode Island for a groundfish fishery failure declaration, look favorably on the request of the state of New Hampshire for such a declaration, and immediately propose regulations implementing related fisheries disaster relief provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

What's happening now December 4, 2007

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14746-14747; text: CR S14746-14747)

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