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HR 1584 111th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Commerce Fishes Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009

Introduced: March 18, 2009 Introduced by: Pallone, Frank Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 23, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
Mar 18, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Mar 18, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require fishery management plans, amendments, or regulations for overfished fisheries to specify a time period for ending overfishing and rebuilding the fishery that is as short as practicable (currently, as short as possible). Modifies the exceptions to the requirement that such period not exceed ten years.

Requires consideration, in evaluating progress to end overfishing and rebuild overfished stocks, of factors other than commercial and recreational fishing.

Requires, when the Secretary of Commerce extends the period under specified provisions, that the maximum rebuilding time not exceed the sum of the initial ten-year period, the expected time to rebuild the stock absent any fishing mortality and under prevailing environmental conditions, and the mean generation time of the stock.

What's happening now March 23, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2