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S 1124 111th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works Alaska Licensing and registrations Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine and inland water transportation

A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to modify the vessels eligible for a fishery endorsement, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 21, 2009 Introduced by: Murray, Patty Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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May 21, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 21, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Revises provisions concerning fishery endorsements for specified vessels that are either over 165 feet, more than 750 or 1,900 gross measured tons, or with more than 3,000 shaft power and that have a certificate of documentation issued for a fishery endorsement effective after September 25, 1997, and not placed under foreign registry after October 21, 1998, to also require for eligibility purposes that the vessel be either a rebuilt or replacement vessel under specified provisions of the American Fisheries Act relating to requirements for rebuilding and replacing vessels that are being revised by this Act and be otherwise eligible. Sets forth rules under such provisions of the American Fisheries Act relating to requirements for rebuilding and replacing vessels that are being revised by this Act concerning: (1) recommendations of the North Pacific Council for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area or the Gulf of Alaska; (2) certain catcher vessels; (3) limitations on fishery endorsements; and (4) Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries limitations.

Amends the American Fisheries Act with respect to: (1) the exemption of specified vessels; and (2) fishery allowances and the removal of a catcher vessel from the directed pollock fishery.

What's happening now May 21, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 2652 Related bill Maritime Safety Act of 2009
  • HR 3619 Related bill Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010
  • S 1194 Related bill Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1124: A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to modify the vessels eligible for a fishery endorsement, and for other purposes.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1124/
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"S. 1124: A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to modify the vessels eligible for a fishery endorsement, and for other purposes.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1124/.
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S. 1124, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1124/.
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[S. 1124: A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to modify the vessels eligible for a fishery endorsement, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1124/)
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