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S 2871 111th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Advisory bodies Canada Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government liability International law and treaties Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Pacific Ocean

A bill to make technical corrections to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 10, 2009 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 20, 2010
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 574.
Sep 20, 2010
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller without amendment. With written report No. 111-297.
Mar 24, 2010
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Dec 10, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Dec 10, 2009
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act to consider nonfederal service individuals serving as Commissioners on the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean or advisory committee members to be federal employees only for purposes of injury compensation or tort claims liability. (Under current law such individuals are considered federal employees for injury compensation, ethics requirements, and criminal or civil statutes governing federal employees.)

Amends the Pacific Whiting Act of 2006 to: (1) reduce to two the number of individuals appointed by the Secretary of Commerce to serve as scientific experts on the joint technical committee; and (2) consider nonfederal service individuals serving on the the joint management committee, the scientific review group, the joint technical committee, or the advisory panel to be federal employees only for purposes of injury compensation or tort claims liability. (Under current law such individuals are considered federal employees for injury compensation, ethics requirements, and criminal or civil statutes governing federal employees.)

What's happening now September 20, 2010

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 574.

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