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HR 1176 112th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural marketing and promotion Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Aquaculture Seafood

Shellfish Marketing Assistance Fairness Act

Introduced: March 17, 2011 Introduced by: Courtney, Joe Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Mar 29, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
Mar 17, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 17, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Shellfish Marketing Assistance Fairness Act - Amends the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to include farmed shellfish as a specialty crop.

What's happening now March 29, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 6 Republican 1
D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Apr 16, 2012
BERKLEY, SHELLEY
· Feb 15, 2012
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Nov 17, 2011
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · May 11, 2011
 D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · May 4, 2011
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Apr 12, 2011
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 17, 2011
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 17, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1176: Shellfish Marketing Assistance Fairness Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1176/
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"H.R. 1176: Shellfish Marketing Assistance Fairness Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1176/.
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