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HR 4413 114th Congress House

Fairness to United States Distant Water Fishermen Act of 2016

Official title: To prohibit the use of funds to provide assistance to the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency under the Agreement Between the Government of the United State… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To prohibit the use of funds to provide assistance to the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency under the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 1, 2016 See on congress.gov
International Affairs Foreign aid and international reliefInternational law and treatiesMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMilitary assistance, sales, and agreements
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Military education and trainingPacific Ocean
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Feb 1, 2016
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E84)
Feb 1, 2016
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 Latest action February 1, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fairness to United States Distant Water Fishermen Act of 2016

This bill prohibits certain economic support funds from being used to provide assistance to the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency under the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency.

Certain military education/training funds may not be used to provide assistance to any foreign country that is a party to the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention, signed at Honiara (Solomon Islands) on July 10, 1979.

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Vargas, Juan
California · Feb 1, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4413: Fairness to United States Distant Water Fishermen Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4413/
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"H.R. 4413: Fairness to United States Distant Water Fishermen Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4413/.
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H.R. 4413, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4413/.
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