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West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act

Introduced: April 30, 2015 Introduced by: Cantwell, Maria Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 23, 2016
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 477.
May 23, 2016
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune without amendment. With written report No. 114-260.
Nov 18, 2015
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Apr 30, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Apr 30, 2015
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act

This bill makes permanent the authority of Washington, Oregon, and California to adopt and enforce state laws governing fishing and processing in the exclusive economic zone adjacent to their state in any Dungeness crab fishery for which there is no fishery management plan in effect under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

What's happening now May 23, 2016

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 477.

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