HR 5548
116th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Aquaculture
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Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
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Hunting and fishing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Natural disasters
Seafood
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 14, 2020
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jan 8, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Jan 7, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced in House
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Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act
This bill revises the review process for making fishery resource disaster determinations.
Among other things, the bill
- maintains the authority of the Department of Commerce to determine the existence of a fishery disaster;
- sets forth requirements for initiating a request for a fishery resource disaster review;
- provides a 120-day time frame for Commerce to evaluate a request, beginning either upon receipt or at the close of the fishery season, if the fishery season closes;
- establishes criteria for Commerce to use when making a determination about whether a fishery resource disaster has occurred;
- lists eligible uses of fishery disaster relief funds, including for habitat conservation and restoration that reduce adverse impacts to a fishery; and
- revises reporting requirements for the biennial report on international compliance regarding foreign fishing and international fishery agreements.
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Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5548: Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5548/
"H.R. 5548: Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5548/.
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