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S. 2923 117th Congress Senate

Fishery Resource Disasters Improvement Act

Official title: A bill to improve the Fishery Resource Disaster Relief program of the National Marine Fisheries Service, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 30, 2021 Introduced by: Roger F. Wicker Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 16, 2022
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 421.
Nov 16, 2022
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-580.
Nov 17, 2021
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Nov 17, 2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Nov 17, 2021
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
Nov 16, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Nov 16, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Oct 1, 2021
Held at the desk.
Oct 1, 2021
Received in the House.
Oct 1, 2021
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 30, 2021
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6860-6863; text: CR S6860-6863)
Sep 30, 2021
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S6860-6863; text: CR S6860-6863)
Sep 30, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action November 16, 2022

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 421.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fishery Resource Disasters Improvement Act

This bill revises the Fisheries Resource Disaster Relief Program and repeals or revises certain reporting requirements.

The bill revises the procedures and process for determining whether there has been a commercial fishery failure as a result of a fishery resource disaster because of natural, man-made, or undetermined causes.

The Department of Commerce shall have the sole authority to determine the existence, extent, and beginning and end dates of a fishery resource disaster. Additionally, Commerce must include in its budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the budget of Commerce for each fiscal year, (as submitted with the President's budget) a separate statement of the amount requested to be appropriated for that fiscal year for outstanding unfunded fishery resource disasters.

The bill repeals a program that provides disaster relief assistance to fishermen, charter fishing operators, and others affected by a catastrophic regional fishery disaster, known as the regional coastal disaster assistance, transition, and recovery program.

With respect to reporting requirements, the bill requires (1) biennial rather than annual reports (under current law, annual reports) relating to the recovery of Klamath River Coho salmon, and (2) inclusion of additional information in the biennial reports on international compliance regarding the conservation of living marine resources.

The bill also repeals the requirement for annual reporting to Congress on bycatch reduction agreements.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 5453 Identical bill Fishery Resource Disasters Improvement Act
  • HR 4690 Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2022
 Bill text 4 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Sep 30, 2021
 R
Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · Sep 30, 2021
 R
Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Sep 30, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2923: Fishery Resource Disasters Improvement Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2923/
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"S. 2923: Fishery Resource Disasters Improvement Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2923/.
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S. 2923, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2923/.
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