Pirate Fishing Vessel Disposal Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3472
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Coast guard
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Military education and training
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: 
Pirate Fishing Vessel Disposal Act of 2011 - Directs the head of a U.S. agency with administrative control over a forfeited vessel to transfer such vessel to the Commandant of the Coast Guard for use in live-fire sinking exercises if the Commandant determines that the vessel would be useful for such exercises. Requires, if a forfeited vessel is not transferred to or utilized by the Commandant for such exercises, that the forfeited vessel be transferred to or otherwise under the control of the Commandant, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration, or the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the Department of Commerce, and be: (1) scrapped or recycled; (2) sold or donated to a developing nation for fisheries enforcement; or (3) donated to a not-for-profit institution or governmental agency for education, research, or other public interest purposes with an agreement that the vessel will never be utilized for illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing or related activities. 

 
Defines a "forfeited vessel" as a foreign or stateless vessel forfeited to the United States for engaging in specified illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing under any of the living marine resource statutes implemented by the Secretary of Commerce.
 
Applies this Act to all forfeited vessels surrendered or seized and forfeited after September 1, 2011. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-19
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and 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.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and 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.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and 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.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and 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.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Introduced in House