State Fisheries Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4737
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
Introduced: 2014-05-22
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Gulf of Mexico

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-05-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>State Fisheries Act of 2014 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide, for purposes of managing fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, that the seaward boundary of a coastal state's jurisdiction in the Gulf of Mexico is a line nine nautical miles seaward from the baseline from which the territorial sea of the United States is measured.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4737 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 22, 2014 Mr. Palazzo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to grant to States on the Gulf of Mexico jurisdiction over fisheries out to 9 nautical miles from shore, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the State Fisheries Act of 2014 . 2. State jurisdiction over fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico Section 306(b) ( 16 U.S.C. 1856(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) Notwithstanding section 3(11) and subsection (a) of this section, for purposes of managing fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, the seaward boundary of a coastal State in the Gulf of Mexico is a line 9 nautical miles seaward from the baseline from which the territorial sea of the United States is measured. .