West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act

Bill: 114-s-1143
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2015-04-30
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Oregon

State and local government operations

Washington State
Latest action: action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 477.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act</b></p> <p>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.</p>

action_date: 2016-05-23
action_desc: Reported to Senate without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p><b>West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2)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.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1143 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 30, 2015 Ms. Cantwell introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To make the authority of States of Washington, Oregon, and California to manage Dungeness crab fishery permanent and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act . 2. Dungeness crab fishery management Section 203 of the Act entitled An Act to approve a governing international agreement between the United States and the Republic of Poland, and for other purposes , approved November 13, 1998 ( Public Law 105–384 ; 16 U.S.C. 1856 note) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (i); and (2) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (i).

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 477 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 1143 [Report No. 114–260] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 30, 2015 Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Wyden , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Merkley , Mrs. Boxer , and Mrs. Feinstein ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation May 23, 2016 Reported by Mr. Thune , without amendment A BILL To make the authority of States of Washington, Oregon, and California to manage Dungeness crab fishery permanent and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act . 2. Dungeness crab fishery management Section 203 of the Act entitled An Act to approve a governing international agreement between the United States and the Republic of Poland, and for other purposes , approved November 13, 1998 ( Public Law 105–384 ; 16 U.S.C. 1856 note) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (i); and (2) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (i).

May 23, 2016 Reported without amendment