To make technical amendments to certain marine fish conservation statutes, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4528
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2017-12-01
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: American Samoa

Fishes

Guam

Hawaii

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Micronesia

Trade restrictions

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2018-08-02
text: Became Public Law No: 115-228.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-12-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 to limit the sale of billfish caught by U.S. fishing vessels.</p> <p>Under current law, billfish that are caught by U.S. vessels and landed (unloaded onshore) in Hawaii or Pacific Insular Areas (American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Island, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island) may be sold and exported to non-U.S. markets or transported to other U.S. markets. </p> <p>This bill requires billfish caught by U.S. vessels and landed in Hawaii or Pacific Insular Areas to be retained for sale in those areas. </p>

action_date: 2018-06-22
action_desc: Reported to House without amendment
text: <p>This bill amends the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 to limit the sale of billfish caught by U.S. fishing vessels.</p> <p>Under current law, billfish that are caught by U.S. vessels and landed (unloaded onshore) in Hawaii or Pacific Insular Areas (American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Island, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island) may be sold and exported to non-U.S. markets or transported to other U.S. markets. </p> <p>This bill requires billfish caught by U.S. vessels and landed in Hawaii or Pacific Insular Areas to be retained for sale in those areas. </p>

action_date: 2018-06-25
action_desc: Passed House without amendment
text: <p>(Sec.1)This bill amends the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 to limit the sale of billfish caught by U.S. fishing vessels.</p> <p>Under current law, billfish that are caught by U.S. vessels and landed (unloaded onshore) in Hawaii or Pacific Insular Areas (American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Island, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island) may be sold and exported to non-U.S. markets or transported to other U.S. markets. </p> <p>This bill requires billfish caught by U.S. vessels and landed in Hawaii or Pacific Insular Areas to be retained for sale in those areas. </p>

action_date: 2018-07-26
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p>(Sec.1)This bill amends the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 to limit the sale of billfish caught by U.S. fishing vessels.</p> <p>Under current law, billfish that are caught by U.S. vessels and landed (unloaded onshore) in Hawaii or Pacific Insular Areas (American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Island, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island) may be sold and exported to non-U.S. markets or transported to other U.S. markets. </p> <p>This bill requires billfish caught by U.S. vessels and landed in Hawaii or Pacific Insular Areas to be retained for sale in those areas. </p>

action_date: 2018-08-02
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p>(Sec.1)This bill amends the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 to limit the sale of billfish caught by U.S. fishing vessels.</p> <p>Under current law, billfish that are caught by U.S. vessels and landed (unloaded onshore) in Hawaii or Pacific Insular Areas (American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Island, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island) may be sold and exported to non-U.S. markets or transported to other U.S. markets. </p> <p>This bill requires billfish caught by U.S. vessels and landed in Hawaii or Pacific Insular Areas to be retained for sale in those areas.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4528 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 1, 2017 Mr. Soto introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To make technical amendments to certain marine fish conservation statutes, and for other purposes.

1. Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 Section 4(c)(1) of the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 ( 16 U.S.C. 1827a(c)(1) ) is amended by inserting and retained after landed . 2. Shark Conservation Act of 2010 The Act entitled An Act to amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks , approved January 4, 2011 ( Public Law 111–348 ; 124 Stat. 3668), is amended— (1) by striking section 104 and inserting the following: 104. Rule of construction Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this title shall be construed as affecting, altering, or diminishing in any way the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to establish such conservation and management measures as the Secretary considers necessary and appropriate under sections 302(a)(3) and 304(g) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1852(a)(3) , 1854(g)). ; and (2) in section 1, by striking the item relating to section 104 and inserting the following: Sec. 104. Rule of construction. .

tv_txt: IB 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4528 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To make technical amendments to certain marine fish conservation statutes, and for other purposes.

1. Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 Section 4(c)(1) of the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 ( 16 U.S.C. 1827a(c)(1) ) is amended by inserting and retained after landed . 2. Shark Conservation Act of 2010 The Act entitled An Act to amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks , approved January 4, 2011 ( Public Law 111–348 ; 124 Stat. 3668), is amended— (1) by striking section 104 and inserting the following: 104. Rule of construction Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this title shall be construed as affecting, altering, or diminishing in any way the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to establish such conservation and management measures as the Secretary considers necessary and appropriate under sections 302(a)(3) and 304(g) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1852(a)(3) , 1854(g)). ; and (2) in section 1, by striking the item relating to section 104 and inserting the following: Sec. 104. Rule of construction. .

Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2018. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 486 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4528 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 26, 2018 Received; read twice and placed on the calendar AN ACT To make technical amendments to certain marine fish conservation statutes, and for other purposes.

1. Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 Section 4(c)(1) of the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 ( 16 U.S.C. 1827a(c)(1) ) is amended by inserting and retained after landed . 2. Shark Conservation Act of 2010 The Act entitled An Act to amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks , approved January 4, 2011 ( Public Law 111–348 ; 124 Stat. 3668), is amended— (1) by striking section 104 and inserting the following: 104. Rule of construction Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this title shall be construed as affecting, altering, or diminishing in any way the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to establish such conservation and management measures as the Secretary considers necessary and appropriate under sections 302(a)(3) and 304(g) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1852(a)(3) , 1854(g)). ; and (2) in section 1, by striking the item relating to section 104 and inserting the following: Sec. 104. Rule of construction. .

Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2018. Karen L. Haas, Clerk

June 26, 2018 Received; read twice and placed on the calendar

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 601 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4528 [Report No. 115–775] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 1, 2017 Mr. Soto introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources June 22, 2018 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To make technical amendments to certain marine fish conservation statutes, and for other purposes.

1. Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 Section 4(c)(1) of the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 ( 16 U.S.C. 1827a(c)(1) ) is amended by inserting and retained after landed . 2. Shark Conservation Act of 2010 The Act entitled An Act to amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks , approved January 4, 2011 ( Public Law 111–348 ; 124 Stat. 3668), is amended— (1) by striking section 104 and inserting the following: 104. Rule of construction Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this title shall be construed as affecting, altering, or diminishing in any way the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to establish such conservation and management measures as the Secretary considers necessary and appropriate under sections 302(a)(3) and 304(g) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1852(a)(3) , 1854(g)). ; and (2) in section 1, by striking the item relating to section 104 and inserting the following: Sec. 104. Rule of construction. .

June 22, 2018 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: IB One Hundred Fifteenth Congress of the United States of America At the Second Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen H. R. 4528 AN ACT To make technical amendments to certain marine fish conservation statutes, and for other purposes.

1. Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 Section 4(c)(1) of the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 ( 16 U.S.C. 1827a(c)(1) ) is amended by inserting and retained after landed . 2. Shark Conservation Act of 2010 The Act entitled An Act to amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks , approved January 4, 2011 ( Public Law 111–348 ; 124 Stat. 3668), is amended— (1) by striking section 104 and inserting the following: 104. Rule of construction Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this title shall be construed as affecting, altering, or diminishing in any way the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to establish such conservation and management measures as the Secretary considers necessary and appropriate under sections 302(a)(3) and 304(g) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1852(a)(3) , 1854(g)). ; and (2) in section 1, by striking the item relating to section 104 and inserting the following: Sec. 104. Rule of construction. .

Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.