A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide fisheries disaster relief for commercial fishery failures that are due to certain duties, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-1984
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-06-26
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance

Economic performance and conditions

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Seafood

Tariffs
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-26
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Commerce to provide disaster relief for commercial fishery failures that occur because of an increase in duties on U.S. seafood or fish products imposed as retaliation for increases in duties imposed by the United States.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1984 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 26, 2019 Mr. Wyden introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide fisheries disaster relief for commercial fishery failures that are due to certain duties, and for other purposes.

1. Fisheries disaster relief for commercial fishery failures due to certain duties Section 312(a)(1)(B) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)(1)(B) ) is amended— (1) by inserting (i) before regulatory restrictions ; and (2) by inserting or (ii) increases in duties on any United States seafood products (within the meaning of the term fish under section 3), or fish products, as retaliation for increases in duties imposed by the United States pursuant to section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ( 19 U.S.C. 1862 ) or section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2411 ), including increases in duties on seafood products pursuant to such section 301 after environment .