FISH SAFE Act

Bill: 116-s-1410
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-05-09
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Research administration and funding

Transportation employees

Transportation programs funding

Transportation safety and security

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Funding Instruction for Safety, Health, and Security Avoids Fishing Emergencies Act or the</b> <b>FISH SAFE Act</b></p> <p>This bill reauthorizes through FY2021 and expands the Department of Health and Human Services fishing safety training and research grant programs.</p> <p>The federal share of the costs of any activity that may be carried out using grants under the programs is increased to 75%. Currently, the federal share must not exceed 50%.</p> <p>The bill is retroactively effective.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1410 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 9, 2019 Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Sullivan , Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. King , Ms. Collins , Ms. Murkowski , Ms. Warren , Ms. Hassan , and Mr. Reed ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To amend the Federal share of the fishing safety standards grants.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Funding Instruction for Safety, Health, and Security Avoids Fishing Emergencies Act or the FISH SAFE Act . 2. Amendment of Federal share of the fishing safety standards grants (a) Amendment Section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (i)(3), by striking 50 and inserting 75 ; and (2) in subsection (j)(3), by striking 50 and inserting 75 . (b) Retroactive effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) takes effect on the day after the date of enactment of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–282 ). 3. Reimbursement Amounts appropriated to carry out section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 ( Public Law 115–31 ), shall be available until not later than September 30, 2020, in order for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide a reimbursement or supplement to a recipient of a grant under the Fishing Safety Training Grants Program under section 4502(i) of title 46, United States Code, or the Fishing Safety Research Grant Program under section 4502(j) of title 46, United States Code, in an amount that is equal to, for any non-Federal share provided by such grant recipient under such Program that is more than 25 percent, the amount of such excess non-Federal share expended or included in the approved budget by such grant recipient. 4. Authorization of appropriations amendments Section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (i)(4), by striking 2019 and inserting 2021 ; and (2) in subsection (j)(4), by striking 2019 and inserting 2021 .