The Pro-Fish Act

WRITTEN BY Rep. Teddy Heath (GOP-FL-1)
----97th Congress of the United States
COSPONSORS
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-1) 
PPT Robert Arrington (GOP-TX-1)
GOP House Whip Jenna Anderson (GOP-AK-1)
CDU House Whip Chuck Robb (CDU-VA-2)
Sen. Michael Du Mortain (GOP-CT-AL)
Rep. Robert Jackson (D-MS-1)
Sen. Big Boobs (LC-AK)
Rep. Violet Crawley (LC-VT-1)
IN BRIEF
This bill increases fishing domestically, and decreases reliance on internationally-caught fish.
==Section 1. Name of Bill==
This Bill will be known as The Pro-Fish Act for the duration of this bill, in all debates, and following enactment by the executive branch will carry the same title.
==Section 2. Findings and Definitions==
FINDINGS
#Whereas, 43% of fishes that are in the US are caught in the US.
#Whereas, The remaining 57% of fishes are imported internationally
#Whereas, People in the US make a living through fishing.
#Whereas, More fishes need to be caught domestically, increasing more fishes that are caught in America.
DEFINITIONS
#Domestically Caught Fishes (DCFs) - Fishes caught in the states/territories of the United States of America.
#Internationally Caught Fishes (ICFs) – Fishes caught outside the states/territories of the United States of America, which are imported to the USA.
#Quota – A specified amount of imported goods.
==Section 3. Decreasing Imports of ICFs==
#The Secretary of Commerce shall set a quota of ICFs that shall come into the country.
##The Quota shall be 45% following passage of this bill, and the quota shall be changed by the Secretary of Commerce.
##The Quota shall not go over 50%, unless production of DCFs has slowed, or has dropped to a point below 15%
#The Secretary of Commerce shall be in charge of determining the quota of ICFs following the passage of this bill.
==Section 4. Increasing Catching of DCFs==
#The Secretary of Commerce shall use $2,500,000 from the Department of Commerce’s Discretionary Fund to be used for helping Americans get the necessary technology to fish and to be able to get funds from selling fishes to restaurants, or stores in the US. Any funds that aren't used shall be delegated to the US Department of Commerce’s discretionary spending fund.
#It shall be delegated:
##$500,000 to fisheries that fish in the Pacific Ocean, (California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington.)
##$250,000 to fisheries that fish in Alaska.
##$750,000 to fisheries that fish in the Gulf of Mexico (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida)
##$1,000,000 to fisheries that fish in the Atlantic (Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, Connecticut)
==Section 5. Funding==
Use this section to outline a decent estimate of what your bill will cost to implement, and provide a way to pay for it. For example:
TOTAL BILL IMPLEMENTATION COST - $0
*Section 4 - $2,500,000 from The Department of Commerce’s Discretionary Fund
FUNDING SPECIFICS
Section 4’s cost comes from the Department of Commerce’s Discretionary Funding, thus making the bill cost nothing.
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