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Version 01 · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Nov 13, 2002
(This Senate Reported version of H.R. 1989 is identical to the House passed version, except that it drops the House version's Title III (Atlantic Coastal Fisheries) and renumbers the remaining titles accordingly.)Fisheries Conservation Act of 2002- Title I: Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 - Amends the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 to authorize appropriations through FY 2006.Includes among the purposes of such Act the promotion of research in preparation for the use of ecosystems and interspecies approaches to interjurisdictional fishery conservation and management.Title II: Anadromous Fish Conservation Act - Amends the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act to authorize appropriations through FY 2006.Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct and promote research in preparation for the implementation of the use of ecosystems and interspecies approaches to Great Lakes anadromous fishery conservation and management.Title III: Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 - Amends the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 to authorize appropriations and specified set-asides (including a research set-aside) through FY 2006.Title IV: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995 - Amends the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995 to authorize appropriations through FY 2006.Title V: Extension of Deadline for Submission of Ocean Policy Report - Amends the Oceans Act of 2000 respecting the Commission on Ocean Policy to: (1) increase funding; (2) extend the termination date; (3) extend the final report deadline; and (4) reduce the deadline for a related implementing proposal by the President.
People & committees
Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1] · R–MD
Legislative record
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Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S11793-11796; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S11793-11795)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 753.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Hollings with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 107-340.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Hollings with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 107-340.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9156)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9156)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1989.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9156-9157)
Mr. Gilchrest moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 138.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 107-227.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 107-227.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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