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Version 08 · Reported to House, Part I · Dec 30, 2022
Sustaining America's Fisheries for the Future Act of 2022
This bill sets forth and revises various provisions relating to fisheries conservation and management, including to increase the adaptive capacity of fishery management to the impacts of climate change, implement working waterfront plans, establish an innovation prize for data collection technology used in fisheries management, and establish a national standardized reporting program for bycatch.
People & committees
Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] · D–CA
Legislative record
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 502.
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-685, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-685, Part I.
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 18.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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