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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Nov 13, 2001
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should: (1) make full use of diplomatic and other appropriate mechanisms to ensure member compliance with International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) conservation measures and quotas; (2) press for improved monitoring, recording, and reporting of harvesting and compliance information by contracting and non-contracting nations to ICCAT; (3) identify nations that engage in actions, including illegal fishing, that diminish the fishery conservation program; and (4) encourage adoption of recommendations authorizing the use of enforceable measures to prevent such nations from taking actions that would undermine the effectiveness of conservation and management recommendations.
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Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D–MA
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11727-11728, S11735; text as passed Senate: CR S11727)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11727-11728, S11735; text as passed Senate: CR S11727)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11727-11728)
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