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Version 82 · Passed Senate without amendment · Dec 4, 2007
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Declares that the Secretary of Commerce should reconsider a decision to deny the requests of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the states of Maine and Rhode Island for a groundfish fishery failure declaration, look favorably on the request of the state of New Hampshire for such a declaration, and immediately propose regulations implementing related fisheries disaster relief provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
People & committees
Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D–MA
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Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14746-14747; text: CR S14746-14747)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S14746-14747; text: CR S14746-14747)
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14300-14301)
Introduced in Senate
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