US HB3472 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress


Status

June 19 2012 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Pirate Fishing Vessel Disposal Act of 2011 - Directs the head of a U.S. agency with administrative control over a forfeited vessel to transfer such vessel to the Commandant of the Coast Guard for use in live-fire sinking exercises if the Commandant determines that the vessel would be useful for such exercises. Requires, if a forfeited vessel is not transferred to or utilized by the Commandant for such exercises, that the forfeited vessel be transferred to or otherwise under the control of the Commandant, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration, or the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the Department of Commerce, and be: (1) scrapped or recycled; (2) sold or donated to a developing nation for fisheries enforcement; or (3) donated to a not-for-profit institution or governmental agency for education, research, or other public interest purposes with an agreement that the vessel will never be utilized for illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing or related activities. Defines a "forfeited vessel" as a foreign or stateless vessel forfeited to the United States for engaging in specified illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing under any of the living marine resource statutes implemented by the Secretary of Commerce. Applies this Act to all forfeited vessels surrendered or seized and forfeited after September 1, 2011.

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Title

Pirate Fishing Vessel Disposal Act of 2011

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History

DateChamberAction
2012-06-19HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held.
2011-11-29HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
2011-11-18HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
2011-11-18HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
2011-11-17HouseReferred to House Ways and Means
2011-11-17HouseReferred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-11-17HouseReferred to House Natural Resources
2011-11-17HouseReferred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2011-11-17HouseReferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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.

Same As/Similar To

SB1890 (Same As) 2011-11-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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