US Congress House Bill 2772 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-3)
Status: Introduced on August 1 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-12-01 - Committee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Saving Fishing Jobs Act of 2011 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, with respect to multispecies fishing permits in the Gulf of Mexico, to remove a provision limiting the eligible signers (a group of fishermen constituting more than 50% of the permit holders, or holding more than 50% of the allocation in the fishery) of a petition to the Secretary of Commerce requesting that the relevant Regional Fishery Management Council or Councils be authorized to initiate the development of a limited access privilege program to only those participants who have substantially fished the species proposed to be included in the program. Sets forth procedures for: (1) certifying a fishery management plan (or amendment) requested by a percentage of eligible fisherman to establish a limited access privilege program to harvest in fisheries under the authority of the New England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, or Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; (2) terminating such a program established after enactment of this Act for a fishery under the authority of such Councils on the first date the number of eligible fishermen in the fishery in a year is at least 15% less than in the year preceding the program's establishment; and (3) collecting fees, including observer costs, pursuant to modified fee-setting requirements for such programs.

Saving Fishing Jobs Act of 2011

Rep. Jon Runyan [R-NJ]	Rep. Sandy Adams [R-FL]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]
Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Frank Guinta [R-NH]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]
Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. David Rivera [R-FL]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]
Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-12-01	House	Committee Hearings Held.
2011-08-01	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

HB1646 (Related) 2011-12-01 - Committee Hearings Held.
SB1678 (Related) 2011-10-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2772/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2772/BILLS-112hr2772ih.pdf