US Congress House Bill 3521 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on September 16 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-10-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Gulf Red Snapper Data Improvement Act This bill requires the National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Regional Office to award grants for data collection that is used in stock assessments for reef fish species in the Gulf of Mexico, including the red snapper. In awarding grants, the Office must seek to improve stock assessments through innovative approaches to data collection that incorporates data from peer-reviewed research involving academia, fishermen, and other fisheries sources. The Department of Commerce must: (1) seek to improve communications by the National Marine Fisheries Service with stakeholders regarding the reef fish species stock assessment processes and outcomes of those processes, and (2) develop a process for using data collected through cooperative research activities for those stock assessments.

Gulf Red Snapper Data Improvement Act

Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-10-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
2015-09-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2015-09-16	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3521/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3521/BILLS-114hr3521ih.pdf