US Congress House Bill 594 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-12-01 - Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Coastal Jobs Creation Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to implement a Coastal Jobs Creation Grant Program which shall include: (1) cooperative research to collect and compile economic and social data related to recreational and commercial fisheries management: (2) establishment and implementation of state recreational fishing registry programs; (3) training and deploying observers authorized or required under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act; (4) preservation or restoration of coastal resources identified for their conservation, recreational, ecological, historic, or aesthetic values; (5) redevelopment of deteriorating and underutilized working waterfronts and ports; (6) research to develop, test, and deploy innovations and improvements in coastal and ocean observation technologies; (7) cooperative research to collect data to improve, supplement, or enhance fishery and marine mammal stock assessments; and (8) other specified activities. Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the Secretary to enter into contracts with, or provide grants to, states for the purpose of establishing and implementing a registry program to meet the requirements for the exemption from registration of a regional standardized fishing vessel registration and information management system program for state licensed recreational fishermen and charter fishing vessels when the Secretary determines that information from the state program is suitable for the Secretary's use in completing marine recreational fisheries statistical surveys or evaluating the effects of proposed conservation and management measures for marine recreational fisheries.

Coastal Jobs Creation Act of 2011

Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-12-01	House	Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
2011-12-01	House	Committee Hearings Held.
2011-02-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
2011-02-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
2011-02-09	House	Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology
2011-02-09	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2011-02-09	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/594/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr594/BILLS-112hr594ih.pdf