US Congress Senate Bill 632 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 17 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2011 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require fishery management plans, amendments, or regulations for overfished fisheries to specify a time period for ending overfishing and rebuilding the fishery that is as short as practicable (under current law, as short as possible). Modifies the exceptions to the requirement that such period not exceed ten years. Requires consideration, in evaluating progress to end overfishing and rebuild overfished stocks, of factors other than commercial and recreational fishing. Requires, when the Secretary of Commerce extends the period under specified provisions, that the maximum rebuilding time not exceed the sum of the initial ten-year period, the expected time to rebuild the stock absent any fishing mortality and under prevailing environmental conditions, and the mean generation time of the stock.

Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2011

Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Scott Brown [R-MA]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-17	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

HB1646 (Related) 2011-12-01 - Committee Hearings Held.
HB3061 (Related) 2011-12-01 - Committee Hearings Held.
HB6350 (Related) 2012-08-02 - Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/632/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s632/BILLS-112s632is.pdf