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Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act

3/14/2024, 12:48 PM

Congressional Summary of HR 4742

Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act - Revises and reauthorizes through FY2018 the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA).

Revises requirements for fishery management plans for overfished fisheries.

Modifies annual catch limit requirements, including by authorizing Regional Fishery Management Councils to consider changes in an ecosystem and the economic needs of the fishing communities when establishing the limits.

Replaces the term “overfished” with “depleted” throughout the MSA to distinguish between fish that are depleted due to fishing and those that are depleted for other reasons.

Requires fishery management plans to include a fishery impact statement to assess, specify, and analyze the likely effects and impacts of the proposed action on the quality of the human environment.

Requires the Secretary of Commerce to issue regulations governing the use of electronic monitoring of fisheries. Authorizes the Secretary to obligate amounts received as fisheries enforcement penalties for collecting information on data-poor fisheries.

Requires the Secretary to publish within a year a plan for implementing the Cooperative Research and Management Program.

Extends the offshore jurisdiction of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama from three miles to nine miles for the recreational management of red snapper.

Specifies the role of the MSA in relationship to certain environmental laws.

Revitalizing the Economy of Fisheries in the Pacific Act or the REFI Pacific Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to issue a loan to refinance the existing debt obligation funding the fishing capacity reduction program for the West Coast groundfish fishery implemented under the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003.

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Current Status of Bill HR 4742

Bill HR 4742 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since May 23, 2014. Bill HR 4742 was introduced during Congress 113 and was introduced to the House on May 23, 2014.  Bill HR 4742's most recent activity was Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-711. as of December 22, 2014

Bipartisan Support of Bill HR 4742

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
0
Republican Sponsors
1
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
0
Democrat Cosponsors
0
Republican Cosponsors
0
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill HR 4742

Primary Policy Focus

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Potential Impact Areas

- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Atlantic Ocean
- Business records
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Commerce
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Economic performance and conditions
- Endangered and threatened species
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Fishes
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Gulf of Mexico
- Hunting and fishing
- Intergovernmental relations
- International law and treaties
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine pollution
- Oil and gas
- Pacific Ocean
- Public participation and lobbying
- State and local government operations
- Trade secrets and economic espionage
- User charges and fees

Alternate Title(s) of Bill HR 4742

Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act
To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes.
Revitalizing the Economy of Fisheries in the Pacific Act
REFI Pacific Act
Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act

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Sponsors and Cosponsors of HR 4742

Doc Hastings
Doc Hastings
WashingtonRepublican

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