H.R. 1219: Gulf Fisheries Fairness Act

Introduced:
Mar 15, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL1]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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Progress
Introduced Mar 15, 2013
Referred to Committee Mar 15, 2013
Reported by Committee ...
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Prognosis

16% chance of getting past committee.
2% chance of being enacted.

Only 11% of House bills made it past committee and only 3% were enacted in 2011–2013. [show factors | methodology]

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Full Title

To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide that each of the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida have exclusive fishery management authority over reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico in waters that, on average, are 20 fathoms or less in depth, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Mar 15, 2013.
4 pages

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3/15/2013--Introduced.
Gulf Fisheries Fairness Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide each of the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida with exclusive fishery management authority over reef fish:
(1) within the exclusive economic zone in the Gulf of Mexico in waters of a specified average depth on a continuous line within a minimum distance of nine nautical miles from the baseline from which the territorial sea of the United States is measured, and
(2) between projected jurisdictional lines determined by the President under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to publish a description and map of the applicable line along the coasts of such states.
Prohibits the Secretary from suspending, revoking, terminating, or otherwise limiting the authority of any person under federal law to engage in fishing based on the person fishing for Gulf reef fish in waters subject to the exclusive authority of such states.
Exempts such waters from specified federal regulatory requirements addressing fishery permits.

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