H.R. 799: Fisheries Disaster Relief and Research Investment Act

Introduced:
Feb 15, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. John Tierney [D-MA6]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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Progress
Introduced Feb 15, 2013
Referred to Committee Feb 15, 2013
Reported by Committee ...
Passed House ...
Passed Senate ...
Signed by the President ...
Prognosis

26% chance of getting past committee.
7% chance of being enacted.

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

Cosponsors
9 cosponsors (6D, 3R) (show)
Committees

House Natural Resources

↪ Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs

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Full Title

To provide exclusive funding to support fisheries and the communities that rely upon them, to clear unnecessary regulatory burdens and streamline Federal fisheries management, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Feb 15, 2013.
17 pages

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2/15/2013--Introduced.
Fisheries Disaster Relief and Research Investment Act - Amends the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act to revise the program under which the Secretary of Commerce provides financial assistance for fisheries research and development projects.
Directs each Regional Fishery Management Council to establish a fishery investment committee to:
(1) develop a regional fishery investment plan identifying research, conservation, management needs, and actions to rebuild and maintain healthy fish populations and sustainable fisheries; and
(2) make recommendations to the Council on grant applications and projects to implement the respective plans.
Requires that such plans be revised, approved by the relevant Council, and submitted to the Secretary at least once every five years.
Directs the Secretary to establish an annual competitive grant program to advance regional priorities included in such plans.
Makes state, federal, regional, or private entities or persons eligible for such funding.
Requires that preference be given to public-private partnerships.
Specifies that national fisheries investment program funds be used by the Secretary for research and investment that supports rebuilding and maintaining healthy U.S. fish populations and promotes sustainable fisheries.
(Currently, such funds are used for harvesting, processing, marketing, and other associated infrastructures.) Allocates monies to each Council and marine fisheries commissions.
Designates an amount to be distributed among eligible recipients of assistance for commercial fishery failures and fishery disasters declared by the Secretary in 2012 under specified provisions of the Interjurisdicitional Fisheries Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Limits to a specified percentage the monies authorized to offset receipts for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) operations, research, and facilities.

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