A bill to require individuals fishing for Gulf reef fish to use certain descending devices, and for other purposes.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
116th Congress (2019–2021)
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
This bill was incorporated into:
2 Cosponsors (1 Republican, 1 Democrat)
History
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Dec 2, 2019
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. |
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Oct 1, 2020
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Final Bill —
Passed House (Senate next)
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5126 (116th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 2960 (116th). |
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Dec 21, 2020
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Final Bill —
Passed Senate
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5126 (116th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 2960 (116th). |
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Jan 13, 2021
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Final Bill —
Enacted — Signed by the President
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5126 (116th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 2960 (116th). |
S. 2960 (116th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 2960. This is the one from the 116th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 116th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2019 to Jan 3, 2021. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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