United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 11809 (93rd)
A bill to amend the act entitled "An act to establish a contiguous fishery zone beyond the territorial sea of the United States," approved October 14, 1966, to require that the method of straight baselines shall be employed for the purposes of determining the boundaries of such fishery zone, and for other purposes.
Introduced
5 December 1973
Last action
23 January 1974 · Introduced
Status
Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.
Sponsors
Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-12], Rep. Downing, Thomas N. [D-VA-1], Rep. McCloskey, Paul N., Jr. [R-CA-12], Rep. Murphy, John M. [D-NY-17], Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME], Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-19], Rep. Pritchard, Joel [R-WA-1], Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32], Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large], Rep. Kyros, Peter N. [D-ME-1], Rep. Ginn, Bo [D-GA-1], Rep. Studds, Gerry E. [D-MA-10]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
7 April 2025
Summary
Requires that the method of straight baselines shall be employed for the purposes of determining the boundaries of a contiguous fishery zone beyond the territorial sea of the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 1092)
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Timeline
5 December 1973
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Source: IntroReferral
5 December 1973
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
5 December 1973
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
21 January 1974
Reported
Reported to House from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries with amendment, H. Rept. 93-755.
Source: Committee
21 January 1974
Reported
Reported to House from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries with amendment, H. Rept. 93-755.
Source: Committee
22 January 1974
Vote
Measure passed House, amended, roll call #5 (375-1).
Source: Floor
22 January 1974
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, amended, roll call #5 (375-1).
Source: Floor
23 January 1974
Introduced
Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
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Documents
2 official files
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Passed House amended
summary · EN · 22 January 1974
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 5 December 1973
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Sponsors
- Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-12] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Downing, Thomas N. [D-VA-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. McCloskey, Paul N., Jr. [R-CA-12] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Murphy, John M. [D-NY-17] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-19] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Pritchard, Joel [R-WA-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kyros, Peter N. [D-ME-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Ginn, Bo [D-GA-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Studds, Gerry E. [D-MA-10] · D · Cosponsor
- · sscm00 · Standing
- · hsmm00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-bill/11809
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/93/hr/11809
- us · 93-hr-11809 · source updated 7 April 2025