International Fisheries Agreement Clarification Act

Summary

International Fisheries Agreement Clarification Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to recognize the United States-Canada Transboundary Resource Sharing Understanding (and other similar fishery management Understandings) as an international agreement under such Act. States that: (1) annual fishing level recommendations for fishery stocks under such Understandings may be exceeded as long as the fishing mortality level allows for progress toward rebuilding affected fish stocks; (2) the 10-year fishery rebuilding requirement shall not apply to such stocks; and (3) this Act shall apply to fishing years beginning after April 30, 2010.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 16 December 2009

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 16 December 2009

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 16 December 2009

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 4 January 2010

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.

   Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

• Introduced in House · 16 December 2009 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 16 December 2009

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 16 December 2009

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 16 December 2009

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6] · D · Sponsor
• WALTER JONES · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] · D · Sponsor
• · hsii00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← International Fisheries Agreement Clarification Act