Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should seek a review of compliance by all nations with the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas' conservation and management recommendations for Atlantic bluefin tuna and other species, and should pursue strengthened conservation and management measures to facilitate the recovery of the Atlantic bluefin tuna, and for other purposes.

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Introduced

9 October 2007

Last action

14 November 2007 · Introduced

Status

Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summary

Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the United States, through the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, should: (1) pursue a review and assessment of compliance with conservation and management measures adopted by the Commission for the 2006 Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery and other fisheries subject to Commission jurisdiction; (2) address noncompliance by nations through appropriate actions including, as appropriate, deducting a proportion of a future quota for a country to compensate for such country exceeding its quota in prior years; (3) pursue a meaningful discussion of the implementation and effectiveness of a specified Commission recommendation relating to a recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean; and (4) seek to strengthen conservation and management of Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna by making recommendations to halt the decline of the stock and begin to rebuild it.

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Timeline

9 October 2007
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
9 October 2007
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
9 October 2007
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
10 October 2007
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
Source: Committee
13 November 2007
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
13 November 2007
Passed
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H13527-13528)
Source: Floor
13 November 2007
Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H13527-13528)
Source: Floor
13 November 2007
Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 229.
Source: Floor
13 November 2007
Floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H13527-13528)
Source: Floor
13 November 2007
Floor
Ms. Bordallo moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
Source: Floor
14 November 2007
Introduced
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Source: IntroReferral

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Related records

related to ← A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that, at the 20th Regular Meeting of the International Commission on the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, the United States should pursue a moratorium on the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery to ensure control of the fishery and further facilitate recovery of the stock, pursue strengthened conservation and management measures to facilitate the recovery of the Atlantic bluefin tuna, and seek a review of compliance by all Nations with the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas' conservation and management recommendation for Atlantic bluefin tuna and other species, and for other purposes.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/229
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hconres/229
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