A bill to amend the Commercial Fisheries Research Development Act of 1964 in order to amend the formula for calculating yearly apportionments to the States of funds available under such act.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Amends the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964 to amend the calculation of apportionment of fisheries resources development funds to the States. Provides that such funds shall be apportioned by the Secretary of the Interior on October 1 (presently July 1) of each year. Provides that the amount apportioned to any State shall be calculated as follows: (1) an amount which bears, to 75 percent of the yearly appropriation, the same relation that the average of the value of raw fish harvested by domestic commercial fishermen and received within such State for the three most recent calendar years bears to the total average value of all raw fish harvested by domestic commercial fishermen and received within all States for the three most recent calendar years; and (2) an amount which bears, to 25 percent of the yearly appropriation, the same relation that the average of the value to manufacturers of manufactured and processed fishery merchandise manufactured within such State for the three most recent calendar years bears to the total average value of all fishery merchandise manufactured and processed within all States for the three most recent calendar years.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on September 2, 1976. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on September 2, 1976: Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 94th Congress (1975-76), 588 of the 21,097 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
DAVID EMERY (R-ME) introduced it on September 2, 1976. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on September 2, 1976, 18270 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 18270 days ago, on September 2, 1976.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 94th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1977 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers