A bill to authorize appropriations to carry out the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 during fiscal years 1980, 1981, and 1982, and for other purposes.
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(Senate agreed to House amendment with an amendment) Amends the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 to authorize appropriations of $33,000,000 for fiscal year 1980, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, and $47,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, to carry out the purposes of such Act. Defines "fisheries" to include the cultivation, taking, or harvesting of fish, and marine animals or vegetation within the U.S. fishery conservation zone, for the purpose of regulating foreign fishing. Defines "certification" as a determination made by the Secretary of Commerce that foreign vessels are conducting fishing operations or engaging in trade or taking which diminishes the effectiveness of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling for the purpose of reducing a nation's allocation of the total allowable level of foreign fishing within the U.S. fishery conservation zone. Requires the Secretary of State to reduce the allocation of a nation so certified by not less than 50 percent. Requires the Secretary of State to reallocate the unharvested portion of a certified nation's allocation among other foreign nations, if the Secretary of Commerce notifies him that it is not likely the certification of such nation will be terminated before the end of the allocation period or one year (which ever first occurs). Amends the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 to direct the Secretary of Commerce or the Interior to monitor and investigate the activities of foreign nations that may affect any international fisheries conservation program and to promptly reach a decision with respect to any such investigation. Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to document the vessel Widow Maker as a vessel of the United States for the purpose of engaging in the coastwise trade and the fisheries of the United States.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Senate agreed to House amendment with amendment" stage on August 1, 1979. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Public Law 96-61.
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In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
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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.
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Who is behind it?
WARREN MAGNUSON (D-WA) introduced it on April 9, 1979, and 5 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 3 Democrats, 2 Republicans.
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 April 9, 1979, 17321 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17193 days ago, on August 15, 1979.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- SenatePublic Law 96-61.
- HouseNot stated in the latest action
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