UPDATE: S.2346 – Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act

LATEST ACTION: December 21, 2020 - Held at the desk.

BILL TITLE: Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act

BILL SUMMARY:

Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act

This bill revises the review process for making fishery resource disaster determinations.

Among other things, the bill

-- maintains the authority of the Department of Commerce to determine the existence of a fishery disaster;

-- sets forth requirements for initiating a request for a fishery resource disaster review;

-- provides a 120-day time frame for Commerce to evaluate a request, beginning either upon receipt or at the close of the fishery season, if the fishery season closes;

-- establishes criteria for Commerce to use when making a determination about whether a fishery resource disaster has occurred;

-- lists eligible uses of fishery disaster relief funds, including for habitat conservation and restoration that reduce adverse impacts to a fishery; and

-- adds additional reporting requirements related to U.S. fishery management.

[NOTE: The contents of this legislative update are current as of 06:00 AM on December 23, 2020.]

BILL NUMBER: 116th Congress: Senate Bill 2346 (S.2346)

CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. Senate

CURRENT CHAMBER: U.S. House of Representatives

For DETAILED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION on S.2346, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2346

BILL TEXT: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2346/text

ACTIONS-TO-DATE (ordered by most recent first):

12/21/2020 -- House -- Held at the desk.

12/21/2020 -- House -- Received in the House.

12/21/2020 -- Senate -- Message on Senate action sent to the House.

12/20/2020 -- Senate -- Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7878-7880)

12/20/2020 -- Senate -- The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.

12/20/2020 -- Senate -- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7868-7871; text: CR S7868-7871)

11/16/2020 -- Senate -- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 586.

11/16/2020 -- Senate -- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-293.

11/13/2019 -- Senate -- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

07/30/2019 -- Senate -- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

07/30/2019 -- Senate -- Introduced in Senate.

SPONSOR(S)*:

-- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]

CO-SPONSOR(S)*:

[*Note: Sponsors and co-sponsors are current as of December 21, 2020. For the most up-to-date version of the sponsor and co-sponsor lists, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2346/cosponsors ]

-- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]

-- Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]

-- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]

-- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]

COMMITTEES: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.

SUBJECTS: Appropriations, Aquaculture, Disaster relief and insurance, Economic performance and conditions, Employment and training programs, Government information and archives, Marine and coastal resources, fisheries, Marine and inland water transportation, Wildlife conservation and habitat protection.