South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 4/10/2024
Actions
- 2024-04-10Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- 2024-04-09Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2024-04-09On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2157-2158)
- 2024-04-09Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2157-2158)
- 2024-04-09DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1792.
- 2024-04-09Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2157-2159)
- 2024-04-09Ms. Hageman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 2024-03-21Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 354.
- 2024-03-21Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-429.
- 2024-03-21Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-429.
- 2023-10-26Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- 2023-10-26Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 2023-10-26Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Discharged.
- 2023-10-25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 2023-07-27Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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CRS Summary
As of 2024-04-09 (53)
South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2023
This bill revises federal requirements for U.S. commercial fishing vessels operating in the South Pacific. The changes reflect amendments to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty that were agreed to at Nadi, Fiji, on December 3, 2016. The treaty details mutual obligations of the United States and 16 Pacific Island countries when U.S. fishing vessels operate in the region.
Cosponsors (1)
- Ed Case (D-HI)
Subjects
- Australia
- Civil actions and liability
- Fiji
- Fishes
- International law and treaties
- Kiribati
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Licensing and registrations
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia
- Nauru
- New Zealand
- Pacific Ocean
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
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