HOUSE 962115th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Preserve Fishing on Wild and Scenic River Act
- Last Action
- 2/24/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-24Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
- 2017-02-23Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- 2017-02-23Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
- 2017-02-07Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-02-07Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-02-07Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-02-07Introduced in House
- 2017-02-07Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-07 (00)
Preserve Fishing on Wild and Scenic River Act
This bill prohibits a person from operating an aquaculture facility unless the Department of the Interior certifies that the facility will not discharge a pollutant into a river any segment of which is a wild and scenic river.
The prohibition excludes fish hatcheries operated by a federal or state agency and goes into effect after a three-year period.
Subjects
- Aquaculture
- Aquatic ecology
- Water quality
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
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