S. 2856: International Fisheries Agreement Clarification Act

111th Congress · introduced 2009-12-09 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 402.

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Where it came from: introduced 2009-12-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 402. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

International Fisheries Agreement Clarification Act

Plain summary

International Fisheries Agreement Clarification Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to recognize the United States-Canada Transboundary Resource Sharing Understanding (and other related fishery management Understandings and decisions made under such Understandings) as an international agreement under such Act. States that: (1) annual fishing level recommendations for fishery stocks in any given year under such Understandings may be exceeded as long as the fishing mortality level allows for progress toward rebuilding affected fish stocks; (2) the 10-year fishery rebuilding requirement shall not apply to stocks covered by such Understandings; and (3) this Act shall apply to fishing years beginning after April 30, 2010.

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Official text

International Fisheries Agreement Clarification Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))

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Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2856, International Fisheries Agreement Clarification Act (2010-01-21); CBO cost estimate: S. 2856, International Fisheries Agreement Clarification Act (2010-01-21)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s2856.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>

Record fed-us-cong111-s2856 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111