S. 2871: A bill to make technical corrections to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act, and for other purposes.

111th Congress · introduced 2009-12-10 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 574.

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Where it came from: introduced 2009-12-10 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · 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. 574. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

A bill to make technical corrections to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

Amends the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act to consider nonfederal service individuals serving as Commissioners on the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean or advisory committee members to be federal employees only for purposes of injury compensation or tort claims liability. (Under current law such individuals are considered federal employees for injury compensation, ethics requirements, and criminal or civil statutes governing federal employees.) Amends the Pacific Whiting Act of 2006 to: (1) reduce to two the number of individuals appointed by the Secretary of Commerce to serve as scientific experts on the joint technical committee; and (2) consider nonfederal service individuals serving on the the joint management committee, the scientific review group, the joint technical committee, or the advisory panel to be federal employees only for purposes of injury compensation or tort claims liability. (Under current law such individuals are considered federal employees for injury compensation, ethics requirements, and criminal or civil statutes governing federal employees.)

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Official text

A bill to make technical corrections to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · 3 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2871, A bill to make technical corrections to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act, and for othe purposes (2010-04-06); CBO cost estimate: S. 2871, A bill to make technical corrections to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act, and for othe purposes (2010-04-06)

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Ron Wyden (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s2871.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>

Record fed-us-cong111-s2871 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111