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H.R. 1219: Gulf Fisheries Fairness Act

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H.R. 1219: Gulf Fisheries Fairness Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-03-15 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-03-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Gulf Fisheries Fairness Act

Plain summary

Gulf Fisheries Fairness Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide each of the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida with exclusive fishery management authority over reef fish: (1) within the exclusive economic zone in the Gulf of Mexico in waters of a specified average depth on a continuous line within a minimum distance of nine nautical miles from the baseline from which the territorial sea of the United States is measured, and (2) between projected jurisdictional lines determined by the President under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to publish a description and map of the applicable line along the coasts of such states. Prohibits the Secretary from suspending, revoking, terminating, or otherwise limiting the authority of any person under federal law to engage in fishing based on the person fishing for Gulf reef fish in waters subject to the exclusive authority of such states. Exempts such waters from specified federal regulatory requirements addressing fishery permits.

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Official text

Gulf Fisheries Fairness Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1] · 12 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Austin Scott (R-GA), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1219 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113