S. 1143: West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act
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S. 1143: West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act
114th Congress · introduced 2015-04-30 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 477.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-04-30 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · 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. 477. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act
Plain summary
West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act This bill makes permanent the authority of Washington, Oregon, and California to adopt and enforce state laws governing fishing and processing in the exclusive economic zone adjacent to their state in any Dungeness crab fishery for which there is no fishery management plan in effect under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
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Official text
West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · 5 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1143, West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act (2015-12-01)
Cosponsors on this site
Ron Wyden (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] reported raising $985,139 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s1143.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s1143 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114