H.R. 3588: RED SNAPPER Act
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H.R. 3588: RED SNAPPER Act
115th Congress · introduced 2017-07-28 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 814.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-07-28 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 814. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
RED SNAPPER Act
Plain summary
Regionally Empowered Decision-making for Snapper, Noting the Angling Public and the Preservation of an Exceptional Resource Act or the RED SNAPPER Act This bill requires any fishery management plan or regulation for red snapper fisheries that is submitted by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council to contain conservation and management measures that establish separate catch limits. The bill gives Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas (Gulf states) exclusive authority through FY2024 to establish the timing and duration of the fishing season for private recreational fishing of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico in the extended red snapper management zone of each Gulf state.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6] · 12 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3588, RED SNAPPER Act (2018-03-16)
Cosponsors on this site
Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Austin Scott (R-GA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Mike Johnson (R-LA)
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- Rulemaking
- The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr3588.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr3588 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115