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H.R. 5770: Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2021

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H.R. 5770: Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-10-28 · Animals · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-10-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2021

Plain summary

Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2021 This bill addresses the management and conservation of forage fish. The Department of Commerce must issue a definition for the term forage fish . It must consider certain factors in defining such term, including whether a species covered by the definition (1) is at a low trophic level; (2) is generally small to intermediate-sized; (3) occurs in schools or other dense aggregations; (4) contributes significantly to the diets of other fish, marine mammals, or birds; and (5) serves as a conduit for energy transfer to species at a higher trophic level. Commerce must also establish guidelines to assist regional fishery management councils in (1) developing a list of unmanaged forage fish areas and prohibiting the development of any new forage fish fisheries until the potential impacts of such fisheries have been assessed; and (2)setting annual catch limits for forage fish fisheries that assess, specify, and reduce such limits by the diet needs of other fish species and marine wildlife. The bill adds shad (American shad and hickory shad)and river herring (blueback herring and alewife)to the list of managed stocks for the New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.

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Official text

Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12] · 21 cosponsors

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Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Austin Scott (R-GA), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12] reported raising $1.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr5770 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117