Bills · 118th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

FISHES Act

Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent — no individual positions were recorded.

Official summary (CRS)

Fishery Improvement to Streamline untimely regulatory Hurdles post Emergency Situation Act or the FISHES Act

This act establishes procedures for the review of spend plans submitted to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) by requesters seeking fishery resource disaster assistance funding.

The act requires NOAA to review a spend plan within 10 days of its submission and determine whether it is complete. If such spend plan is not complete, NOAA must provide the requester (i.e., prospective grantee) with a detailed description of the information that is necessary for the spend plan to be determined complete. Further, NOAA must notify a requester when the spend plan has been determined to be complete.

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Sponsor
Rep. Byron Donalds ( Republican · FL-19)
Cosponsors
49
Introduced
8/1/23
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Status
8/1/23Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
8/1/23Introduced in House
10/24/23Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
10/25/23Subcommittee Hearings Held
9/19/24Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
9/19/24Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
9/19/24Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Discharged
11/14/24Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 618.
11/14/24Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-733.
12/3/24Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
12/3/24On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6268)
12/3/24Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6268)
12/3/24DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5103.
12/3/24Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6268-6269)
12/3/24Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
12/4/24Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
12/21/24Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7317)
12/21/24Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
12/21/24Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
12/23/24Message on Senate action sent to the House.
12/27/24Presented to President.
1/4/25Became Public Law No: 118-229.
1/4/25Signed by President.