H.R. 5447 · 109th Congress

To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to establish a regional economic transition program to provide immediate disaster relief assistance to the fishermen, charter fishing operators, United States fish processors, and owners of related fishery infrastructure affected by a catastrophic regional fishery disaster, and for other purposes.

Stage
In committee
Introduced
2006-05-22
Latest action
2006-06-01 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.

Subjects

Public lands and natural resources
Commerce
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Emergency Management
Seafood
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Agriculture and Food
Economics and Public Finance
Disaster relief
Infrastructure
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Environmental Protection
Imports
Federal-state relations
Government paperwork
Refuse and refuse disposal
Hurricanes
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Maintenance and repair
Fishery management
Infrastructure (Economics)
Economic impact statements
Fisheries
Fishing boats
Environmental assessment
Coastal zone
Storage
Shellfish
Occupational retraining
Tsunamis
Hurricane aftermath legislation