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S. 61Senate115th Congress (2017-2019)In Committee

A bill to remove the sunset provision of section 203 of Public Law 105-384 and for other purposes.

Sponsored by Maria CantwellSen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Introduced January 9, 2017

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The bill eliminates the built‑in expiration (sunset) for a part of the law that governs the Dungeness crab fishery. By making that portion permanent, it keeps the existing management rules in place indefinitely, affecting the agencies and stakeholders that oversee and harvest Dungeness crab.

Key Provisions

  • Deletes subsection (i) of section 203 of Public Law 105‑384, which contains the sunset language.
  • Renumbers the former subsection (j) as the new subsection (i), so the management provisions continue without an expiration date.

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 111.

June 5, 2017

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Introduced in Senate

January 9, 2017

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

January 9, 2017

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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

April 5, 2017

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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune without amendment. With written report No. 115-88.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

June 5, 2017

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 111.

June 5, 2017

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Calendar No. 111

115th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 61

[Report No. 115–88]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 9, 2017

Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Merkley, and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

June 5, 2017

Reported by Mr. Thune, without amendment

A BILL

To remove the sunset provision of section 203 of Public Law 105–384 and for other purposes.

1.

Dungeness crab fishery management

Section 203 of the Act entitled An Act to approve a governing international agreement between the United States and the Republic of Poland, and for other purposes, approved November 13, 1998 (Public Law 105–384; 16 U.S.C. 1856 note), is amended—

(1)

by striking subsection (i); and

(2)

by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (i).

June 5, 2017

Reported without amendment