Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should seek a review of compliance by all nations with the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas' conservation and management recommendations for Atlantic bluefin tuna and other species, and should pursue strengthened conservation and management measures to facilitate the recovery of the Atlantic bluefin tuna, and for other purposes.

11/13/2007--Passed House amended. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the United States, through the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, should:
(1) pursue a review and assessment of compliance with conservation and management measures adopted by the Commission for the 2006 Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery and other fisheries subject to Commission jurisdiction;
(2) address noncompliance by nations through appropriate actions including, as appropriate, deducting a proportion of a future quota for a country to compensate for such country exceeding its quota in prior years;
(3) pursue a meaningful discussion of the implementation and effectiveness of the Commission recommendation entitled "Recommendation by ICCAT to Establish a Multi-Annual Recovery Plan for Bluefin Tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean"; and
(4) seek to strengthen conservation and management of Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna by making recommendations to halt the decline of the stock and begin to rebuild it.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Frank Pallone [D, NJ-6]
• and 13 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Thomas Allen [D, ME-1]
  • Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D, GU-0]
  • Rep. Henry Brown [R, SC-1]
  • Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
  • Rep. William Delahunt [D, MA-10]
  • Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
  • Rep. Wayne Gilchrest [R, MD-1]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Jay Inslee [D, WA-1]
  • Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
  • Rep. H. James Saxton [R, NJ-3]
  • Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
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Committees

• Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
• 2 more
  • House Natural Resources
  • House Natural Resources
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.Con.Res.229

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Introduced		Voted on by House
October 09, 2007		November 13, 2007

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• Nov 14, 2007: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Nov 13, 2007. On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
• Nov 13, 2007: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 229.
• Nov 13, 2007: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Nov 13, 2007: Ms. Bordallo moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
• Oct 10, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
• Oct 09, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
• Introduced on Oct 09, 2007.

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• Marine resources
• Atlantic Ocean
• Europe
• Fishery management
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• Foreign policy
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• Overfishing
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