US Congress House Bill 6191 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 11 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes national standards for sustainable offshore aquaculture. The bill directs the Department of Commerce to create an Office of Offshore Aquaculture within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to coordinate regulatory, scientific, outreach, and international issues related to aquaculture. The bill also establishes a unified permitting and review process for aquaculture operations. Commerce must establish a research and development grant program to promote research and extension activities, including to (1) create innovative design and engineering solutions to common obstacles within the aquaculture industry; (2) evaluate the role of genetics in relation to brood stock production, disease management, and interactions between cultured species and wild stocks; and (3) improve techniques for monitoring, assessing, and addressing environmental impacts of aquaculture and develop and evaluate methodologies to prevent, minimize, and mitigate potential adverse environmental impacts.

AQUAA Act Advancing the Quality and Understanding of American Aquaculture Act

Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]

Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2020-03-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2020-03-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2020-03-11	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E300)
2020-03-11	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6191/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6191/BILLS-116hr6191ih.pdf