HCONRES 79 · 93th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

Concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress recommending the imposition and enforcement of a moratorium upon foreign fisheries operations on U.S. coastal stocks of fish.

Introduced 1973-01-15· Sponsored by Rep. Lent, Norman F. [R-NY-4]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.(1973-01-15)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Declares that the Congress of the United States recognizes the existence of a serious conservation problem and requests that the President take unilateral action imposing and enforcing a moratorium upon foreign fishery operations on United States coastal stocks of fish, and further requests the President to prohibit foreign fishing of any American coastal species within American coastal waters, unless specific permission is granted to fish in these waters by the American Government. Declares that the Senate urges the President to maintain this moratorium until an international regime for the conservation of American coastal fish species can be established.…

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