2023-2024 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
HB4587: Red Snapper Act
Legislative Summary
To provide that the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall not issue an interim or final rule that includes an area closure in the South Atlantic for species managed under the Snapper-Grouper Fishery Management Plan until the South Atlantic Great Red Snapper Count study is complete and the data related to that study is integrated into the stock assessment.
Bill History
7/12/2023
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
7/12/2023
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
House of Representatives
7/21/2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
House of Representatives
7/27/2023
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
House of Representatives
10/25/2023
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
House of Representatives
10/26/2023
Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Discharged.
House of Representatives
10/26/2023
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
House of Representatives
10/26/2023
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 18.
House of Representatives
10/25/2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-717.
House of Representatives
10/25/2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 606.
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(7/12/2023)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sponsors
Republican: 18
Primary Sponsor

John Rutherford
Republican
Co-Sponsors (17)
Neal Dunn
Republican
Garret Graves
Republican
Michael Waltz
Republican
Earl Carter
Republican
Mario Diaz-Balart
Republican
Nancy Mace
Republican
Jeff Duncan
Republican
Austin Scott
Republican
Maria Salazar
Republican
Laurel Lee
Republican
William Timmons
Republican
Scott Franklin
Republican
Greg Steube
Republican
Byron Donalds
Republican
Daniel Webster
Republican
Drew Ferguson
Republican
Aaron Bean
Republican