Amendment deletes language that exempted the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic fisheries from requirements to reduce shrimp bycatch.

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Amendment Number
874
Description
Amendment deletes language that exempted the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic fisheries from requirements to reduce shrimp bycatch.
Purpose
An amendment preprinted in the Congressional Record of October 17 as amendment No. 2, to strike provisions of the bill that would prevent the Commerce Department from requiring shrimp fishermen to use devices which would reduce the incidental killing of non-target species, until a study on such devices is completed.
Congress
104
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Oct 18, 1995
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Goss amendment (A011) Agreed to by recorded vote: 294 - 129 (Roll no. 719).
Latest Action Time
14:04:11
Submitted Date
Oct 18, 1995
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 15, 2021
Amendment 874 — Informed