Buy American Seafood Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates loosens a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3, creates loosens a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 4, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate, delegation of rulemaking provision: 5. Implementation. It relies on compliance mandates, grants, reporting requirements, and delegation of rulemaking. The main policy areas are Defense, Agriculture, and Education.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Creates loosens a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3.
- Creates loosens a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 4.
- Adds or tightens a compliance mandate, delegation of rulemaking provision: 5. Implementation.
- Defines introduces a definition change provision: 6. Definitions In this Act: The term aquaculture means the farming of aquatic organisms in controlled environments for human consumption. The term agency has the meaning...
- Expands a appropriation provision: 7. No additional authorization of appropriations No additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates loosens a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3, creates loosens a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 4, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate, delegation of rulemaking provision: 5. Implementation.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Agriculture, Education
Primary Purpose
The bill creates loosens a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3, creates loosens a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 4, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate, delegation of rulemaking provision: 5. Implementation.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Julia Letlow
R-LA | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in …
Introduced in House
Ms. Letlow introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
- "administrator_of_fema"
- → Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
- "secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a vessel— documented under chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code
harvested, raised, and processed within the United States, including the territorial waters and exclusive economic zone of the United States. in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A), by inserting and subparagraph (C) after subparagraph (B)
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