To establish an East Coast Bivalve Research Task Force.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To establish an East Coast Bivalve Research Task Force., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Agriculture, Trade.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Quantifying Uncertainty and Action to Help Optimize Growth of Shellfish Act of 2025 or the QUAHOGS Act of 2025.
- Section id0f9234d30c2b4460b8fbd72ae6339251: 2. Purposes The purposes of this Act are— to ensure that bivalve trends in East Coast States regarding productivity and abundance are characterized and that...
- Section id3921b1f2d3af48abb75f7465102cd481: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term bivalve means aquatic mollusks that have an external 2-part hinged shell containing a soft-bodied invertebrate, including...
- Section iddd5fb0081a3c4a4ab5334dcdf1a68add: 4. East Coast bivalve research task force Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To establish an East Coast Bivalve Research Task Force., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Agriculture, Trade
Primary Purpose
This bill, To establish an East Coast Bivalve Research Task Force., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Whitehouse (for himself and Mr. Scott of South Carolina) …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
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