SHIFT Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, SHIFT Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Agriculture, Transportation.
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 Supporting Healthy Interstate Fisheries in Transition Act or the SHIFT Act.
- Section id32e434a0e7ab41bf8be4a67fecd453e0: 2. Shifting stocks Section 805(a) of the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (16 U.S.C. 5104(a)) is amended by adding at the end the...
- Section idf9e5237990e444f9b31bd96c6884de4e: 3. Action by the secretary Section 304(f) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1854(f)) is amended— in paragraph (1)— by...
- Section id62ba5f4df6c84d3e9d0eefc985eb2ac0: 4. Fishery authorization Section 305(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1855(a)) is amended— in paragraph (2), by...
- Section id118935121eb74c21949d665483606777: 5. Reports Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act and not less frequently than every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, SHIFT Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Agriculture, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill, SHIFT Act, 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
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Murphy, and Ms. Warren) introduced …
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?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
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