Senate resolution · 111th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that, at the 21st Regular Meeting of the International Commission on the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, the United States should seek to ensure management of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery adheres to the scientific advice provided by the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics and has a high probability of achieving the established rebuilding target, pursue strengthened protections for spawning bluefin populations in the Mediterranean Sea to facilitate the recovery of the Atlantic bluefin tuna, pursue imposition of more stringent measures to ensure compliance by all Members with the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas' conservation and management recommendations for Atlantic bluefin tuna and other species, and ensure that United States' quotas of tuna and swordfish are not reallocated to other nations, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 9, 2009
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed SenateNov 9, 2009 · by unanimous consent
Latest action: Nov 9, 2009 — Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11301-11302; text as passed Senate: CR S11301-11302; text as introduced in Senate: CR S11293-11294)
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
5 of 5 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Maria Cantwell (D-WA), John Kerry (D-MA), Paul Kirk (D-MA), John Reed (D-RI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
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Sponsor’s state and district
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