# 114-hr-2168: West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act

114-hr-2168, West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3] (R-WA); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-2168
- Congress: 114
- Title: West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Introduced: 2015-04-30
- Sponsor: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3] (R-WA)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act This bill makes permanent the authority of Washington, Oregon, and California to adopt and enforce state laws governing fishing and processing in the exclusive economic zone adjacent to their state in any Dungeness crab fishery for which there is no fishery management plan in effect under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA), 2015-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2015-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2015-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5] (D-OR), 2015-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2015-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2015-07-21T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-2168 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2168)

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- [114-hr-3381: Childhood Cancer STAR Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3381)
- [114-hr-2737: Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2737)
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