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114-hr-3806114th Congress

Alaskan Pollock and Golden King Crab Labeling Act

Sponsored By: Representative Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]

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Summary

Alaskan Pollock and Golden King Crab Labeling Act This bill declares the acceptable market name of Gadus chalcogrammus is "pollock" and the acceptable market name of Lithodes aequispinus is "golden king crab." This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow the sale of pollock labeled "Alaskan pollock" or "Alaska pollock" only if the pollock was harvested in the exclusive economic zone or state waters adjacent to Alaska.

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Bill Overview

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]

WA • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]

    AK • R

    Sponsored 10/22/2015

  • Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 10/26/2015

  • Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 11/2/2015

  • Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 11/2/2015

  • JIM MCDERMOTT

    WA • D

    Sponsored 11/3/2015

  • Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]

    WA • R

    Sponsored 11/5/2015

  • Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 11/16/2015

  • Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]

    WA • R

    Sponsored 11/16/2015

  • Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]

    WA • R

    Sponsored 11/16/2015

  • Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 11/16/2015

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