# 116-hr-5548: Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act

116-hr-5548, Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA); status Subcommittee Hearings Held. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5548
- Congress: 116
- Title: Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act
- Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Introduced: 2020-01-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 15
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act This bill revises the review process for making fishery resource disaster determinations. Among other things, the bill maintains the authority of the Department of Commerce to determine the existence of a fishery disaster; sets forth requirements for initiating a request for a fishery resource disaster review; provides a 120-day time frame for Commerce to evaluate a request, beginning either upon receipt or at the close of the fishery season, if the fishery season closes; establishes criteria for Commerce to use when making a determination about whether a fishery resource disaster has occurred; lists eligible uses of fishery disaster relief funds, including for habitat conservation and restoration that reduce adverse impacts to a fishery; and revises reporting requirements for the biennial report on international compliance regarding foreign fishing and international fishery agreements.

## Cosponsors (15)

- Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4] (R-MS), 2020-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2020-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3] (R-WA), 2020-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2020-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2020-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5] (D-FL), 2020-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] (R-PR), 2020-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2020-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7] (D-FL), 2020-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11] (R-FL), 2020-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2020-12-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2020-12-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2020-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2020-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2020-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-5548 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5548)

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