AMATA-BACKED LEGISLATION TO SAFEGUARD U.S. FISHING PASSES HOUSE

Washington, Sept. 24 -- Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata issued the following press release:

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is welcoming House passage by voice vote of the Senate companion to a bill she cosponsored in the House for better science-based U.S. fishing safeguards. This amended bill includes much of the original House bill, and it has been returned to the Senate for one final vote to become law. Image Testifying in House Ways and Means Committee regarding our tuna industry Last week, the House amended and passed S. 283, the Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act. This bill overlaps and incorporates policies from its companion House bill, the Amata-cosponsored Standards for Understanding Source and Habita...