The Legislative Committee is a standing committee of the Council (all members are also Council members). Dr. David Hanson is the Chair of the Legislative Committee, which also includes Phil Anderson, Bob Dooley, Marc Gorelnik, Virgil Moore, and Christa Svensson.
The Legislative Committee tracks Federal (and, rarely, state) legislation that affects fishery management off the West Coast. The committee drafts letters responding to Congressional requests for comment.
Useful links:
- House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Govtrack.us
Legislative correspondence
Recent Legislative Committee reports
- September 2021 Letter to Huffman-Case HR4690 MSA response
- May 2021 letter to Paul Doremus (NFMS) on EO 14008
- April 2021 letter from Council to Interior and Commerce on EO 14008
- March 2021 Council Coordination Committee letter to Interior on Executive Order 14008
- Dec 2020 letter to NOAA on Aquaculture Opportunity Areas
- December 2019 letter to NMFS on Section 201 of the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act
- Sept 2019 letter to Cantwell on disaster relief bill
- Sept 2019 letter to Rep Bishop on forage fish, drift gillnet bills
- July 2019 letter to Sen. Cantwell on Forage Fish Protection Act
- Nov 2018 letter to Senators Cantwell and Harris on aquaculture bill
- Nov 2018 letter to Rep Schrader on groundfish trawl buyback loan
- Feb 2018 letter to Rep Schrader on MSA reauthorization
- Feb 2018 letter to Sen. Cantwell on MSA reauthorization
- Nov 2017 letter to Rep Panetta on FISH Act
- Nov 2017 letter to Reps Huffman and Thompson on California drought bills
- Nov 2017 letter to Rep. Calvert on FISH Act
- Nov 2017 letter to Rep. Calvert on the FISH Act
- April 2017 letter to Rep Herrera-Beutler on MSA reauthorization
- Oct 2016 letter to Reps Farr and Hunter on California Seamounts Act
- Sept 2016 letter to President Obama on national monuments
- July 2016 letter to House Committee on Nat’l Resources on Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act
- May 2016 letter to Sen Murray on California water bill
- May 2016 letter to Reps Huffman and Thompson on California water bill
- April 2016 letter to Sen. Allen on California SB 1114 (drift gillnets)
- December 2015 letter to Huffman, Thompson on CA drought legislation
- C.4.a, Supplemental LC Report 1
- Committee memos for the March 2022 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)
- Committee agendas for the March 2022 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)
- C.6.a, Supplemental LC Report 1
- E.3, Supplemental Attachment 7: Draft Legislative Committee Letter on H.R. 4690
- E.3.a, Supplemental LC Report 1
- C.7.a, Supplemental LC Report 1
- Committee agendas for the June 2021 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation) REVISED SSC agenda 06/17/2021
- H.3.a, Supplemental LC Report 1
- Committee agendas for the April 2021 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)
- C.3.a, Supplemental LC Report 1
- Committee memos for the March 2021 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)
- Committee agendas for the March 2021 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)
- C.4.a, Supplemental LC Report 1
- All Committee memos for the November 2020 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)
- All Committee agendas for the November 2020 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)
- C.3.a, Supplemental LC Report 1
- Committee memos for the September 2020 briefing book (bookmarked in alphabetical order for easy navigation)
- Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental Legislative Committee Report 1
- Sept 2019 letter to Cantwell on disaster relief bill
- Agenda Item C.2.a, Supplemental LC Report 1
- Agenda Item D.3.a, Supplemental Legislative Committee Report 1
- Agenda Item D.3.a, Supplemental REVISED Legislative Committee Report 1
- Agenda Item I.1.a, Supplemental LC Report
- Agenda Item F.2.a, Supplemental Legislative Committee Report 1