Yurok Vice-Chair to Testify Before Congressional Committee Tomorrow
Press release from the Yurok Tribe:
The
Yurok Tribe is honored to announce that Vice-Chairman Frankie Myers
will be providing testimony before the US House of Representatives
Natural Resources Committee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife (WOW) at a
legislative hearing to be held on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 10
a.m. in 1324 Longworth House Office Building.
Myers.
This
hearing will be focusing on ways to improve the Federal Fishery
Resource Disaster Relief program of the National Marine Fisheries
Service, and ensure more timely disaster relief
for impacted communities, such as the Yurok Tribe.
The
Tribe is pleased to support H.R. 5548, Fishery Failures: Urgently
Needed Disaster Declarations Act (Fishery FUNDD Act) as the bill
addresses some of the key obstacles in the existing disaster relief
process. Prominently, it acknowledges the vital role of subsistence
fishing to Tribal communities by making tribal subsistence fisheries
disasters eligible to receive relief funding. This is critical to
the United States upholding its treaty obligations to Native American
Tribes and to continue the long tradition of tribal fishing ways of
life.
Join
us tomorrow in supporting Vice Chairman by viewing the hearing at
The
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife (WOW) will hold a
legislative hearing on the following bills:
H.R.
1834(Rep.
Francis Rooney, R-FL)
To
direct the Secretary of Commerce to issue regulations prohibiting
the use of sunscreen containing oxybenzone or octinoxate in a
National Marine Sanctuary in which coral is present, and for other
purposes.
“Defending
Our National Marine Sanctuaries from Damaging Chemicals Act of
2019.”
H.R.
2236(Rep.
Debbie Dingell, D-MI)
To
improve the management of forage fish. “Forage
Fish Conservation Act.”
H.R.
4679(Rep.
Joe Cunningham, D-SC)
To
require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to
Congress a report examining efforts by the Regional Fishery
Management Councils, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission, and the National Marine Fisheries Service to prepare and
adapt United States fishery management for the impacts of climate
change, and for other purposes. “Climate-Ready
Fisheries Act of 2019.”
H.R.
4723(Rep.
Jared Huffman, D-CA)
To
require the identification of salmon conservation areas, and for
other purposes. “Salmon
Focused Investments in Sustainable Habits Act of 2019”
or “Fish
Act of 2019.”
H.R.
5126(Rep.
Garret Graves, R-LA)
To
require individuals fishing for Gulf reef fish to use certain
descending devices, and for other purposes. “Direct
Enhancement of Snapper Conservation and the Economy through Novel
Devices Act of 2019”
or “DESCEND
Act of 2019.”
H.R.
5548(Rep.
Jared Huffman, D-CA)
To
improve the Fishery Resource Disaster Relief program of the National
Marine Fisheries Service, and for other purposes. “Fishery
Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act.”
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