National Aquaculture Act of 1980

National Aquaculture Act of 1980

Other short titles	National Aquaculture Act of 1979
Long title	An Act to provide for the development of aquaculture in the United States, and for other purposes.
Enacted by	the 96th United States Congress
Effective	September 26, 1980
Citations
Public law	96-362
Statutes at Large	94 Stat. 1198
Codification
Titles amended	16 U.S.C.: Conservation
U.S.C. sections created	16 U.S.C. ch. 48 § 2801
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 1650 by Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) on August 2, 1979 Committee consideration by Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Passed the Senate on April 30, 1980 (passed/agreed) Passed the House on September 8, 1980 (passed/agreed, in lieu of H.R. 20) Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on September 26, 1980

The National Aquaculture Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-362, as amended) is intended to promote and support the development of private aquaculture and to ensure coordination among the various federal agencies that have aquaculture programs and policies. It provided for a national aquaculture policy, including a formal National Aquaculture Development Plan; established a Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture on which officials of USDA, Commerce, the Interior, and nine other federal agencies sit; designated USDA as the lead agency for coordination; and authorized the National Aquaculture Information Center within the National Agricultural Library.

The S. 1650 legislation was passed by the 96th U.S. Congressional session and signed into law by the 39th President of the United States Jimmy Carter on September 26, 1980.

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•  This article incorporates public domain material from the Congressional Research Service document "Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition" by Jasper Womach.