House Passes Amata’s South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming bipartisan passage by the US House of Representatives of a bill she sponsored, with Congressman Ed Case (D-HI) as the original cosponsor, the South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act, H.R. 531.
The bipartisan legislation provides congressional direction to fully implement the South Pacific Tuna Treaty, which has been diplomatically negotiated among the US and 16 Pacific Islands nations. Amata’s bill was passed by the House in 2024 but had not yet passed the Senate as the 118th Congress closed out later that same year...
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