US Congress House Bill 788 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 18-6)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Trade Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises provisions regarding shark conservation and fishery management. The bill requires any country that seeks to import shark products into the United States to obtain a certification from the Department of Commerce that the country has a regulatory program in effect to provide for the conservation and management of sharks, including measures to prohibit the removal of any of the fins of a shark (including the tail). Commerce must revise its regulations to include rays and skates as species that are subject to the Seafood Traceability Program. (The Seafood Traceability Program has data reporting and recordkeeping requirements at the time of entry for imported fish or fish products entered into U.S. commerce.)

Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act

Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]
Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]
Rep. Ross Spano [R-FL]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Greg Steube [R-FL]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]
Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
2019-02-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2019-01-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-01-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-01-24	House	Introduced in House

SB1008 (Related) 2019-04-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/788/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr788/BILLS-116hr788ih.pdf