US HR285 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress

US Congress House Resolution 285 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 77-13-1)
Status: Introduced on June 28 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-06-28 - Referred to House Ways and Means
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should ban and prevent the importation of shark fins from sharks caught through the practice of finning. Recognizes the threat shark finning poses to sharks and condemns the practice worldwide.

Title

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should ban and prevent the import of shark fins from sharks caught through the practice of finning, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D-AS]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]
Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]
Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-06-28	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-06-28	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2013-06-28	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.

Subjects

Endangered and threatened species
Fishes
Foreign trade and international finance
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Trade restrictions

US Congress State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-resolution/285/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hres285/BILLS-113hres285ih.pdf