US SB1008 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on April 3 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Addresses the conservation and management of sharks. The bill prohibits the importation into the United States of shark products from a nation that does not have measures to provide for the conservation and management of sharks and measures to prohibit shark finning (the removal of a shark's fins, including the tail, and discarding the remainder of the shark at sea) that are comparable to those of the United States. The bill includes exceptions to this prohibition for law enforcement, subsistence purposes, education, conservation, or scientific research. The Department of Commerce must certify nations with protections for sharks that are comparable to those of the United States. Commerce must revise its regulations to include rays and skates as species that are subject to the Seafood Import Monitoring Program. (The Seafood Import Monitoring Program has data reporting and recordkeeping requirements for imported fish or fish products entering U.S. commerce.)

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Title

Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2019

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-04-03SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Same As/Similar To

HB788 (Related) 2019-03-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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