we hope to dispatch with fabulous under u c agreement those measures are h r twenty nine sixty four the captive primate safety act h r fourteen twenty three the dorothy will know more visitor center lease act h r thirty seven zero two the montana cemetery act of two thousand and seven h r fifty seven didn't they eastern new mexico water system either zation act and h r fifty five eleven the leadville mine drainage tunnel remediation act of two thousand and eight i will not be calling up h r fifty four fifty one the today said fisheries wildlife and ocean has done a tremendous job with this bill i salute chairman by diouf for hard work on behalf of our coastlines however a number of concerns have been raised over this measure by some of our republican colleagues i would like to avoid protecting our nation's coastlines becoming a partisan issue so i would like to see the members with concerns in the stands get together and see this matter can be worked out and sachin to regular order we will commence with the consideration r fifty seven forty one the shark conservation act of two thousand and eight and take it from there i will now recognize the ranking member for any opening comments he may make mr bishop no no ranking members of the committee an error that was made on the markup of may seventh two thousand and eight which the committee considered h r thirty ninety four which was the national parks internal fund act ranking member  congressman young at that time offered an amendment to authorize drilling in anwar national wildlife it's my understanding that the committee voting tally sheet and the transcripts indicated that i had voted no on the amendment however looking at the video and comparing that to also the transcripts in the video and foreign affairs committee which is where i was i was not present during the markup and did not voice vote on the amendment because i was participating in the foreign affairs committee we were dealing with u s foreign policy in pakistan and their record is very clear where i was on the skin animists consent that both the committee voting and the markup for consideration is h r fifty seven forty one the shark conservation act and the chair will note this is not a member self preservation act introduced by the includes several measures to strengthen the implementation and you foresman of the shark finning prohibition congress passed in two thousand and ensured that the original intent of congress is achieved first the bill was amended subcommittee markup last week eliminates an enforcement loophole related to the shark finning ban by voting the transfer of fins from one vessel to another at sea without the corresponding carcass this is intended to ensure that vessels cannot circumvent the ban by traveling to the high seas to purchase fins from vessels in gaijin shark finning and then bring them into u s waters when congress passed the finning ban in two thousand it intended for these transport vessels to be covered pursuant to the definition of fishing vessel in the magnusson act which is very broad and includes support vessels that are not engaged in fishing however we now know further clarification of our intention to include such vessels is needed in addition the bill amends the high seas drift nets fishing moratorium protection act to allow the secretary of commerce to identify and list nations that have fishing vessels that have not adopted a regulatory program for the conservation of sharks that is similar to the united states this amendment promotes the conservation of sharks internationally and provides a more equal playing field for u s fisherman who are already subject to a ban on finning this is an issue that was much discussed by members of this committee when the ban was put into place in two thousand and it makes sense to provide the united states fisherman with this level of protection in short this is a straightforward bill that furthers congressional intent when the ban was passed and i urge members to support thank you mr chairman and  marking shark fins in international waters and then trans shipping them through our u s ports as you may know i have introduced similar legislation as in previous years trying to strengthen these very laws my memory will remove the all of the original intent of the language of the law would prohibit finning in any way however it did leave a loophole that would allow for the mix and match if you will it just changed some of the fishing vessels for example fisherman may remove the fins of the shark at sea but is required to land the rest of the caucus the fisherman may have sharks in their catch at an average of four hundred pounds but when the caucus when the caucus is brought to land the size of the fence may not necessarily belong to the shark that were found in other words if i catch a thousand pound shark with a fin and all i need to do is justified by getting a five pound shark weighing five pounds to say i fulfill the  of the law i don't think this is very fair point here mr chairman of the five percent maxim of the land requirements of the sharks way it is difficult to determine whether a given set of fins belong to a particular dressed carcass as a result it is easy for fisherman to mix fins and cox's for profit and would continue to discard the less desirable fins as chairman my man it will require fisherman to land all sharks with fins naturally attached which can l be easily removed from such inspection because the shark fins will be required to be naturally attached it will make it far more difficult for fisherman to transfer or trade any shark fins in international waters eliminate any possibility of spinning and will importantly strengthen our shark conservation efforts the us alone still cannot address this problem shark finning but through h r five seven four one i am hopeful that it will be a letter that she sent to the members of the committee be made part the record it is a letter from ms both derek  unfortunate and sad situation in our world today the way that we're killing these beautiful animals and no different than being trying to take conservation measures against the tiger the lion the elephant and  ever since the movie jaws came about we've depicted sharks as not only as an ugly creature but someone that is very dangerous and we have to treat it as a as an enemy i treat a shark as a friend and as a part to play and we do it like i said we do it for  finning the wasteful practice of cutting off a shark fins and tossing the carcass overboard is already banned in the united states fisherman land shark fins with the corresponding carcasses what the enforcement officials have found however are some fishermen who try to game the system and bring in more fans than sharks and i'm sure these fisherman are the exception not the rule but it is happening and that is why captain michael chief of law enforcement for the coast guard testified at our hearing back in april that requiring fisherman to land sharks with fins attached is clearly the simplest way for us to ensure compliance with the law and that is also why no official has proposed regulations in the atlantic shark management plan which applies to all shark fishing from new england to the gulf of mexico that would require sharks to be landed with fins attached according to know what it would facilitate in forstmann measures to eliminate illegal shark finning in addition this is one of the reasons that hawaii where many of the sharks caught in the western pacific are landed all so requires that sharks be landed in this state with their fins attached if the coast guard no one in the state of hawaii all think that a fins attached requirement is the best way to enforce shark finning ban then who are we to disagree so for all these reasons mr chairman i support the amendment and i again thank the gentleman for i generally feel generally i want to share a personal experience with my colleagues on the committee i live in a village where periodically we would have our our navigator fishermen that would go take a maybe about fifteen fishermen and they would go out maybe for four or five days to go fishing and i remember distinctly when they came back they they caught a shark that was about twenty five hundred pounds huge and when they brought the shark to the village they divided the portions of the shark even the with all the members of the list to consume and to use modern world is taking up sharks to the extent that we use it just for fins because this is a consumer demand among the asian country people and yet we're just seems to it seems like we're just saying let's play along have them there have them sell the fins at a very very expensive price said you know shark fin soup is the most expensive soup in asian markets right now if you ever go to a and asian restaurant and i suspect it's the same here even in the united states but the way we go about in doing this i just think it's really sad and i'm happy that the gentleman from hawaii here might also give some personal testimony to what i say about the importance of this beautiful creature that we've defined and we looked upon as a as a dangerous animal when it should be part of our side and let's chairman who's the most a fearful predator that we have in this planet not these wild animals we call wild animals because we don't know about them it's man himself it's a sad story that we see this happening what we're doing with this beautiful creature the sh with it and part of the reason enough for me are with it is is that the degree to which they are exposed to it has to do with the kind of thing that my good friend from some on just indicated it's discovery channel or it's national geographic and respond emotionally in return and as a result there is a dismissal of what in this instance may very well precisely because we don't have much in the way of science available to us correct science not have available to us what the consequences in the ocean might be there is inherently in the way shark fins are harvest that is addressed needs to be addressed in that context is addressed in the amendment by mr folliot on this will force  a resolution of the issue in a way that will minimize we think this president practice the i want to draw a parallel and i'll stop with this and i know that mr saxton in particular has some knowledge of this from his experience on the committee to this point the parallel i'm drawing not the analogy but the parallel i'm drawing mr chairman has to do with the   danger species the site of the the international treaty on endangered species when you see particularly in the asian markets that were mentioned ryan car for ivory and the entire species wasted and when i say wasted i don't mean in the in the sense of of of something that was useful and then cast aside i'm talking wasted in the sense of of destroyed decimated i devoured it it speaks more to our species believe me then then then to them and i would characterize  it if i'm going to anthropomorphize things as saying we there's a lot of two legged sharks around that are a hell of a lot more dangerous than the then the ones with fins in the ocean and the same sharks these land sharks are the ones who are decimating entire species of animals for for the most basic motives of human beings and so the  parallel here i think is the same as the protections that we extend and that this committee has jurisdiction over i know on a worldwide basis the united states commitment to to the cause of the treaty on endangered species and are our attempts to deal with that in a responsible way and this i think is in line with and in consequence with with that same motivation that this committee i think has a sterling nonpartisan record so i very much urge that we pass this amendment and we do it with expedition thank you recognition me i do have a motion though that under committee rule five see i give notice to my intent to file additional dissenting views on the bill just consider and i ask unanimous consent that this this notice be extended all members of the committee and apply to all bills being considered by the committee today th bill pending that i now recognize the gentleman to explain his legislation thank you mr chairman the preserve american and save america's treasures programs are important tools in our efforts to facilitate historic preservation both programs provide federal matching dollars to state and local historic preservation efforts was a remark of focusing on an interpretation of historic resources and save america's treasury focusing on serving historic resources both programs were  established by executive order and have been enormously successful in the ten years that save america's treasures has been in existence the program has awarded more than one thousand grants in all fifty states and the district of columbia  was created in two thousand and three and the administration is seeking approximately ten million funding for that program for the next with school year h r thirty nine eighty one introduced by congressman brad miller of north carolina with strong bipartisan support from congressman mike turner of ohio provides congressional authorization for these two successful programs mr chairman these programs are popular effective and they deserve to be authorized i urge my colleagues to support a chart thirty nine eighty one  thank you mr chairman i appreciate the work that's been done to support the preservation of american history this is one of the bills half of which i love the chairman mr hall the will pass an amendment or a law for an amendment shortly which i think improves the bill put certain on it i do have to admit that the saving american treasures the so called brick and mortar portion of this particular bill to me is something that is extremely important i think that the efforts of trying to determine that kind of history or say the history that's found in our buildings is essential to understanding our heritage and finding the common bonds that we have and that portion of the bill actually which was improved to give greater flexibility for residences and enhanced in some areas and in fact the limitation that the gentleman from arizona will be put on is one that i wish was a little bit higher however i do have concerns with other grant programs in this bill the preserve america program portion tends to promote heritage tourism national parks service already has programs for heritage tourism grants and technical assistance are waiting for groups that go through the designation process yes there are four funds could be duplicated in earmarks already available to heritage areas i will have an amendment that i think addresses or speaks to that particular issue preserving america aims to promote heritage tourism with the promise of economic redevelopment community revitalization this is not the responsibility of the national park service and these funds i think funds for the park service should be focused primarily on addressing their existing responsibilities the preserve american community designation its program that will entice towns into federal funds and explicit or funds in exchange for conformance to regulations that may amount in the future to federal zoning bill  follows recent committee legislation that i hope is not necessarily a trend this bill right now does not have sunsets require the recipients of these funds to come back to the committee and and demonstrate the result of those efforts once again there will be an amendment that i hope will address that particular problem finally despite these concerns i want to acknowledge the positive contributions that have been made to responsible preservation mr miller north carolina is i think caucus co chair of the preservation caucus he has worked very hard in this area also has co ch air mr turner of ohio who has long promoted property rights is a key component of this program both of these gentlemen have been dedicated in a bipartisan effort brought this bill forward and they should be commended for their efforts both mr miller and mr turner rhode island in massachusetts has been an enormous success and attracting tourism and coordinating tourism amongst the towns of massachusetts and rhode island to being bring people and economic development to the region  so this is just absolutely a boon we love these hearings court orders thank you for their discussion if not then the gentleman from arizona is recognized for five minutes to explain his amendment in nature a substitute without objection a member is considered as read thank you mr chairman the senate companion to h r thirty nine eighty one s twenty two sixty two sponsored by the chairman of the ranking member of the senate energy and natural resources committee was passed last month the senate committee approved s s twenty two sixty two with an amendment in the nature of a substitute the amendment i am offering to h r thirty nine eighty one is that adopted on the senate side the amendment makes several technical changes to the legislation including providing for further inclusion and consultation with state historic preservation officers and selecting recipients under the under these grant programs it is our hope that the conforming confirming this legislation to the senate committee product will facilitate its adventureland that and i urge my colleagues to support the amendment and i yield back so further discussion the park established in one thousand nine hundred two preserve sites associated with wilbur wright and the early development in this country the park also owner the life and work of african american poet laureate laurence dunbar a business associate and friend of orval the first site thornhill is the mansion designed by the wright brothers in oakwood ohio the bill would allow the national park service to enter into a cooperative agreement with the right family foundation which currently owns the home to operate and provide programming for hawthorn hill and charge reasonable fees to cover costs of running the house and the program's the second site the right company factory completed in one thousand ten is the site of the first american facility specifically designed and built to manufacture airplanes h r forty one ninety nine includes language to set the conditions under which the secretary of interior may make grants to the park's partners under the bill such grants must support the purposes of the park be consistent with the park's general management plan and it has the public interest and enjoyment of the part mr chairman i urge support for this bill to preserve two significant sites related to the right family and the early years of aviation industry mr chairman the park service has indicated that the these two sites will add to the visitor experience experience in the non profits who own these two sites are anxious and willing to donate them i want to thank congressman turner from ohio for his diligent efforts to advance this legislation on behalf of constituents and the benefit of park visitors around the country if not the question is on sorry the gentleman from utah is recognized for introducing a mammoth this chairman yes i do have one of them and i would like to make i think it's in the package already this is a technical one which would change the name of the park to the wright brothers dunbar national historic park it actually takes a bill that's already another bill combines with this which is very technical in the name change does nothing more than change the name of reported the house of representatives as amended with abjection motion reconsider is laid on the table this point i ask unanimous consent that the following bills be considered read for the first and second time h r twenty nine sixty four h r fourteen twenty three seven tan is forwarded by the meet on water and power on may twenty second zero eight and h r fifty five eleven is forwarded by the said committee on water and power on may twenty second zero eight hearing no jackson so ordered with it out without objection a long title of h r fourteen twenty three is amended with that objection motions to reconsider are laid upon the table for their business the full committee stands adjourned the chair wishes to thank all members and staff for their cooperation