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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2870 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2870

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to allow certain activities 
  to be conducted with respect to sturgeon held in captivity or in a 
  controlled environment in the United States, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 20, 2023

    Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself and Mr. Rubio) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to allow certain activities 
  to be conducted with respect to sturgeon held in captivity or in a 
  controlled environment in the United States, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sturgeon Conservation and 
Sustainability Act''.

SEC. 2. STURGEON HELD IN CAPTIVITY OR CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS IN THE 
              UNITED STATES.

    Section 9(b) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1538(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) Sturgeon.--
            ``(A) In general.--Subsection (a)(1) and section 7(a)(2) 
        shall not apply to--
                    ``(i) a sturgeon farmed in the United States that 
                is legally held in captivity or in a controlled 
                environment as of the date of enactment of this 
                paragraph, until such time as the sturgeon is 
                intentionally returned to a wild state; or
                    ``(ii) progeny of a sturgeon described in clause 
                (i), until such time as the progeny is intentionally 
                returned to a wild state.
            ``(B) Demonstration; requirements.--
                    ``(i) In general.--Any person holding any sturgeon 
                or progeny described in subparagraph (A) shall--
                            ``(I) be able to demonstrate that the 
                        sturgeon or progeny qualifies as a sturgeon or 
                        progeny, as applicable, described in that 
                        subparagraph; and
                            ``(II) maintain and submit to the 
                        Secretary, on request of the Secretary, such 
                        inventories, documentation, and records as the 
                        Secretary may, by regulation, require as being 
                        reasonably appropriate to carry out the 
                        purposes of this paragraph.
                    ``(ii) Requirements.--Requirements described in 
                clause (i)(II) shall not unnecessarily duplicate the 
                requirements of other rules and regulations promulgated 
                by the Secretary under this Act.''.
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