I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3360 
To amend and enhance the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium 
Protection Act to improve the conservation of sharks. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2021 
Mr. WEBSTER of Florida (for himself, Mr. LIEU, Mr. POSEY, Mr. VAN DREW, 
Mr. CALVERT, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. MAST, Mr. STEUBE, and Mr. 
CROW) introduced the following bill; which was 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 jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend and enhance the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Mor-
atorium Protection Act to improve the conservation of 
sharks. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sustainable Shark 
Fisheries and Trade Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. SHARK CONSERVATION AND TRADE FAIRNESS CER-
TIFICATION. 
Section 610 of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Mora-
torium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826k) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) a nation if— 
‘‘(A) that nation or any individual or entity 
of that nation has imported shark products into 
the United States or seeks to import shark 
products into the United States; and 
‘‘(B) the nation has not sought and ob-
tained, by not later than the effective date of 
subsection (g)(1), a certification from the Sec-
retary under that subsection that the nation 
has in effect a regulatory program to provide 
for the conservation of sharks, including meas-
ures to prohibit removal of any of the fins of 
a shark (including the tail) and discarding the 
carcass of the shark at sea, that is comparable 
to that of the United States.’’; 
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(2) in subsection (b), in paragraphs (2) and 
(3), by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES.— 
This subsection does not apply to a nation identified 
under subsection (a)(3).’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or (g)’’ 
after ‘‘under subsection (c)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or (g)’’ 
after ‘‘under subsection (c)’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) SHARK CONSERVATION AND TRADE FAIRNESS 
CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), shark products shall not be 
imported into the United States unless the 
shark products are of a species of shark that 
were landed in a nation to which the Secretary 
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