Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act

Bill: 113-hr-3105
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2013-09-17
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Aquaculture

Fishes

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-09-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exclude from the meaning of the term &quot;fish or wildlife&rdquo; any animal accidentally included in a shipment of an aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture for human consumption or for use for recreational or ornamental purposes.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3105 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 17, 2013 Mr. Crawford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act . 2. Exemption from Lacey Act of animals inadvertently included in shipments by commercial fish farmers (a) In general Section 2 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 ( 16 U.S.C. 3371 ) is amended in paragraph (a)— (1) by striking The term and inserting (1) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (B) Such term does not include any animal accidentally included in a shipment of an aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture for human consumption or for use for recreational or ornamental purposes. . (b) Application The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply beginning on the date of the issuance of final regulations under subsection (c). (c) Regulations Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall issue regulations implementing the amendment made by subsection (a).