To amend the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 to clarify an exemption for traditional fisheries and markets.

Bill: 115-hr-1887
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]
Introduced: 2017-04-04
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Commerce

Fishes

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 to maintain a prohibition on the sale of marlin, sailfish, and spearfish while ensuring that the exemption for traditional fisheries does not create new markets for these species.</p> <p>The National Marine Fisheries Service must issue a final rule implementing the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 within 45 days after the enactment of this bill.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1887 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 4, 2017 Mr. Diaz-Balart (for himself and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 to clarify an exemption for traditional fisheries and markets.

1. Clarification of Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 exemption (a) Clarification Section 4(c)(1) of the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 ( 16 U.S.C. 1827a(c)(1) ) is amended by inserting and retained after landed . (b) Deadline for regulations The Secretary of Commerce shall issue a final rule implementing the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 ( 16 U.S.C. 1827a ), as amended by this Act, not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.