Shark Sales Elimination Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2463
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2017-05-16
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships

Civil actions and liability

Fishes

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Shark Sales Elimination Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill makes it illegal to possess, buy, or sell shark parts or any product containing shark parts.A person may possess a shark part that was lawfully taken consistent with a license or permit under certain circumstances.</p>  <p> Penalties are imposed for violations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2463 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 16, 2017 Mr. Ted Lieu of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To prohibit the sale of shark parts, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Shark Sales Elimination Act of 2017 . 2. Prohibition on sale of shark parts (a) Prohibition Except as provided in section 3, no person shall possess, offer for sale, sell, or purchase any shark part or product containing any shark part. (b) Penalty For purposes of section 308(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1858(a) ), a violation of this section shall be treated as an act prohibited by section 307 of that Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1857 ). 3. Exemption for traditional fisheries, education, and science Section 2 shall not apply with respect to possession of a shark part that was taken lawfully under a State, territorial, or Federal license or permit to take or land sharks, if the shark part is separated from the shark in a manner consistent with the license or permit and is— (1) destroyed or discarded; (2) used for noncommercial subsistence purposes in accordance with State or territorial law; or (3) used solely for display or research purposes by a museum, college, or university, or other person under a State or Federal permit to conduct noncommercial scientific research. 4. Definitions In this Act: (1) Shark The term shark means any species of the orders Pristiophoriformes, Squatiniformes, Squaliformes, Hexanchiformes, Lamniformes, Carchariniformes, Orectolobiformes, and Heterodontiformes. (2) shark part The term shark part means any shark or raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached part of a shark. 5. State authority Nothing in this Act affects any right of a State or territory of the United States to adopt or enforce any regulation or standard that is more stringent than a regulation or standard in effect under this Act.