Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act

Bill: 115-hr-3041
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2017-06-23
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquaculture

Trade restrictions

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to revise prohibitions on the trade of protected, invasive, or nonnative fish or wildlife across state lines. Specifically, the bill allows a de minimis amount of such fish or wildlife to be included in interstate commercial shipments from aquaculture operations, unless the inclusion was knowing or intentional.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3041 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 23, 2017 Mr. Crawford (for himself, Mr. Westerman , Mr. Abraham , and Mr. Aderholt ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to provide an exception for a de minimus amount of fish or wildlife included in interstate commercial shipments, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act . 2. Exception for de minimus fish or wildlife in interstate commercial shipments Section 8 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 ( 16 U.S.C. 3375 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) De minimus fish or wildlife in interstate commercial shipments Section 3(a)(2) does not apply to a person transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing in interstate commerce a de minimus amount of fish or wildlife taken, possessed, transported, or sold in violation of any law or regulation of any State if such fish or wildlife was included in an interstate commercial shipment of fish or wildlife that were bred, hatched, or born in captivity for human consumption or for use for recreational or ornamental purposes, unless such inclusion was done knowingly or intentionally. .