Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-737
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-01-23
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships

Civil actions and liability

Congressional oversight

Fishes

Government studies and investigations

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill makes it illegal to possess, buy, or sell shark fins or any product containing shark fins, except for certain dogfish fins. A person may possess a shark fin 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>

action_date: 2019-11-08
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p><b>Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill makes it illegal to possess, buy, or sell shark fins or any product containing shark fins, except for certain dogfish fins. A person may possess a shark fin 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>

action_date: 2019-11-20
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><b>Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill addresses the sale of shark fins and the inclusion of rays and skates in the Seafood Traceability Program. (The Seafood Traceability Program has data reporting and recordkeeping requirements at the time of entry for imported fish or fish products entered into U.S. commerce.)</p> <p>The bill makes it illegal to possess, buy, or sell shark fins or any product containing shark fins, except for certain dogfish fins. A person may possess a shark fin 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> <p>The Department of Commerce must revise its regulations to include rays and skates as species that are subject to the Seafood Traceability Program. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 737 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 23, 2019 Mr. Sablan (for himself, Mr. McCaul , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. Buchanan , Mr. Calvert , Mr. Cartwright , Mr. Chabot , Mr. Crist , Ms. DeGette , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Gallego , Mr. Garamendi , Ms. Hill of California , Mr. Huffman , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. Katko , Mr. Keating , Mr. Kennedy , Mr. Kinzinger , Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire , Mr. Lipinski , Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. McNerney , Mr. Mitchell , Ms. Norton , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Perlmutter , Mr. Quigley , Mrs. Radewagen , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Reschenthaler , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Ryan , Mr. Schweikert , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. Soto , Mr. Suozzi , Ms. Titus , Mr. Thompson of California , Mrs. Torres of California , Mr. Vela , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mr. Aguilar , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , Mr. Gomez , and Mr. Weber of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To prohibit the sale of shark fins, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019 . 2. Prohibition on sale of shark fins (a) Prohibition Except as provided in sections 3 and 4, no person shall possess, offer for sale, sell, or purchase any shark fin or product containing any shark fin. (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. 3. Exemption for traditional fisheries, education, and science Section 2 shall not apply with respect to possession of a shark fin that was taken lawfully under a State, territorial, or Federal license or permit to take or land sharks, if the shark fin is separated from the shark in a manner consistent with the license or permit and is— (1) destroyed or discarded upon separation; (2) used for noncommercial subsistence purposes in accordance with State or territorial law; (3) used solely for display or research purposes by a museum, college, or university, or by any other person under a State or Federal permit to conduct noncommercial scientific research; or (4) retained by the license or permit holder for a noncommercial purpose. 4. Exemption for Dogfish (a) In general It shall not be a violation of section 2 for any person to possess, offer for sale, sell, or purchase any fresh or frozen raw fin or tail from any stock of the species Mustelus canis (smooth dogfish) or Squalus acanthias (spiny dogfish). (b) Report By not later than January 1, 2027, the Secretary of Commerce shall review the exemption in subsection (a) and shall prepare and submit to the Congress a report that includes a recommendation on whether the exemption should continue or be terminated. In preparing such report and making such recommendation, the Secretary shall analyze factors including— (1) the economic viability of dogfish fisheries with and without the continuation of the exemption; (2) the impact to ocean ecosystems of continuing or terminating the exemption; (3) the impact on enforcement of the ban contained in section 3 caused by the exemption; and (4) the impact of the exemption on shark conservation. 5. 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 fin The term shark fin means the raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached fin, or the raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached tail, of a shark. 6. 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.

tv_txt: IIB 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 737 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 21, 2019 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation AN ACT To prohibit the sale of shark fins, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019 . 2. Prohibition on sale of shark fins (a) Prohibition Except as provided in sections 3 and 4, no person shall possess, offer for sale, sell, or purchase any shark fin or product containing any shark fin. (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. 3. Exemption for traditional fisheries, education, and science Section 2 shall not apply with respect to possession of a shark fin that was taken lawfully under a State, territorial, or Federal license or permit to take or land sharks, if the shark fin is separated from the shark in a manner consistent with the license or permit and is— (1) destroyed or discarded upon separation; (2) used for noncommercial subsistence purposes in accordance with State or territorial law; (3) used solely for display or research purposes by a museum, college, or university, or by any other person under a State or Federal permit to conduct noncommercial scientific research; or (4) retained by the license or permit holder for a noncommercial purpose. 4. Exemption for Dogfish (a) In general It shall not be a violation of section 2 for any person to possess, offer for sale, sell, or purchase any fresh or frozen raw fin or tail from any stock of the species Mustelus canis (smooth dogfish) or Squalus acanthias (spiny dogfish). (b) Report By not later than January 1, 2027, the Secretary of Commerce should review the exemption in subsection (a) and should prepare and submit to the Congress a report that includes a recommendation on whether the exemption should continue or be terminated. In preparing such report and making such recommendation, the Secretary should analyze factors including— (1) the economic viability of dogfish fisheries with and without the continuation of the exemption; (2) the impact to ocean ecosystems of continuing or terminating the exemption; (3) the impact on enforcement of the ban contained in section 3 caused by the exemption; and (4) the impact of the exemption on shark conservation. 5. Inclusion of rays and skates in seafood traceability program Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall revise section 300.324 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, to include rays and skates in the species and species groups specified in subsection (a)(2) of such section. 6. 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 fin The term shark fin means the raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached fin, or the raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached tail, of a shark. 7. 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. 8. Determination of budget effects The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

Passed the House of Representatives November 20, 2019. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 737 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To prohibit the sale of shark fins, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019 . 2. Prohibition on sale of shark fins (a) Prohibition Except as provided in sections 3 and 4, no person shall possess, offer for sale, sell, or purchase any shark fin or product containing any shark fin. (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. 3. Exemption for traditional fisheries, education, and science Section 2 shall not apply with respect to possession of a shark fin that was taken lawfully under a State, territorial, or Federal license or permit to take or land sharks, if the shark fin is separated from the shark in a manner consistent with the license or permit and is— (1) destroyed or discarded upon separation; (2) used for noncommercial subsistence purposes in accordance with State or territorial law; (3) used solely for display or research purposes by a museum, college, or university, or by any other person under a State or Federal permit to conduct noncommercial scientific research; or (4) retained by the license or permit holder for a noncommercial purpose. 4. Exemption for Dogfish (a) In general It shall not be a violation of section 2 for any person to possess, offer for sale, sell, or purchase any fresh or frozen raw fin or tail from any stock of the species Mustelus canis (smooth dogfish) or Squalus acanthias (spiny dogfish). (b) Report By not later than January 1, 2027, the Secretary of Commerce should review the exemption in subsection (a) and should prepare and submit to the Congress a report that includes a recommendation on whether the exemption should continue or be terminated. In preparing such report and making such recommendation, the Secretary should analyze factors including— (1) the economic viability of dogfish fisheries with and without the continuation of the exemption; (2) the impact to ocean ecosystems of continuing or terminating the exemption; (3) the impact on enforcement of the ban contained in section 3 caused by the exemption; and (4) the impact of the exemption on shark conservation. 5. Inclusion of rays and skates in seafood traceability program Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall revise section 300.324 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, to include rays and skates in the species and species groups specified in subsection (a)(2) of such section. 6. 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 fin The term shark fin means the raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached fin, or the raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached tail, of a shark. 7. 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. 8. Determination of budget effects The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

Passed the House of Representatives November 20, 2019. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 218 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 737 [Report No. 116–273] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 23, 2019 Mr. Sablan (for himself, Mr. McCaul , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. Buchanan , Mr. Calvert , Mr. Cartwright , Mr. Chabot , Mr. Crist , Ms. DeGette , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Gallego , Mr. Garamendi , Ms. Hill of California , Mr. Huffman , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. Katko , Mr. Keating , Mr. Kennedy , Mr. Kinzinger , Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire , Mr. Lipinski , Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. McNerney , Mr. Mitchell , Ms. Norton , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Perlmutter , Mr. Quigley , Mrs. Radewagen , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Reschenthaler , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Ryan , Mr. Schweikert , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. Soto , Mr. Suozzi , Ms. Titus , Mr. Thompson of California , Mrs. Torres of California , Mr. Vela , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mr. Aguilar , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , Mr. Gomez , and Mr. Weber of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources November 8, 2019 Additional sponsors: Mr. David Scott of Georgia , Mr. Moulton , Ms. Bass , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Deutch , Mr. Loebsack , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Bera , Mr. Ruppersberger , Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. Cohen , Mr. King of New York , Mr. Gottheimer , Mr. Foster , Mr. Yarmuth , Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York , Ms. Lee of California , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Langevin , Mr. Espaillat , Ms. Speier , Ms. Castor of Florida , Mrs. Bustos , Mr. Estes , Mr. San Nicolas , Mr. Schrader , Mr. Neal , Mrs. Lowey , Mr. Beyer , Ms. Matsui , Mr. Pallone , Ms. Shalala , Mr. DeFazio , Mrs. Davis of California , Mr. Lynch , Mr. Meuser , Ms. McCollum , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Mr. Kind , Mr. Krishnamoorthi , Mr. Cisneros , Mr. Costa , Ms. Dean , Mr. Delgado , Ms. Gabbard , Mr. Guthrie , Ms. Haaland , Mr. Harder of California , Mr. Heck , Mr. Joyce of Ohio , Mrs. Lawrence , Mr. Lawson of Florida , Mr. David P. Roe of Tennessee , Mr. Rose of New York , Mr. Takano , Mr. Walden , Mr. Watkins , Mr. Bacon , Mr. Casten of Illinois , Ms. DeLauro , Mr. DeSaulnier , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Norcross , Mr. Stivers , Mr. Welch , Mr. Woodall , Mr. Malinowski , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Brindisi , Mr. Cummings , Mr. Fortenberry , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Pappas , Mr. Sires , Mr. Smucker , Mr. LaHood , Ms. Brownley of California , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Engel , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Higgins of New York , Mr. Himes , Mr. Kim , Mr. Lamb , Mr. Larsen of Washington , Mr. Luján , Mr. Marshall , Mr. Neguse , Mr. O'Halleran , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Richmond , Mr. Rooney of Florida , Mr. Rouda , Mr. Rush , Ms. Stefanik , Mr. Vargas , Ms. Wexton , Mr. Zeldin , Mrs. Beatty , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Case , Mr. Correa , Mr. Cox of California , Ms. Lofgren , Ms. Mucarsel-Powell , Mr. Olson , Mr. Schneider , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Wright , Ms. Slotkin , Mr. Cunningham , Mr. Levin of California , Mrs. Walorski , Mr. Babin , Mr. Crenshaw , Mr. Stauber , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , Mr. Yoho , Ms. Barragán , Ms. Craig , Mr. Fleischmann , Mr. Hunter , Ms. Granger , Mr. Hagedorn , Mr. Brown of Maryland , Mr. Collins of New York , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Marchant , Mr. Payne , Mr. Pence , Mr. Steube , Mr. Turner , Mr. Upton , Mrs. Axne , Mr. Crow , Mr. Grothman , Mr. Kelly of Mississippi , Mr. Meeks , Mr. Palazzo , Ms. Sherrill , Ms. DelBene , Ms. Finkenauer , Mr. Hastings , Mr. Horsford , Mr. Schiff , Mr. Sherman , Mrs. Hayes , Mr. McEachin , Mrs. Murphy of Florida , Mr. Price of North Carolina , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Ms. Frankel , Mr. Sarbanes , Ms. Schrier , Mr. Trone , Ms. Escobar , Mr. Kilmer , Mr. Levin of Michigan , Ms. Underwood , Mr. Simpson , Mr. Budd , Mr. Bergman , Mr. Emmer , Mrs. Kirkpatrick , Ms. Porter , Ms. Scanlon , Mr. Burchett , Mrs. Demings , Mr. Allred , Mr. Carter of Georgia , Miss Rice of New York , Mr. Butterfield , Ms. Adams , Mr. Veasey , Mr. Green of Texas , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Swalwell of California , Mr. Griffith , Ms. Spanberger , Mr. Timmons , Mr. Peters , Mr. Gonzalez of Texas , Ms. Pingree , Mrs. Luria , Mrs. Trahan , Ms. Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma , Mr. Morelle , Ms. Pressley , Mr. Clay , Ms. Wild , Mr. Serrano , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Mr. Cooper , Ms. Moore , Mrs. Fletcher , Mr. Jeffries , Mr. Cleaver , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Mrs. McBath , Mrs. Lee of Nevada , Ms. Stevens , Mr. Carson of Indiana , Ms. Garcia of Texas , Mr. Pascrell , Mr. García of Illinois , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Courtney , Ms. Blunt Rochester , Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , Mr. Kildee , Ms. Sánchez , Mr. Doggett , Ms. Houlahan , Ms. Torres Small of New Mexico , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Keller , Mr. Bilirakis , Mr. Cuellar , Ms. Fudge , Mr. Stanton , Mr. Phillips , Mr. Evans , Ms. Sewell of Alabama , Mr. Gaetz , Mr. Steil , Mr. McAdams , Ms. Velázquez , Ms. Davids of Kansas , Mr. Gooden , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Mr. Riggleman , and Ms. Tlaib November 8, 2019 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To prohibit the sale of shark fins, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019 . 2. Prohibition on sale of shark fins (a) Prohibition Except as provided in sections 3 and 4, no person shall possess, offer for sale, sell, or purchase any shark fin or product containing any shark fin. (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. 3. Exemption for traditional fisheries, education, and science Section 2 shall not apply with respect to possession of a shark fin that was taken lawfully under a State, territorial, or Federal license or permit to take or land sharks, if the shark fin is separated from the shark in a manner consistent with the license or permit and is— (1) destroyed or discarded upon separation; (2) used for noncommercial subsistence purposes in accordance with State or territorial law; (3) used solely for display or research purposes by a museum, college, or university, or by any other person under a State or Federal permit to conduct noncommercial scientific research; or (4) retained by the license or permit holder for a noncommercial purpose. 4. Exemption for Dogfish (a) In general It shall not be a violation of section 2 for any person to possess, offer for sale, sell, or purchase any fresh or frozen raw fin or tail from any stock of the species Mustelus canis (smooth dogfish) or Squalus acanthias (spiny dogfish). (b) Report By not later than January 1, 2027, the Secretary of Commerce shall review the exemption in subsection (a) and shall prepare and submit to the Congress a report that includes a recommendation on whether the exemption should continue or be terminated. In preparing such report and making such recommendation, the Secretary shall analyze factors including— (1) the economic viability of dogfish fisheries with and without the continuation of the exemption; (2) the impact to ocean ecosystems of continuing or terminating the exemption; (3) the impact on enforcement of the ban contained in section 3 caused by the exemption; and (4) the impact of the exemption on shark conservation. 5. 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 fin The term shark fin means the raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached fin, or the raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached tail, of a shark. 6. 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.

November 8, 2019 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed