3.0.0 5804 2023-01-11T13:21:54Z 2023-01-11T13:21:54Z House H HR 2010-07-21 111 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii22 Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee Referred to 2010-07-23T14:32:48Z Referred to 2010-07-21T14:00:47Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-07-21T14:00:49Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-07-21T14:00:48Z Billfish Conservation Act of 2010 111 3812 S 2010-09-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS 2010-07-23 hsii22 Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife. Committee 2010-07-21 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2010-07-21 Referred to House Foreign Affairs IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2010-07-21 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2010-07-21 Referred to House Natural Resources IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2010-07-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-07-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000275 Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] JOHN SHADEGG R AZ 3 N R000435 Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN R FL 18 2010-07-21 True W000797 Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-20] Debbie Wasserman Schultz D FL 20 2010-07-21 True C001079 Rep. Cao, Anh "Joseph" [R-LA-2] Anh Cao R LA "Joseph" 2 2010-07-21 True D000600 Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25] Mario Diaz-Balart R FL 25 2010-07-21 True S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2010-09-15 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Fishes Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Trade restrictions Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2010-07-21 Introduced in House 2010-10-01T15:24:19Z Billfish Conservation Act of 2010 - Prohibits any person from offering billfish (except swordfish) or billfish products for sale, selling, importing, or exporting them, or having custody, control, or possession of them for purposes of offering them for sale, selling, importing, or exporting them.

Treats a violation of this Act as an act prohibited by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Subjects a person to a maximum civil penalty of $100,000 for each violation.

Defines "billfish" as any of the following: (1) blue marlin; (2) striped marlin; (3) black marlin; (4) sailfish: (5) shortbill spearfish; (6) white marlin; (7) roundscale spearfish; (8) Mediterranean spearfish; or (9) longbill spearfish.

]]> Billfish Conservation Act of 2010 Display Title Billfish Conservation Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced To prohibit trade in billfish. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Billfish Conservation Act of 2010 Introduced in House 2010-07-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr5804ih/xml/BILLS-111hr5804ih.xml 2010-07-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.