3.0.0 3422 2023-01-11T13:23:08Z 2023-01-11T13:23:08Z Senate S S 2012-07-23 112 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-07-23T22:17:29Z Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 112 2706 HR 2012-10-05 Became Public Law No: 112-183. Related bill CRS Billfish Conservation Act of 2011 112 1451 S 2011-07-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 112 3424 S 2012-07-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS Sportsmen's Act of 2012 112 3525 S 2012-11-26 Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 504. Related bill CRS 2012-07-23 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2012-07-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N H.R.2706 https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2706 Public Lands and Natural Resources Fishes Hawaii Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Trade restrictions U.S. territories and protectorates Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2012-07-23 Introduced in Senate 2012-09-18T14:35:22Z Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 - Prohibits any person from offering billfish or billfish products for sale, selling them, or having custody, control, or possession of them for purposes of offering them for sale or selling 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, with each day of a continuing violation constituting a separate offense. Exempts the state of Hawaii and the Pacific Insular Area, except that billfish may be sold under such exemption only in the United States and the Pacific Insular Area.

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. Excludes swordfish from such definition.

]]> Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 Display Title Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit the sale of billfish and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 Introduced in Senate 2012-07-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3422is/xml/BILLS-112s3422is.xml 2012-07-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.