3.0.0 1008 2022-11-01T19:02:22Z 2022-11-05T19:27:57Z Senate S 2019-04-03 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-04-03T17:43:15Z Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act 116 788 HR 2019-03-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Related bill CRS 2019-04-03 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-04-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2019-04-03 True S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2019-04-03 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2019-04-03 True C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2019-04-03 True Animals Administrative law and regulatory procedures Agricultural trade Animal protection and human-animal relationships Fishes Hunting and fishing Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Seafood Trade restrictions Animals 00 2019-04-03 Introduced in Senate 2019-09-13T16:57:33Z Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2019

This bill addresses the conservation and management of sharks.

The bill prohibits the importation into the United States of shark products from a nation that does not have measures to provide for the conservation and management of sharks and measures to prohibit shark finning (the removal of a shark's fins, including the tail, and discarding the remainder of the shark at sea) that are comparable to those of the United States. The bill includes exceptions to this prohibition for law enforcement, subsistence purposes, education, conservation, or scientific research.

The Department of Commerce must certify nations with protections for sharks that are comparable to those of the United States.

Commerce must revise its regulations to include rays and skates as species that are subject to the Seafood Import Monitoring Program. (The Seafood Import Monitoring Program has data reporting and recordkeeping requirements for imported fish or fish products entering U.S. commerce.)

]]> Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2019 Display Title Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend and enhance the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act to improve the conservation of sharks, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1008is/xml/BILLS-116s1008is.xml 2019-04-03 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.