[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 3535 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                 Union Calendar No. 360
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3535

                          [Report No. 106-650]

 To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
    to eliminate the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark 
                                finning.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2000

Mr. Cunningham introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

                              June 6, 2000

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
    to eliminate the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark 
                                finning.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Shark Finning Prohibition 
Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. PURPOSE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The purpose of this Act is to eliminate the wasteful and 
unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning and to reduce the high 
mortality levels associated with shark finning in waters of the United 
States.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON REMOVING SHARK FIN AND DISCARDING SHARK 
              CARCASS AT SEA.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 307 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1857) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subparagraph (N) by striking ``or'' after 
        the semicolon at the end;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subparagraph (O) by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; or''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(P) to remove any of the fins of a 
                shark, including the tail, and discard the carcass of 
                the shark at sea;''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Shark Finning Prohibition Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to eliminate the wasteful and 
unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning and to reduce the high 
mortality levels associated with shark finning in waters of the United 
States.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON REMOVING SHARK FIN AND DISCARDING SHARK CARCASS 
              AT SEA.

    Section 307 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1857) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (N) by striking ``or'' after the 
        semicolon at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (O) by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(P)(i) to remove any of the fins of a shark 
                (including the tail) and discard the carcass of the 
                shark at sea;
                    ``(ii) to have custody, control, or possession of 
                any such fin aboard a fishing vessel without the 
                corresponding carcass; or
                    ``(iii) to land any such fin without the 
                corresponding carcass;''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 360

106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3535

                          [Report No. 106-650]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
                            to eliminate the
        wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              June 6, 2000

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed