[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5741 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5741

 To amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and 
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve 
                      the conservation of sharks.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 9, 2008

Ms. Bordallo (for herself, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Farr, 
     Mr. Pallone, Mr. Hinchey, Mrs. Christensen, and Mr. Gonzalez) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and 
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve 
                      the conservation of sharks.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Shark Conservation Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF HIGH SEAS DRIFTNET FISHING MORATORIUM PROTECTION 
              ACT.

    Section 610(a) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium 
Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826k(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking so much as precedes paragraph (1) and 
        inserting the following:
    ``(a) Identification.--The Secretary shall identify, and list in 
the report under section 607--
            ``(1) a nation if--'';
            (2) in paragraph (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 
        (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively;
            (3) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as 
        subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively;
            (4) by moving subparagraphs (A) through (C) (as so 
        redesignated) 2 ems to the right;
            (5) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated) by striking 
        the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (6) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) a nation if--
                    ``(A) fishing vessels of that nation are engaged, 
                or have been engaged during the preceding calendar 
                year, in fishing activities or practices that target or 
                incidentally catch sharks; and
                    ``(B) the nation has not adopted a regulatory 
                program to provide for the conservation of sharks, 
                including measures to prohibit removal any of the fins 
                of a shark (including the tail) and discarding the 
                carcass of the shark at sea, that is comparable to that 
                of the United States, taking into account different 
                conditions.''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF MANGNUSON-STEVENS FISHERY CONSERVATION AND 
              MANAGEMENT ACT.

    Section 307(1) of Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1857(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (P)(ii), by striking ``fishing''; and
            (2) by striking the matter following subparagraph (R).
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