[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1806 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1806

  To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that Bluefin 
tuna may not be treated as an endangered species or threatened species.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 2011

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that Bluefin 
tuna may not be treated as an endangered species or threatened species.

    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 ``Bluefin Tuna Fishermen Employment 
Preservation Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING TREATMENT OF BLUEFIN TUNA AS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES 
              OR THREATENED SPECIES.

    Section 4(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) The Bluefin tuna may not be treated as an endangered 
        species or threatened species under this Act.''.
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