,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #caje  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ag1      
#bjac,mr4 ,crawford introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,lacey ,act    
,amendments of #aiha to exempt from such
 ,act animals accidentally included in  
shipments of aquatic species produced in
 commercial aquaculture1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,aquaculture ,risk  
,reduction ,act4  #b4 ,exemption from   
,lacey ,act of animals inadvertently    
included in shipments by commercial fish
 farmers  7a7 ,in general ,section #b of
 the ,lacey ,act ,amendments of #aiha   
7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #ccga7 is amended in     
paragraph 7a7-- 7#a7 by striking ,the   
term and inserting 7#a7 ,except as      
provided in subparagraph 7,b71 the term2
 and  7#b7 by adding at the end the     
following3  7,b7 ,such term does not    
include any animal accidentally included

 in a shipment of an aquatic species    
produced in commercial aquaculture for  
human consumption or for use for        
recreational or ornamental purposes4  4 
7b7 ,application ,the amendment made by 
subsection 7a7 shall apply beginning on 
the date of the issuance of final       
regulations under subsection 7c74  7c7  
,regulations ,not later than #ij days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary of the ,interior1  
acting through the ,united ,states ,fish
 and ,wildlife ,service1 shall issue    
regulations implementing the amendment  
made by subsection 7a74