,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #bhe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,june #bh1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,buchanan 7for himself1 ,mr4       
,huffman1 ,mr4 ,farr1 ,mr4 ,grimm1 ,mrs4
 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1   
,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mr4 ,hastings of         
,florida1 ,mr4 ,crenshaw1 ,mr4 ,young of
 ,florida1 ,mr4 ,murphy of ,florida1    
,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,moran1  
,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4      
,de,fazio1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4        
,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,linda ,t4 ,snchez of   
,california1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4      
,crdenas1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,ms4 ,brownley  
of ,california1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mr4     
,george ,miller of ,california1 ,ms4    
,bordallo1 and ,ms4 ,meng7 submitted the
 following resolution2 which was        
referred to the ,committee on ,natural  
,resources1 and in addition to the      
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 for a   
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall

 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,,resolution       
,expressing the sense of the ,house of  
,representatives that the ,united       
,states should ban and prevent the      
import of shark fins from sharks caught 
through the practice of finning1 and for
 other purposes4  ,whereas sharks are a 
vital part of a healthy ocean ecosystem2
 ,whereas as top of the food chain      
predators1 sharks help maintain the     
balance of marine life in the oceans2   
,whereas if shark populations continue  
to decline at the current rates1 there  
will be significant and unpredictable   
consequences for fish populations1 ocean
 habitats1 and the overall health of the
 ocean2 ,whereas sharks are             
slow-growing1 mature later in life1 and 
produce few young1 and thus are highly  
susceptible to overfishing that is      
severely depleting global shark         
populations2 ,whereas approximately     
#bf1jjj1jjj to #gc1jjj1jjj sharks are   
killed globally each year1 and this is  

contributing to the decline of shark    
populations around the world and        
impacting the health of the ocean2      
,whereas shark finning1 in which sharks 
are captured1 their fins cut off1 and   
their bodies thrown back into the sea1  
is a wasteful practice that is          
contributing to the devastation of shark
 populations worldwide2 ,whereas ,united
 ,states fishermen are held to a higher 
standard and are not operating on a     
level playing field with foreign1       
unregulated shark fisheries that are    
still engaging in shark finning2        
,whereas many fisheries around the world
 are catching sharks without limits2    
,whereas the ,international ,union for  
,conservation of ,nature 7,,iucn7 ,red  
,list of ,threatened ,species estimates 
that over #cj percent of pelagic 7open  
ocean7 sharks are threatened with       
extinction2 and ,whereas several ,states
 and ,united ,states territories have   
recognized the global decline of shark  
populations and have taken actions to   

improve conservation of sharks1         
including restrictions on the sale of   
and trade in shark fins3 ,now1          
therefore1 be it  ,that--  7#a7 it is   
the sense of the ,house of              
,representatives that the ,united       
,states should ban and prevent the      
importation of shark fins from sharks   
caught through the practice of finning2 
and  7#b7 the ,house of                 
,representatives--  7,a7 recognizes the 
threat shark finning poses to sharks2   
and  7,b7 condemns the practice         
worldwide4