,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cjie  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bc1     
#bjaf,mr4 ,booker 7for himself1 ,mrs4   
,capito1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4         
,mc,cain1 ,ms4 ,cantwell1 and ,ms4      
,murkowski7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to prohibit sale of shark fins1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,shark   
,fin ,trade ,elimination ,act of #bjaf4 
#b4 ,prohibition on sale of shark fins  
7a7 ,prohibition ,except as provided in 
section #c1 no person shall possess1    
trade1 distribute1 ship1 transport1     
offer for sale1 sell1 purchase1 import1 
or export shark fins or products        
containing shark fins4  7b7 ,penalty    
,for purposes of section #cjh7;a7 of the
 ,magnuson-,stevens ,fishery            
,conservation and ,management ,act 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #aheh7;a771 a violation of    

this section shall be treated as an act 
prohibited by section #cjg of that ,act 
7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aheg74  #c4 ,exceptions 
,a person may possess a shark fin that  
was taken lawfully under a ,state1      
territorial1 or ,federal license or     
permit to take or land sharks1 if the   
shark fin is separated from the shark in
 a manner consistent with the license or
 permit and is--  7#a7 destroyed or     
discarded2  7#b7 retained by the license
 or permit holder for a noncommercial   
purpose2  7#c7 used for noncommercial   
subsistence purposes in accordance with 
,state or territorial law2 or  7#d7 used
 solely for display or research purposes
 by a museum1 college1 or university1 or
 other person under a ,state or ,federal
 permit to conduct noncommercial        
scientific research4  #d4 ,definitions  
,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,import ,the term   
import has the same meaning that term   
has under section #c of the             
,magnuson-,stevens ,fishery             
,conservation and ,management ,act 7#af 

,u4,s4,c4 #ahjb74  7#b7 ,shark ,the term
 shark-- 7,a7 except as provided in     
subparagraph 7,b71 means any species of 
the subclass ,elasmobranchii2 and  7,b7 
does not include-- 7i7 any stock of the 
species ,mustelus canis 7smooth dogfish7
 or ,squalus acanthias 7spiny dogfish7  
which is managed pursuant to a fishery  
management plan prepared under section  
#cjc of the ,magnuson-,stevens ,fishery 
,conservation and ,management ,act 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #ahec72 or  7ii7 any species  
in the superorder ,batoidea that is     
managed pursuant to a fishery management
 plan prepared under section #cjc of the
 ,magnuson-,stevens ,fishery            
,conservation and ,management ,act 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #ahec74  7#c7 ,shark fin ,the 
term shark fin means the raw1 dried1 or 
otherwise processed detached fin of a   
shark1 or the raw1 dried1 or otherwise  
processed detached tail of a shark4  #e4
 ,state authority ,nothing in this ,act 
may be construed to preclude1 deny1 or  
limit any right of a ,state or territory

 to adopt or enforce any regulation or  
standard that is more stringent than a  
regulation or standard in effect under  
this ,act4