,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fad  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #af1        
#bjai,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the 
sale of shark parts1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,shark ,sales       
,elimination ,act of #bjai4  #b4        
,prohibition on sale of shark parts  7a7
 ,prohibition ,except as provided in    
section #c1 no person shall possess1    
offer for sale1 sell1 or purchase any   
shark part or product containing any    
shark part4  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 ,exemption  
for traditional fisheries1 education1   

and science ,section #b shall not apply 
with respect to possession of a shark   
part that was taken lawfully under a    
,state1 territorial1 or ,federal license
 or permit to take or land sharks1 if   
the shark part is separated from the    
shark in a manner consistent with the   
license or permit and is--  7#a7        
destroyed or discarded2  7#b7 used for  
noncommercial subsistence purposes in   
accordance with ,state or territorial   
law2 or  7#c7 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 ,shark 
,the term shark means any species of the
 orders ,pristiophoriformes1            
,squatiniformes1 ,squaliformes1         
,hexanchiformes1 ,lamniformes1          
,carchariniformes1 ,orectolobiformes1   
and ,heterodontiformes4  7#b7 shark part
 ,the term shark part means any shark or
 raw1 dried1 or otherwise processed     

detached part of a shark4  #e4 ,state   
authority ,nothing in this ,act affects 
any right of a ,state or territory of   
the ,united ,states to adopt or enforce 
any regulation or standard that is more 
stringent than a regulation or standard 
in effect under this ,act4