#aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #gcg  ,,an ,,act  ,to prohibit the  
sale of shark fins1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,shark ,fin ,sales  
,elimination ,act of #bjai4  #b4        
,prohibition on sale of shark fins  7a7 
,prohibition ,except as provided in     
sections #c and #d1 no person shall     
possess1 offer for sale1 sell1 or       
purchase any shark fin or product       
containing any shark fin4  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 ,act4
  #c4 ,exemption for traditional        
fisheries1 education1 and science       
,section #b shall not apply with respect
 to possession of 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     
discarded upon separation2  7#b7 used   
for noncommercial subsistence purposes  
in accordance with ,state or territorial
 law2  7#c7 used solely for display or  
research purposes by a museum1 college1 
or university1 or by any other person   
under a ,state or ,federal permit to    
conduct noncommercial scientific        
research2 or  7#d7 retained by the      
license or permit holder for a          
noncommercial purpose4  #d4 ,exemption  
for ,dogfish  7a7 ,in general ,it shall 
not be a violation of section #b for any
 person to possess1 offer for sale1     
sell1 or purchase any fresh or frozen   
raw fin or tail from any stock of the   
species ,mustelus canis 7smooth dogfish7
 or ,squalus acanthias 7spiny dogfish74 
7b7 ,report ,by not later than ,january 
#a1 #bjbg1 the ,secretary of ,commerce  
should review the exemption in          
subsection 7a7 and should prepare and   

submit to the ,congress a report that   
includes a recommendation on whether the
 exemption should continue or be        
terminated4 ,in preparing such report   
and making such recommendation1 the     
,secretary should analyze factors       
including--  7#a7 the economic viability
 of dogfish fisheries with and without  
the continuation of the exemption2  7#b7
 the impact to ocean ecosystems of      
continuing or terminating the exemption2
  7#c7 the impact on enforcement of the 
ban contained in section #c caused by   
the exemption2 and  7#d7 the impact of  
the exemption on shark conservation4    
#e4 ,inclusion of rays and skates in    
seafood traceability program ,not later 
than #a year after the date of the      
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,commerce shall revise section       
#cjj4cbd of title #ej1 ,code of ,federal
 ,regulations1 to include rays and      
skates in the species and species groups
 specified in subsection 7a77#b7 of such
 section4  #f4 ,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 fin    
,the term shark fin means the raw1      
dried1 or otherwise processed detached  
fin1 or the raw1 dried1 or otherwise    
processed detached tail1 of a shark4    
#g4 ,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  #h4 ,determination of budget
 effects ,the budgetary effects of this 
,act1 for the purpose of complying with 
the ,statutory ,pay-,as-,you-,go ,act of
 #bjaj1 shall be determined by reference
 to the latest statement titled         
,budgetary ,effects of ,,paygo          
,legislation for this ,act1 submitted   

for printing in the ,congressional      
,record by the ,chairman of the ,house  
,budget ,committee1 provided that such  
statement has been submitted prior to   
the vote on passage4  ,passed the ,house
 of ,representatives ,november #bj1     
#bjai4;,clerk4