,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #bah #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #gcg ,report ,no4 #aaf-bgc ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,january #bc1 #bjai ,mr4 ,sablan 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,mc,caul1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,buchanan1 ,mr4 ,calvert1 ,mr4 ,cartwright1 ,mr4 ,chabot1 ,mr4 ,crist1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,ms4 ,hill of ,california1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,mr4 ,katko1 ,mr4 ,keating1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,kinzinger1 ,ms4 ,kuster of ,new ,hampshire1 ,mr4 ,lipinski1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney1 ,mr4 ,mitchell1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 ,mr4 ,perlmutter1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mrs4 ,radewagen1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4 ,reschenthaler1 ,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 ,mr4 ,ryan1 ,mr4 ,schweikert1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,california1 ,mrs4 ,torres of ,california1 ,mr4 ,vela1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,aguilar1 ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,gomez1 and ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,natural ,resources ,november #h1 #bjai ,additional sponsors3 ,mr4 ,david ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,bera1 ,mr4 ,ruppersberger1 ,mr4 ,michael ,f4 ,doyle of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,gottheimer1 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,mr4 ,yarmuth1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,langevin1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1 ,mrs4 ,bustos1 ,mr4 ,estes1 ,mr4 ,san ,nicolas1 ,mr4 ,schrader1 ,mr4 ,neal1 ,mrs4 ,lowey1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,ms4 ,matsui1 ,mr4 ,pallone1 ,ms4 ,shalala1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,mrs4 ,davis of ,california1 ,mr4 ,lynch1 ,mr4 ,meuser1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mr4 ,kind1 ,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1 ,mr4 ,costa1 ,ms4 ,dean1 ,mr4 ,delgado1 ,ms4 ,gabbard1 ,mr4 ,guthrie1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 ,mr4 ,harder of ,california1 ,mr4 ,heck1 ,mr4 ,joyce of ,ohio1 ,mrs4 ,lawrence1 ,mr4 ,lawson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,david ,p4 ,roe of ,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,rose of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,walden1 ,mr4 ,watkins1 ,mr4 ,bacon1 ,mr4 ,casten of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,norcross1 ,mr4 ,stivers1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,woodall1 ,mr4 ,malinowski1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4 ,brindisi1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,mr4 ,fortenberry1 ,mr4 ,larson of ,connecticut1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4 ,pappas1 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,mr4 ,smucker1 ,mr4 ,la,hood1 ,ms4 ,brownley of ,california1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1 ,mr4 ,higgins of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,himes1 ,mr4 ,kim1 ,mr4 ,lamb1 ,mr4 ,larsen of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,lujn1 ,mr4 ,marshall1 ,mr4 ,neguse1 ,mr4 ,o',halleran1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mr4 ,richmond1 ,mr4 ,rooney of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,rouda1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,ms4 ,wexton1 ,mr4 ,zeldin1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1 ,mr4 ,case1 ,mr4 ,correa1 ,mr4 ,cox of ,california1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,ms4 ,mucarsel-,powell1 ,mr4 ,olson1 ,mr4 ,schneider1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4 ,wright1 ,ms4 ,slotkin1 ,mr4 ,cunningham1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,california1 ,mrs4 ,walorski1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4 ,crenshaw1 ,mr4 ,stauber1 ,mr4 ,wilson of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,yoho1 ,ms4 ,barragn1 ,ms4 ,craig1 ,mr4 ,fleischmann1 ,mr4 ,hunter1 ,ms4 ,granger1 ,mr4 ,hagedorn1 ,mr4 ,brown of ,maryland1 ,mr4 ,collins of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,marchant1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,mr4 ,pence1 ,mr4 ,steube1 ,mr4 ,turner1 ,mr4 ,upton1 ,mrs4 ,axne1 ,mr4 ,crow1 ,mr4 ,grothman1 ,mr4 ,kelly of ,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,mr4 ,palazzo1 ,ms4 ,sherrill1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,ms4 ,finkenauer1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mr4 ,horsford1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 ,mr4 ,sherman1 ,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,mr4 ,mc,eachin1 ,mrs4 ,murphy of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,price of ,north ,carolina1 ,ms4 ,clark of ,massachusetts1 ,ms4 ,frankel1 ,mr4 ,sarbanes1 ,ms4 ,schrier1 ,mr4 ,trone1 ,ms4 ,escobar1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,michigan1 ,ms4 ,underwood1 ,mr4 ,simpson1 ,mr4 ,budd1 ,mr4 ,bergman1 ,mr4 ,emmer1 ,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick1 ,ms4 ,porter1 ,ms4 ,scanlon1 ,mr4 ,burchett1 ,mrs4 ,demings1 ,mr4 ,allred1 ,mr4 ,carter of ,georgia1 ,miss ,rice of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,butterfield1 ,ms4 ,adams1 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,mr4 ,green of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california1 ,mr4 ,griffith1 ,ms4 ,spanberger1 ,mr4 ,timmons1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,mrs4 ,luria1 ,mrs4 ,trahan1 ,ms4 ,kendra ,s4 ,horn of ,oklahoma1 ,mr4 ,morelle1 ,ms4 ,pressley1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,ms4 ,wild1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,cooper1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mrs4 ,fletcher1 ,mr4 ,jeffries1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,mississippi1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mrs4 ,mc,bath1 ,mrs4 ,lee of ,nevada1 ,ms4 ,stevens1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 ,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,courtney1 ,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,kildee1 ,ms4 ,snchez1 ,mr4 ,doggett1 ,ms4 ,houlahan1 ,ms4 ,torres ,small of ,new ,mexico1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mr4 ,keller1 ,mr4 ,bilirakis1 ,mr4 ,cuellar1 ,ms4 ,fudge1 ,mr4 ,stanton1 ,mr4 ,phillips1 ,mr4 ,evans1 ,ms4 ,sewell of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,steil1 ,mr4 ,mc,adams1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,davids of ,kansas1 ,mr4 ,gooden1 ,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,riggleman1 and ,ms4 ,tlaib ,november #h1 #bjai ,committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union and ordered to be printed ,a ,,bill ,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 shall review the exemption in subsection 7a7 and shall 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 shall 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 ,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 #f4 ,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 ,november #h1 #bjai ,committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union and ordered to be printed