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HCONRES 189 106th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Animals Fishery management Fishing International Affairs International fishery management Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Overfishing Pacific Ocean Protection of animals Sharks Sports and Recreation Territorial waters

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice known as shark finning.

Introduced: September 27, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 18 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Nov 19, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Nov 2, 1999
Received in the Senate.
Nov 1, 1999
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 1, 1999
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Nov 1, 1999
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Nov 1, 1999
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 189.
Nov 1, 1999
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11154-11159)
Nov 1, 1999
Mr. Saxton moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
Nov 1, 1999
Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 142.
Nov 1, 1999
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 106-428.
Oct 27, 1999
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Oct 27, 1999
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 27, 1999
Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans Discharged.
Oct 21, 1999
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Sep 29, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Sep 27, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Sep 27, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1967-1968)
Sep 27, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the practice of removing the fins of a shark and dumping its carcass back into the ocean, commonly known as shark finning, is a wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice; (2) the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, the State of Hawaii, and the National Marine Fisheries Service should promptly and permanently end such practice in all Federal and State waters in the Central Pacific Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean; and (3) the Secretary of State should continue to advocate for the coordinated management of sharks and the elimination of shark finning in all other waters.
What's happening now November 19, 1999

Referred to the Committee on Commerce.

 Bill text 4 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Oct 19, 1999
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Sep 30, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 189: Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice known as shark finning.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-189/
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"H. Con. Res. 189: Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice known as shark finning.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-189/.
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