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HR 4245 114th Congress House

To exempt exportation of certain echinoderms and mollusks from licensing requirements under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Introduced: December 11, 2015 Introduced by: Pingree, Chellie Democratic · Maine See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of the InteriorEndangered and threatened speciesHunting and fishing
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 Everywhere this bill has been 25 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 12, 2016
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 10, 2016
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 10, 2016
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 10, 2016
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7149)
Sep 7, 2016
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Sep 6, 2016
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Sep 6, 2016
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 6, 2016
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5067)
Sep 6, 2016
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5067)
Sep 6, 2016
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4245.
Sep 6, 2016
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5067-5068)
Sep 6, 2016
Mr. Thompson (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 6, 2016
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 551.
Sep 6, 2016
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
Sep 6, 2016
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Sep 6, 2016
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-712, Part I.
Jun 15, 2016
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 15, 2016
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 14, 2016
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 14, 2016
Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
Feb 2, 2016
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Dec 17, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Dec 11, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Dec 11, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 11, 2015
Introduced in House
 Amendments to this bill 1

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1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 5,185 King, Angus S., Jr. In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Dec 10, 2016
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 Latest action December 12, 2016

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(Sec. 1) This bill requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to issue a proposed rule that establishes expedited procedures relating to the export permission requirements of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for sea urchins and sea cucumbers that are designated as food for humans or animals. The USFWS may include in the rule an exemption from export permission requirements or export licensing requirements for those species.

If an exemption will have a significant negative impact on the conservation of sea urchins or sea cucumbers, the USFWS may not provide the exemption to the requirements. In addition, the USFWS may not provide an exemption to an entity that has been convicted of a violation of a law relating to the importation, transportation, or exportation of wildlife in the five years preceding the date on which the entity applied for the exemption.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4245: To exempt exportation of certain echinoderms and mollusks from licensing requirements under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4245/
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"H.R. 4245: To exempt exportation of certain echinoderms and mollusks from licensing requirements under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4245/.
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