HR 5248
115th Congress
House
Animals
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural trade
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Fishes
Hunting and fishing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Seafood
Trade restrictions
Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act
Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 17, 2018
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 23, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 23, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Mar 13, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Mar 13, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act
This bill requires any country that seeks to import shark products into the United States to obtain a certification from the Department of Commerce that the country has a regulatory program in effect to provide for the conservation and management of sharks, including measures to prohibit the removal of any of the fins of a shark (including the tail).
Commerce must revise its regulations to include rays and skates as species that are subject to the Seafood Traceability Program. (The Seafood Traceability Program has data reporting and recordkeeping requirements at the time of entry for imported fish or fish products entered into U.S. commerce.)
What's happening now
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Committees of jurisdiction
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