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Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act

Introduced: March 25, 2019 Introduced by: Webster, Daniel Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 1, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Feb 7, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced in House
Jan 24, 2019
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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2019

This bill revises provisions regarding shark conservation and fishery management.

The 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 March 1, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1008 Related bill Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 3 Republican 6
D
Crow, Jason
Colorado · Dec 16, 2020
 R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · Nov 21, 2019
Rice, Kathleen
· Jul 25, 2019
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · May 9, 2019
 R
Mast, Brian J.
Florida · May 7, 2019
 R
Steube, W. Gregory
Florida · Apr 3, 2019
Hunter, Duncan
· Mar 25, 2019
 R
Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Mar 5, 2019
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Jan 24, 2019
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Jan 24, 2019
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jan 24, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 788: Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-788/
MLA
"H.R. 788: Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-788/.
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H.R. 788, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-788/.
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