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Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2019

USA116th CongressS-1008| Senate 
| Updated: 4/3/2019
Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Republican Senator

Florida

Cosponsors (4)
Bill Cassidy (Republican)Dan Sullivan (Republican)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2019 This bill addresses the conservation and management of sharks. The bill prohibits the importation into the United States of shark products from a nation that does not have measures to provide for the conservation and management of sharks and measures to prohibit shark finning (the removal of a shark's fins, including the tail, and discarding the remainder of the shark at sea) that are comparable to those of the United States. The bill includes exceptions to this prohibition for law enforcement, subsistence purposes, education, conservation, or scientific research. The Department of Commerce must certify nations with protections for sharks that are comparable to those of the United States. Commerce must revise its regulations to include rays and skates as species that are subject to the Seafood Import Monitoring Program. (The Seafood Import Monitoring Program has data reporting and recordkeeping requirements for imported fish or fish products entering U.S. commerce.)
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 115-2764
Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2018
Mar 1, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-788
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Apr 3, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Apr 3, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 115-2764
    Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2018


  • March 1, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-788
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.


  • April 3, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 3, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Animals

Related Bills

  • HR 116-788: Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAgricultural tradeAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsFishesHunting and fishingMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesSeafoodTrade restrictions

Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2019

USA116th CongressS-1008| Senate 
| Updated: 4/3/2019
Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2019 This bill addresses the conservation and management of sharks. The bill prohibits the importation into the United States of shark products from a nation that does not have measures to provide for the conservation and management of sharks and measures to prohibit shark finning (the removal of a shark's fins, including the tail, and discarding the remainder of the shark at sea) that are comparable to those of the United States. The bill includes exceptions to this prohibition for law enforcement, subsistence purposes, education, conservation, or scientific research. The Department of Commerce must certify nations with protections for sharks that are comparable to those of the United States. Commerce must revise its regulations to include rays and skates as species that are subject to the Seafood Import Monitoring Program. (The Seafood Import Monitoring Program has data reporting and recordkeeping requirements for imported fish or fish products entering U.S. commerce.)
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 115-2764
Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2018
Mar 1, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-788
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Apr 3, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Apr 3, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 115-2764
    Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2018


  • March 1, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-788
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.


  • April 3, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 3, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Republican Senator

Florida

Cosponsors (4)
Bill Cassidy (Republican)Dan Sullivan (Republican)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Animals

Related Bills

  • HR 116-788: Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAgricultural tradeAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsFishesHunting and fishingMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesSeafoodTrade restrictions