HR 5741

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To amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks.
Sponsor: Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D) GU
 
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7/8/2008--Passed House amended. Shark Conservation Act of 2008 - Amends the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act to direct the Secretary of Commerce to list a nation in the biennial report on international compliance if the nation's fishing vessels are or have been engaged in fishing activities that target or incidentally catch sharks and the nation has not adopted a shark conservation program that is comparable, taking into account different conditions, to that of the United States, including measures to prohibit removal any of the fins of a shark (including the tail) and discarding the carcass of the shark at sea. Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to make it a prohibited act to: (1) remove any shark fin (including the tail) at sea; (2) have a fin aboard a fishing vessel unless the fin is naturally attached to the carcass; (3) transfer a fin from one vessel to another or receive a fin unless it is naturally attached; or (4) land a fin that is not naturally attached or a carcass without fins naturally attached. Creates a rebuttable presumption that, if any shark fin (including the tail) is aboard a non-fishing vessel without being naturally attached, the fin was transferred in violation.
 
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4/9/2008
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E566)
4/9/2008
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
4/10/2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
4/16/2008
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
6/4/2008
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
6/4/2008
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
6/11/2008
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
7/8/2008
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-740.
7/8/2008
Ms. Bordallo moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
7/8/2008
Considered under suspension of the rules.
7/8/2008
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5741.
7/9/2008
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
 
Titles:

Shark Conservation Act of 2008
Shark Conservation Act of 2008
Shark Conservation Act of 2008
To amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks.
 
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Referral, Markup, Reporting
Referral, Hearings, Markup, Reporting
Referral, In Committee
 
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