US Congress House Bill 737 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 220-68)
Status: Engrossed on November 21 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-11-21 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Addresses the sale of shark fins and the inclusion of rays and skates in 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.) The bill makes it illegal to possess, buy, or sell shark fins or any product containing shark fins, except for certain dogfish fins. A person may possess a shark fin that was lawfully taken consistent with a license or permit under certain circumstances. Penalties are imposed for violations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The Department of Commerce must revise its regulations to include rays and skates as species that are subject to the Seafood Traceability Program.

Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019

Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Katie Hill [D-CA]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Mitchell [R-MI]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]
Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]
Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Ron Estes [R-KS]	Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]
Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Dan Meuser [R-PA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]
Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Steve Watkins [R-KS]
Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Rob Woodall [R-GA]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]
Rep. Darin LaHood [R-IL]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]
Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]
Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]
Rep. Francis Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Ron Wright [R-TX]	Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]	Rep. Joe Cunningham [D-SC]
Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]	Rep. Dan Crenshaw [R-TX]
Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]
Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]
Rep. James Hagedorn [R-MN]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Gregory Pence [R-IN]	Rep. Greg Steube [R-FL]
Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]
Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]
Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]
Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]
Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]
Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Sen. Ted Budd [R-NC]	Rep. Jack Bergman [R-MI]	Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Tim Burchett [R-TN]
Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]
Rep. William Timmons [R-SC]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. Kendra Horn [D-OK]	Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]
Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]	Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]	Rep. Xochitl Torres Small [D-NM]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Fred Keller [R-PA]
Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Greg Stanton [D-AZ]
Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]
Rep. Bryan Steil [R-WI]	Rep. Ben McAdams [D-UT]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]
Rep. Lance Gooden [R-TX]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Denver Riggleman [R-VA]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]

2019-11-20 - House - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended RC# 634 (Y: 310 N: 107 NV: 13 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-11-21	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
2019-11-20	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2019-11-20	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 310 - 107 (Roll no. 634). (text: CR H9077)
2019-11-20	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9099-9100)
2019-11-20	House	At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
2019-11-20	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 737.
2019-11-20	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9076-9083)
2019-11-20	House	Mr. Huffman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2019-11-08	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 218.
2019-11-08	House	Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-273.
2019-09-18	House	Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 13.
2019-09-18	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-09-18	House	Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
2019-03-26	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-02-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2019-01-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2019-01-23	House	Introduced in House

HB614 (Related) 2019-02-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
SB877 (Related) 2019-12-12 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 325.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/737/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr737/BILLS-116hr737ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr737/BILLS-116hr737rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr737/BILLS-116hr737eh.pdf
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2019634