115th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to provide an exception for a de minimus amount of fish or wildlife included in interstate commercial shipments, and for other purposes.
June 23, 2017
Mr. Crawford (for himself, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Abraham, and Mr. Aderholt) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to provide an exception for a de minimus amount of fish or wildlife included in interstate commercial shipments, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act”.
SEC. 2. Exception for de minimus fish or wildlife in interstate commercial shipments.
Section 8 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3375) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(d) De minimus fish or wildlife in interstate commercial shipments.—Section 3(a)(2) does not apply to a person transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing in interstate commerce a de minimus amount of fish or wildlife taken, possessed, transported, or sold in violation of any law or regulation of any State if such fish or wildlife was included in an interstate commercial shipment of fish or wildlife that were bred, hatched, or born in captivity for human consumption or for use for recreational or ornamental purposes, unless such inclusion was done knowingly or intentionally.”.