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House Bill 2504
115th Congress(2017-2018)
To ensure fair treatment in licensing requirements for the export of certain echinoderms.
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H. R. 2504 (Reported-in-House)

Union Calendar No. 376

115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 2504

[Report No. 115–506, Part I]


To ensure fair treatment in licensing requirements for the export of certain echinoderms.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 17, 2017

Ms. Pingree (for herself and Mr. Poliquin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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

January 10, 2018

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources

January 10, 2018

The Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed


A BILL

To ensure fair treatment in licensing requirements for the export of certain echinoderms.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Exemption of exportation of certain echinoderms from permission and licensing requirements.

(a) Exemption.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall amend section 14.92 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, to clarify that—

(1) fish or wildlife described in subsection (b) are fishery products exempt from the export permission requirements of section 9(d)(1) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1538(d)(1)); and

(2) any person may engage in business as an exporter of such fish or wildlife without procuring permission under such section of that Act or an export license under subpart I of part 14 of such title.

(b) Covered fish or wildlife.—The fish or wildlife referred to in subsection (a) are members of the phylum Echinodermata that are commonly known as sea urchins and sea cucumbers, including products thereof, that—

(1) do not require a permit under part 16, 17, or 23 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations;

(2) are harvested in waters under the jurisdiction of the United States or are processed in the United States; and

(3) are—

(A) exported for purposes of human or animal consumption; or

(B) taken in waters under the jurisdiction of the United States or on the high seas for recreational purposes.


Union Calendar No. 376

115th CONGRESS
     2d Session
H. R. 2504
[Report No. 115–506, Part I]

A BILL
To ensure fair treatment in licensing requirements for the export of certain echinoderms.

January 10, 2018
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources
January 10, 2018
The Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed