Congress 114 - HR 4245 - To exempt exportation of certain echinoderms and mollusks from licensing requirements under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

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Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of the Interior Endangered and threatened species Environmental Protection Hunting and fishing Licensing and registrations Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Seafood Trade restrictions User charges and fees Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

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(Sec. 1) This bill requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to issue a proposed rule that establishes expedited procedures relating to the export permission requirements of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for sea urchins and sea cucumbers that are designated as food for humans or animals. The USFWS may include in the rule an exemption from export permission requirements or export licensing requirements for those species.

If an exemption will have a significant negative impact on the conservation of sea urchins or sea cucumbers, the USFWS may not provide the exemption to the requirements. In addition, the USFWS may not provide an exemption to an entity that has been convicted of a violation of a law relating to the importation, transportation, or exportation of wildlife in the five years preceding the date on which the entity applied for the exemption.

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Dec 12, 2016

Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 10, 2016

Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 10, 2016

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 10, 2016

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7149)
Sep 7, 2016

Received in the Senate, read twice.
Sep 6, 2016

The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Sep 6, 2016

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 6, 2016

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5067)
Sep 6, 2016

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5067)
Sep 6, 2016

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4245.
Sep 6, 2016

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5067-5068)
Sep 6, 2016

Mr. Thompson (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 6, 2016

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 551.
Sep 6, 2016

Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
Sep 6, 2016

Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Sep 6, 2016

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-712, Part I.
Jun 15, 2016

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 15, 2016

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 14, 2016

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 14, 2016

Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
Feb 2, 2016

Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Dec 17, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Dec 11, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Dec 11, 2015

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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.
Dec 11, 2015

Introduced in House

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