Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2017
Latest action · Nov 27, 2018 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 675.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 30, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2017
This bill makes it illegal to possess, buy, sell, or transport 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 maximum civil penalty for each violation shall be $100,000, or the fair market value of the shark fins involved, whichever is greater.
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 30, 2017 to Oct 2, 2018; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| R-AZ | John McCain | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Oct 30, 2017 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Oct 30, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Oct 30, 2017 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Oct 30, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Oct 30, 2017 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Oct 30, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Oct 30, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Oct 30, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Oct 31, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Nov 9, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Nov 9, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Nov 16, 2017 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Nov 28, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Dec 12, 2017 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Dec 12, 2017 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Dec 12, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Dec 19, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Dec 19, 2017 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Dec 19, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Dec 21, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Jan 16, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Feb 27, 2018 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | May 16, 2018 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Sep 17, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Sep 17, 2018 | |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Sep 18, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Sep 28, 2018 | |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Sep 28, 2018 | |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Oct 2, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Mar 30, 2017Markup May 18, 2017Reported Nov 27, 2018 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 27, 2018Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-388.
- Nov 27, 2018Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 675.
- May 18, 2017Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Mar 30, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Mar 30, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jul 24, 2017S. 793, Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2017As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 18, 2017
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-43 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 4528, TO MAKE TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN MARINE FISH CONSERVATION STATUES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; H.R. 5248, TO AMEND AND ENHANCE THE HIGH SEAS DRIFTNET FISHING MORATORIUM PROTECTION ACT TO IMPROVE THE CONSERVATION OF SHARKS, "SUSTAINABLE SHARK FISHERIES AND TRADE ACT"; AND H.R. 1456, TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF SHARK FINS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, "SHARK FIN SALES ELIMINATION ACT OF 2017"85 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Apr 17, 2018 |
| S. Hrg. 115-536 | REAUTHORIZATION OF THE MAGNUSON-STEVENS FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT: NOAA AND COUNCIL PERSPECTIVES (PART 1)80 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Aug 1, 2017 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1456 | Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2017 | Related bill | Apr 17, 2018 |
| HR 2463 | Shark Sales Elimination Act of 2017 | Related bill | May 24, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to prohibit sale of shark fins, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 27, 2018Reported to Senate
- Mar 30, 2017Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
