H.R. 2504

Referred to Committee

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

Introduced 5/17/2017•115th Congress•House

Latest Action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

2/6/2018 • Senate

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

(Sec. 1) This bill: (1) exempts exporters of sea urchins and sea cucumbers that are designated as food for humans or animals or taken for recreational purposes from licensing requirements; and (2) requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to amend regulations concerning transporting wildlife to clarify that those sea urchins and sea cucumbers are fishery products exempt from the export permission requirements under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Thus, those exporters will be exempted from: (1) inspections to ensure shipments of those fishery products do not contain endangered or threatened species, and (2) related inspection fees.

Passed House without amendment • 2/5/2018

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Topics & Subjects

Policy Area: Environmental Protection

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of the InteriorEndangered and threatened speciesHunting and fishingLicensing and registrationsMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesSeafoodTrade restrictionsUser charges and feesWildlife conservation and habitat protection