S.Amdt. 6520

1. Replaces “A person” at the section 5946(b)(3) with “A person may possess, acquire, receive, transport, offer for sale, sell, or purchase a sh…”

   Replaces

   In H.R. 7776 · Engrossed Amendment House

   (3) Exceptions.--A person may possess[struck: ][inserted: , acquire, receive, transport, offer for sale, sell, or purchase ]a shark fin [inserted: or a product containing a shark fin of a shark species ]that[struck: ][inserted: , on the date of the possession, acquisition, receipt, transport, offer for sale, sale, or purchase, ]was [inserted: permitted to be harvested under a fishery management plan or plan amendment approved by the Secretary of Commerce under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). In addition, a person may possess a shark fin that was ]taken lawfully pursuant to a Federal, State, or territorial license or permit to take or land sharks if the shark fin was separated after the first point of landing in a manner consistent with the license or permit and is--

   (A) destroyed or disposed of immediately upon separation from the carcass;

   Original wording

   In section 5946(b)(3), strike “A person” and insert “A person may possess, acquire, receive, transport, offer for sale, sell, or purchase a shark fin or a product containing a shark fin of a shark species that, on the date of the possession, acquisition, receipt, transport, offer for sale, sale, or purchase, was permitted to be harvested under a fishery management plan or plan amendment approved by the Secretary of Commerce under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). In addition, a person”.

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