I
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5804
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 21, 2010
Mr. Shadegg (for himself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Cao, and Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Ways and Means, 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
A BILL
To prohibit trade in billfish.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Billfish Conservation Act of
2010
.
Statement of constitutional authority
The Congress enacts this Act pursuant to clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the United States Constitution.
Prohibition on trade in billfish
Prohibition
No person shall offer for sale, sell, import, or export, or have custody, control, or possession of for purposes of offering for sale, selling, importing, or exporting, billfish or products containing billfish.
Penalty
For purposes of section 308(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1858(a)), a violation of this section shall be treated as an act prohibited by section 307 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 1857).
Billfish defined
In this section the term billfish
—
means any fish of the species—
Makaira nigricans (blue marlin);
Kajikia audax (striped marlin);
Istiompax indica (black marlin);
Istiophorus platypterus (sailfish);
Tetrapturus angustirostris (shortbill spearfish);
Kajikia albida (white marlin);
Tetrapturus georgii (roundscale spearfish);
Tetrapturus belone (Mediterranean spearfish); and
Tetrapturus pfluegeri (longbill spearfish); and
does not include the species Xiphias gladius (swordfish).