Bill Sponsor
House Bill 2504
115th Congress(2017-2018)
To ensure fair treatment in licensing requirements for the export of certain echinoderms.
Active
Active
Passed House on Feb 5, 2018
Overview
Text
Introduced
May 17, 2017
Latest Action
Feb 6, 2018
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
2504
Congress
115
Policy Area
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection
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House Votes (1)
Senate Votes (0)
checkPassed on February 5, 2018
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H753)
Summary

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.

Text (4)
February 6, 2018
February 5, 2018
January 10, 2018
Actions (17)
02/06/2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
02/05/2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
02/05/2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H753)
02/05/2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H753)
02/05/2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2504.
02/05/2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H753-755)
02/05/2018
Mr. Gosar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
01/10/2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 376.
01/10/2018
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
01/10/2018
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-506, Part I.
11/08/2017
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
11/08/2017
Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
11/08/2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
11/07/2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
05/24/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
05/17/2017
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
05/17/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:36:44 PM