---
kind: "diff"
citation: "H.R. 737"
bill: "116-hr-737"
heading: "Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019"
from: "rh"
from_label: "Reported in House"
to: "eh"
to_label: "Engrossed in House"
sections_amended: 3
sections_added: 2
sections_removed: 0
url: "https://uscodex.org/bills/116/hr/737/changes/eh"
---

# H.R. 737 — what changed

H.R. 737, Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019 — 3 sections amended and 2 added between Reported in House and Engrossed in House.

Edits are marked `<del>struck</del>` and `<ins>inserted</ins>`.

## Sec. 4 Exemption for Dogfish

- (a) In general— It shall not be a violation of section 2 for any person to possess, offer for sale, sell, or purchase any fresh or frozen raw fin or tail from any stock of the species Mustelus canis (smooth dogfish) or Squalus acanthias (spiny dogfish).
- (b) Report— By not later than January 1, 2027, the Secretary of Commerce <del>shall </del><ins>should </ins>review the exemption in subsection (a) and <del>shall </del><ins>should </ins>prepare and submit to the Congress a report that includes a recommendation on whether the exemption should continue or be terminated. In preparing such report and making such recommendation, the Secretary <del>shall </del><ins>should </ins>analyze factors including—
  - (1) the economic viability of dogfish fisheries with and without the continuation of the exemption;
  - (2) the impact to ocean ecosystems of continuing or terminating the exemption;
  - (3) the impact on enforcement of the ban contained in section 3 caused by the exemption; and
  - (4) the impact of the exemption on shark conservation.

## Sec. 5 Inclusion of rays and skates in seafood traceability program

- <del>In </del><ins>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of </ins>this <del>Act:</del><ins>Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall revise section 300.324 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, to include rays and skates in the species and species groups specified in subsection (a)(2) of such section.</ins>
- (1) <del>Shark—</del> <del>The term “shark” means any species of the orders Pristiophoriformes, Squa­tin­i­formes, Squaliformes, Hexanchiformes, Lam­ni­formes, Carchariniformes, Orectolobiformes, and Heterodontiformes.</del>
- (2) <del>Shark fin—</del> <del>The term “shark fin” means the raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached fin, or the raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached tail, of a shark.</del>

## Sec. 6 Definitions

- <del>Nothing in this Act affects any right of a State or territory of the United States to adopt or enforce any regulation or standard that is more stringent than a regulation or standard in effect under </del><ins>In </ins>this <del>Act.</del><ins>Act:</ins>
- (1) <ins>Shark—</ins> <ins>The term “shark” means any species of the orders Pristiophoriformes, Squatiniformes, Squaliformes, Hexanchiformes, Lamniformes, Carchariniformes, Orectolobiformes, and Heterodontiformes.</ins>
- (2) <ins>Shark fin—</ins> <ins>The term “shark fin” means the raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached fin, or the raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached tail, of a shark.</ins>

## Sec. 7 State authority — added

- <ins>Nothing in this Act affects any right of a State or territory of the United States to adopt or enforce any regulation or standard that is more stringent than a regulation or standard in effect under this Act.</ins>

## Sec. 8 Determination of budget effects — added

- <ins>The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled “Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation” for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.</ins>