legislation: 115-hr-3377

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115-hr-3377 115 hr 3377 JAWS Act Foreign Trade and International Finance 2017-07-25 2017-07-25 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] TX R F000460 0 Justice Attributed to Wounded Sharks Act or the JAWS Act This bill prohibits the importation into the United States of seafood products from a country that does not prohibit: (1) shark finning in its territorial waters; and (2) the importation, sale, or possession of shark fins obtained through shark finning. The bill defines "shark finning" to mean the removal of a shark's fin (whether or not including the tail) and returning the remainder of the shark to the sea. 2023-01-11T13:37:21Z  

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