JAWS Act

Justice Attributed to Wounded Sharks Act or the JAWS Act - Prohibits federal assistance to a country that does not prohibit: (1) shark finning in its territorial waters; and (2) the importation, sale, possession, or consumption of shark fins obtained by shark finning.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5308 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5308

To prohibit foreign assistance to countries that do not prohibit shark 
 finning in the territorial waters of the country or the importation, 
sale, possession, or consumption of shark fins obtained as a result of 
                             shark finning.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2014

Mr. Farenthold introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit foreign assistance to countries that do not prohibit shark 
 finning in the territorial waters of the country or the importation, 
sale, possession, or consumption of shark fins obtained as a result of 
                             shark finning.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Justice Attributed to Wounded Sharks 
Act'' or ``JAWS Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT 
              PROHIBIT SHARK FINNING IN THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE 
              COUNTRY OR THE IMPORTATION, SALE, POSSESSION, OR 
              CONSUMPTION OF SHARK FINS OBTAINED AS A RESULT OF SHARK 
              FINNING.

    (a) In General.--No funds available to any Federal department or 
agency may be used to provide assistance to a country if the President 
determines that the country does not prohibit the following:
            (1) Shark finning in the territorial waters of the country.
            (2) The importation, sale, possession, or consumption of 
        shark fins obtained as a result of shark finning.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``shark finning'' has 
the meaning given the term in section 9 of the Shark Finning 
Prohibition Act (16 U.S.C. 1822 note).
    (c) Effective Date.--This Act takes effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and applies with respect to funds available to a 
Federal department or agency beginning on or after the date that is 90 
days after such date of enactment.
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