Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1987

Summary

Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to ban the importation of shrimp and shrimp products from any country whose commercial fishing activities may result in the incidental taking of threatened or endangered species and whose enforcement of restrictions on such incidental taking is not equivalent to that of the United States. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to evaluate each nation exporting shrimp to the United States for compliance.

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Timeline

1. 17 March 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 17 March 1987

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 17 March 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 31 March 1987

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.

   Source: Committee

5. 9 April 1987

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.

   Source: Committee

6. 9 April 1987

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, Treasury.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 17 March 1987

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Sweeney, David McCann [R-TX-14] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Bustamante, Albert G. [D-TX-23] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Pickle, J. J. [D-TX-10] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Andrews, Michael [D-TX-25] · D · Sponsor
• · hsmm00 · Standing
• · hswm00 · Standing

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