Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act

Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exclude from the meaning of the term "fish or wildlife” any animal accidentally included in a shipment of an aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture for human consumption or for use for recreational or ornamental purposes.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3105 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3105

   To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act 
animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced 
           in commercial aquaculture, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 2013

 Mr. Crawford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act 
animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced 
           in commercial aquaculture, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM LACEY ACT OF ANIMALS INADVERTENTLY INCLUDED IN 
              SHIPMENTS BY COMMERCIAL FISH FARMERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 
U.S.C. 3371) is amended in paragraph (a)--
            (1) by striking ``The term'' and inserting ``(1) Except as 
        provided in subparagraph (B), the term''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) Such term does not include any animal accidentally 
        included in a shipment of an aquatic species produced in 
        commercial aquaculture for human consumption or for use for 
        recreational or ornamental purposes.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply 
beginning on the date of the issuance of final regulations under 
subsection (c).
    (c) Regulations.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall issue regulations 
implementing the amendment made by subsection (a).
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