H.R. 394 · 114th Congress
Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act
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Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 14, 2015
Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act
This bill prohibits a person from:
- shipping, transporting, offering for sale, selling, or purchasing a genetically altered finfish, or a food product containing those fish, in commerce;
- having custody, control, or possession of those fish or food products with the intent to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, or purchase them in commerce;
- engaging in net-pen aquaculture (pens of fish contained by nets) of those fish;
- releasing those fish into a natural environment; or
- having custody, control, or possession of those fish with the intent to release them into a natural environment.
Fish, fish parts, or products confined for scientific research or collected to enforce this Act are exempted from the prohibition. An additional exemption is established if the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): (1) prepares a finding of no significant impact in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 after reviewing an application requesting a federal agency to permit activity prohibited by this Act, or (2) finds the application to be consistent with an environmental impact statement that includes an environmental risk analysis and specified assessments of costs and potential economic damage.
Each federal agency must promptly notify NOAA when an action involving those fish or food products is first identified by the agency.
The Department of Commerce may enforce penalties for violations of this Act under specified provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act
Latest action (Mar 2, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Policy area: Commerce · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 14, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.