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115TH CONGRESS REPT.115-1089
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
MEASURES TO COMBAT INVASIVE LIONFISH
DECEMBER 20, 2018.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 6255]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6255) to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish
measures to combat invasive lionfish, and for other purposes, hav-
ing considered the same, report favorably thereon without amend-
ment and recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 6255 is to amend title 18, United States
Code, to establish measures to combat invasive lionfish.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.; also 18 U.S.C. 42) makes
it unlawful to import, export, sell, acquire, or purchase fish, wildlife
or plants that are taken, possessed, transported, or sold in violation
of federal, State, tribal or foreign law or treaty. Congress origi-
nally enacted this law in response to concerns over the health of
native species and competition from nonnative species.2 The Act
authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to reintroduce or bolster
native game, song, and insectivorous birds to the benefit of U.S.
agriculture.3 The Act also authorized the Secretary of Agriculture
to prevent the introduction of foreign wildlife.4 Finally, the Act
sought to supplement State laws for the protection of game and
birds, by preventing wildlife traffickers from harvesting species ille-
'https://www.fws.gov/international/laws-treaties-agreements/us-conservation-laws/lacey-
act.html.
2Act of May 25, 1900, 1, 31 Stat. 188.
3H. Rep. No. 56-474, at 1 (1900).
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