• H.R. 2964 (Johnson): To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife species under that Act, to make corrections in the provisions relating to captive wildlife offenses under that Act, and for other purposes. (Captive Primate Safety Act)
  

• H.R. 5350 (R. Scott): To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell or exchange certain National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration property located in Norfolk, Virginia, and for other purposes.
  

• H.R. 5451 (Bordallo): To reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, and for other purposes. (Coastal Zone Reauthorization Act of 2008)
  
  
• H.R. 5741 (Bordallo): To amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks. (The Shark Conservation Act of 2008)
  

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans
Markup of H.R. 2964, H.R. 5350, H.R. 5451, and H.R. 5741

When:
Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Subcommittee Action

The Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans met in open markup session on Wednesday, June 4, 2008, and considered the following bills:

H.R. 2964 (Johnson), To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife species under that Act, to make corrections in the provisions relating to captive wildlife offenses under that Act, and for other purposes. (Captive Primate Safety Act)

An Amendment was offered by Mr. Brown (#001)

An Amendment to the Amendment offered by Ms. Bordallo (#003) was agreed to by voice vote.

The Amendment as amended was agreed to by voice vote.

An Amendment offered by Mr. Brown (#058) was agreed to by voice vote.

Forwarded to Full committee, as amended, by voice vote.

H.R. 5350, (R. Scott), To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell or exchange certain National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration property located in Norfolk, Virginia, and for other purposes.

An Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Ms. Bordallo was agreed to by voice vote.

Forwarded to the Full Committee, as amended, by voice vote.

H.R. 5451, (Bordallo), To reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, and for other purposes. (Coastal Zone Reauthorization Act of 2008)

An amendment in the Nature of a Substitute was offered by Ms. Bordallo (#001)

A point of order challenging the germaneness of the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute was raised by Mr. Brown.

The Chair ruled against the point of order.

Mr. Brown appealed the ruling of the Chair.

The decision of the Chair was sustained by voice vote.

An Amendment to the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Mr. Saxton (#039) was agreed to by voice vote.

An Amendment to the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Mr. Saxton (#038) was withdrawn.

The Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute as amended was agreed to by voice vote.

Forwarded to Full Committee, as amended, by voice vote.

H.R. 5741 (Bordallo), To amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks. (The Shark Conservation Act of 2008)

An Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Ms. Bordallo (#001) was agreed to by voice vote.

Forwarded to Full Committee, as amended, by voice vote.