House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Shark Finning Prohibition Act

H.R. 3535Introduced Jan 27, 2000Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Where it went

IntroducedJan 27, 2000
Committee actionMay 24, 2000
Passed HouseJun 6, 2000 · 390–1
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jun 7, 2000 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3535.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3535, Shark Finning Prohibition Act” on June 6, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 24, 2000”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 6, 2000 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12346
CBO publication date
June 6, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3535, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3535
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-650 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 6, 2000.
Source: Congress.gov, reported June 6, 2000 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3535, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

38 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 16 Democrats

16 of 38 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.

Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Franks (R-NJ), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Bill Goodling (R-PA), James Greenwood (R-PA), Joel Hefley (R-CO), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Peter King (R-NY), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Steven Kuykendall (R-CA), James Maloney (D-CT), Jack Metcalf (R-WA), Constance Morella (R-MD), Ron Packard (R-CA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Deborah Pryce (R-OH), Jim Ramstad (R-MN) and 8 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Randy Cunningham.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-51 district

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