House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019

H.R. 737Introduced Jan 23, 2019Policy area: Animals

Where it went

IntroducedJan 23, 2019
Committee actionSep 18, 2019
Passed HouseNov 20, 2019 · 310–107
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Nov 21, 2019 — 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. 737.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 737, Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019” on September 30, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 18, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 30, 2019 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55671
CBO publication date
September 30, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 737, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-273 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 8, 2019.
Source: Congress.gov, reported November 8, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 737, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/737
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SABLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 14, January 23, 2019, Page H1172):
Article I, Section 8
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2019 ↗
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H.R. 737, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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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

287 cosponsors — 67 Republicans, 219 Democrats, 1 independent

68 of 287 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA) and 257 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregorio Sablan.

Sponsor’s state and district

Northern Mariana Islands in Congress · MP at-large district

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