Saving NEMO Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2176 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2176 To prohibit certain actions with respect to certain marine reef species, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2025 Mr. Case (for himself and Mr. Huffman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit certain actions with respect to certain marine reef species, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Saving Natural Ecosystems and Marine Organisms Act of 2025'' or the ``Saving NEMO Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN MARINE REEF SPECIES. (a) Designation of Covered Coral Reef Species.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior shall designate as a covered coral reef species-- (A) any marine reef species that is listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora-- (i) as of the effective date of this section; and (ii) after the effective date of this section, unless the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, finds, not later than 90 days after the effective date of the inclusion of such species in Appendix II, that the take, import, and export of such species do not represent a substantial risk of harm to the sustainability of such species and the coral reef ecosystem of su