1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act . 2. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to establish a certification process to ensure that foreign nations engaging in shark trade into or through the United States conserve and manage populations of sharks in a manner that is comparable to regulatory programs in the United States and that effectively prohibits the practice of removing shark fins and discarding the carcass at sea. 3. Shark conservation and trade fairness certification Section 610 of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1826k ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking and after the semicolon at the end; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (3) a nation if— (A) that nation or any individual or entity has imported shark products into the United States or seeks to import shark products into the United States; and (B) the nation has not sought and obtained, by not later than the effective date of subsection (g)(1), a certification from the Secretary under that subsection that the nation has in effect a regulatory program to provide for the conservation of sharks, including measures to prohibit removal of any of the fins of a shark (including the tail) and discarding the carcass of the shark at sea, that is comparable to that of the United States. ; (2) in subsection (b), in paragraphs (2) and (3), by striking subsection (a) each place it appears and inserting subsection (a)(1) ; (3) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking subsection (a) and inserting subsection (a)(1) ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (6) Applicability to certain countries This subsection does not apply to a nation identified under subsection (a)(3). ; (4) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting or (g) after under subsection (c) ; and (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting or (g) after under subsection (c)