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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2776 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety |
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| 6 | 6 | | of imported seafood. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL9, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. H |
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| 10 | 10 | | IGGINSof Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred |
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| 11 | 11 | | to the Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to |
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| 14 | 14 | | ensure the safety of imported seafood. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Imported Seafood 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Quality Enforcement Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. ENSURING THE SAFETY OF IMPORTED SEAFOOD. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) I |
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| 22 | 22 | | NGENERAL.—Chapter VIII of the Federal 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381 et seq.) 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | is amended by adding at the end the following: 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | ‘‘SEC. 810. SAFETY OF IMPORTED SEAFOOD. 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ‘‘(a) R |
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| 30 | 30 | | EQUIREMENT OFEQUIVALENCE.— 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(1) S |
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| 32 | 32 | | TANDARDS FOR EXPORTING COUNTRY .— 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | No seafood may be imported into the United States 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | from a foreign country unless the Secretary certifies 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | that the seafood imported from such country is 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | maintained through a program using reliable analyt-7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ical methods to ensure compliance with the United 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | States standards for seafood manufacturing, proc-9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | essing, and holding. 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(2) I |
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| 41 | 41 | | NSPECTION OF EXPORTING FACILITIES .— 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | In accordance with the procedures described under 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | section 704, officers and employees duly designated 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | by the Secretary shall conduct not less than 1 in-14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | spection on an annual basis of each foreign facility 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | that exports seafood to the United States to ensure 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | that each such foreign facility maintains a program 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | using reliable analytical methods to ensure compli-18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ance with the United States standards for seafood 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | manufacturing, processing, and holding. In addition 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | to such annual inspection, such officers and employ-21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ees shall conduct periodic follow-up inspections of 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | such foreign facilities as determined necessary by 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | the Secretary. 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘‘(b) M |
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| 56 | 56 | | ANDATORYTESTING.— 25 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(1) MINIMUM TESTING.—The Secretary shall 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | inspect and test not less than 20 percent of all sea-2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | food imported or offered for import into the United 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | States each year. 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ‘‘(2) N |
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| 65 | 65 | | EW EXPORTERS.—Notwithstanding any 5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | other provision of this Act, the first 15 shipments of 6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | seafood imported or offered for import into the 7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | United States from an exporter shall be inspected 8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | and tested by the Secretary. 9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ‘‘(3) F |
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| 71 | 71 | | AILURE TO PASS INSPECTION .— 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ‘‘(A) O |
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| 73 | 73 | | NE FAILURE.—If a shipment of sea-11 |
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| 74 | 74 | | food imported or offered for import into the 12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | United States by an exporter fails to meet an 13 |
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| 76 | 76 | | inspection or test requirement under this Act, 14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | each subsequent shipment of seafood from such 15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | exporter shall be inspected and tested by the 16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | Secretary, until 15 consecutive shipments by 17 |
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| 80 | 80 | | such exporter pass that inspection and testing. 18 |
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| 81 | 81 | | ‘‘(B) M |
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| 82 | 82 | | ULTIPLE FAILURES.— 19 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 84 | 84 | | N GENERAL.—If more than 3 20 |
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| 85 | 85 | | shipments of seafood imported or offered 21 |
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| 86 | 86 | | for import into the United States by an ex-22 |
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| 87 | 87 | | porter fail to meet inspection or test re-23 |
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| 88 | 88 | | quirements under this Act during any 1- 24 |
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| 89 | 89 | | year period, no shipments from such ex-25 |
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| 93 | 93 | | porter may be imported or offered for im-1 |
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| 94 | 94 | | port into the United States for the fol-2 |
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| 95 | 95 | | lowing 1-year period. Following such 1- 3 |
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| 96 | 96 | | year period when no shipments may be so 4 |
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| 97 | 97 | | imported or offered, such exporter shall 5 |
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| 98 | 98 | | not be permitted to offer imports to the 6 |
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| 99 | 99 | | United States unless the Secretary certifies 7 |
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| 100 | 100 | | that such exporter is maintaining a pro-8 |
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| 101 | 101 | | gram using reliable analytical methods to 9 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ensure compliance with the United States 10 |
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| 103 | 103 | | standards for seafood manufacturing, proc-11 |
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| 104 | 104 | | essing, and holding. 12 |
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| 105 | 105 | | ‘‘(ii) D |
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| 106 | 106 | | ETERMINATION BY SEC -13 |
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| 107 | 107 | | RETARY.—Shipments of seafood imported 14 |
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| 108 | 108 | | or offered for import into the United 15 |
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| 109 | 109 | | States by an exporter that has been sub-16 |
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| 110 | 110 | | ject to a 1-year suspension period and a 17 |
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| 111 | 111 | | certification under clause (i) shall be in-18 |
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| 112 | 112 | | spected at a rate determined appropriate 19 |
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| 113 | 113 | | by the Secretary for a period of time as de-20 |
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| 114 | 114 | | termined appropriate by the Secretary. 21 |
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| 115 | 115 | | ‘‘(C) P |
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| 116 | 116 | | ATTERN OF FAILURES .—If the Sec-22 |
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| 117 | 117 | | retary determines that shipments of seafood im-23 |
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| 118 | 118 | | ported or offered for import into the United 24 |
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| 119 | 119 | | States from a particular country repeatedly fail 25 |
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| 123 | 123 | | to meet inspection or testing requirements 1 |
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| 124 | 124 | | under this Act, all shipments of seafood from 2 |
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| 125 | 125 | | such country shall be refused entry into the 3 |
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| 126 | 126 | | United States until the Secretary makes a cer-4 |
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| 127 | 127 | | tification described under subsection (a). 5 |
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| 128 | 128 | | ‘‘(D) P |
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| 129 | 129 | | ROCEDURES.—The testing and in-6 |
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| 130 | 130 | | spections procedures used under this paragraph 7 |
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| 131 | 131 | | shall be carried out in accordance with section 8 |
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| 132 | 132 | | 801. 9 |
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| 133 | 133 | | ‘‘(4) F |
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| 134 | 134 | | EES.—The Secretary shall by regulation 10 |
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| 135 | 135 | | impose such fees on exporters in such amounts as 11 |
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| 136 | 136 | | may be necessary to provide, equip, and maintain an 12 |
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| 137 | 137 | | adequate and efficient inspection service to carry out 13 |
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| 138 | 138 | | this subsection. Receipts from such fees shall be cov-14 |
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| 139 | 139 | | ered into the Treasury and shall be available to the 15 |
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| 140 | 140 | | Secretary for expenditures incurred in carrying out 16 |
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| 141 | 141 | | the purposes of this subsection, including expendi-17 |
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| 142 | 142 | | tures for salaries of additional inspectors when nec-18 |
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| 143 | 143 | | essary to supplement the number of inspectors for 19 |
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| 144 | 144 | | whose salaries Congress has appropriated. 20 |
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| 145 | 145 | | ‘‘(c) E |
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| 146 | 146 | | FFECT OFSHIPMENTSTHATFAILTOMEET 21 |
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| 147 | 147 | | R |
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| 148 | 148 | | EQUIREMENTS.— 22 |
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| 149 | 149 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 150 | 150 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 23 |
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| 151 | 151 | | 801, if a shipment of seafood imported or offered for 24 |
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| 152 | 152 | | import into the United States fails to meet safety 25 |
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| 156 | 156 | | standards established by the Secretary, such ship-1 |
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| 157 | 157 | | ment shall be detained or destroyed unless the im-2 |
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| 158 | 158 | | ported shipment meets criteria for re-export, as de-3 |
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| 159 | 159 | | termined by the Secretary. 4 |
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| 160 | 160 | | ‘‘(2) L |
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| 161 | 161 | | ABELING.—If a shipment of seafood has 5 |
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| 162 | 162 | | been refused admission under paragraph (1), other 6 |
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| 163 | 163 | | than such a shipment that is required to be de-7 |
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| 164 | 164 | | stroyed, the Secretary shall require the owner or 8 |
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| 165 | 165 | | consignee of the shipment to affix to the container 9 |
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| 166 | 166 | | of the seafood a label that clearly and conspicuously 10 |
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| 167 | 167 | | bears the statement: ‘UNITED STATES: RE-11 |
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| 168 | 168 | | FUSED ENTRY’. 12 |
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| 169 | 169 | | ‘‘(3) E |
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| 170 | 170 | | XPORTING TO FOREIGN COUNTRY .—If 13 |
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| 171 | 171 | | the appropriate authority of a foreign country noti-14 |
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| 172 | 172 | | fies the Secretary, not later than 45 days after the 15 |
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| 173 | 173 | | shipment is rejected under paragraph (1), that the 16 |
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| 174 | 174 | | shipment will be accepted in that country, such ship-17 |
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| 175 | 175 | | ment may be released to the importer for expor-18 |
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| 176 | 176 | | tation to such foreign country. 19 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ‘‘(4) D |
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| 178 | 178 | | ESTRUCTION OF SHIPMENT .—If the Sec-20 |
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| 179 | 179 | | retary deems that a shipment rejected under para-21 |
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| 180 | 180 | | graph (1), if it had been allowed entry, could have 22 |
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| 181 | 181 | | caused significant health risks if consumed by hu-23 |
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| 182 | 182 | | mans, the shipment shall be destroyed notwith-24 |
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| 186 | 186 | | standing the receipt of a notification under para-1 |
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| 187 | 187 | | graph (3). 2 |
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| 188 | 188 | | ‘‘(5) N |
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| 189 | 189 | | OTIFICATION TO PORTS OF ENTRY .—The 3 |
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| 190 | 190 | | Secretary shall notify ports of entry not later than 4 |
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| 191 | 191 | | 5 days after a shipment described in paragraph 5 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (1)— 6 |
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| 193 | 193 | | ‘‘(A) was determined to fail to meet safety 7 |
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| 194 | 194 | | standards established by the Secretary under 8 |
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| 195 | 195 | | such paragraph; or 9 |
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| 196 | 196 | | ‘‘(B) was detained or destroyed. 10 |
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| 197 | 197 | | ‘‘(d) P |
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| 198 | 198 | | ORTS OFENTRY.— 11 |
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| 199 | 199 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 200 | 200 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 12 |
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| 201 | 201 | | provision of this chapter, seafood may be imported 13 |
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| 202 | 202 | | or offered for import only at those ports of entry 14 |
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| 203 | 203 | | into the United States that have the personnel 15 |
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| 204 | 204 | | trained to conduct the applicable testing and inspec-16 |
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| 205 | 205 | | tion of seafood, as certified by the Secretary under 17 |
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| 206 | 206 | | paragraph (2). 18 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ‘‘(2) C |
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| 208 | 208 | | ERTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall cer-19 |
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| 209 | 209 | | tify which ports of entry into the United States have 20 |
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| 210 | 210 | | the personnel trained to conduct the applicable test-21 |
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| 211 | 211 | | ing and inspection of seafood. 22 |
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| 212 | 212 | | ‘‘(3) E |
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| 213 | 213 | | FFECT OF CERTIFICATION REQUIRE -23 |
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| 214 | 214 | | MENT.—If a port of entry— 24 |
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| 218 | 218 | | ‘‘(A) was, on the day before the date of en-1 |
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| 219 | 219 | | actment of this section, a port of entry that ac-2 |
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| 220 | 220 | | cepted seafood imported or offered for import 3 |
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| 221 | 221 | | into the United States; and 4 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ‘‘(B) does not meet the requirements for 5 |
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| 223 | 223 | | certification under paragraph (2), 6 |
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| 224 | 224 | | the Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after the 7 |
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| 225 | 225 | | date of enactment of this section, provide proper 8 |
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| 226 | 226 | | personnel levels and training to enable such port to 9 |
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| 227 | 227 | | be certified under paragraph (2). 10 |
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| 228 | 228 | | ‘‘(e) A |
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| 229 | 229 | | NNUALREPORT.—On an annual basis, the 11 |
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| 230 | 230 | | Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that describes 12 |
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| 231 | 231 | | the implementation of this section, including— 13 |
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| 232 | 232 | | ‘‘(1) summary data relating to inspections and 14 |
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| 233 | 233 | | testing under this section, and any noncompliance 15 |
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| 234 | 234 | | with the applicable provisions of this Act; and 16 |
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| 235 | 235 | | ‘‘(2) recommendations of any improvements or 17 |
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| 236 | 236 | | other modifications to this section determined nec-18 |
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| 237 | 237 | | essary by the Secretary.’’. 19 |
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| 238 | 238 | | (b) P |
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| 239 | 239 | | ROHIBITEDACT; PENALTIES.—Chapter III of 20 |
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| 240 | 240 | | the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331 21 |
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| 241 | 241 | | et seq.) is amended— 22 |
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| 242 | 242 | | (1) in section 301, by adding at the end the fol-23 |
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| 243 | 243 | | lowing: 24 |
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| 247 | 247 | | ‘‘(jjj) Knowingly making a false statement with re-1 |
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| 248 | 248 | | spect to a test or inspection carried out under section 810, 2 |
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| 249 | 249 | | or knowingly misbranding any seafood imported under 3 |
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| 250 | 250 | | such section.’’; and 4 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (2) in section 303, by adding at the end the fol-5 |
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| 252 | 252 | | lowing: 6 |
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| 253 | 253 | | ‘‘(h)(1) Any person who violates section 301(jjj) shall 7 |
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| 254 | 254 | | be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed 8 |
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| 255 | 255 | | $250,000 for each such violation, and not to exceed 9 |
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| 256 | 256 | | $1,100,000 for all such violations after the second convic-10 |
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| 257 | 257 | | tion in any 3-year period. 11 |
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| 258 | 258 | | ‘‘(2) Paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) of subsection (f) 12 |
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| 259 | 259 | | shall apply to a civil penalty assessment under this sub-13 |
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| 260 | 260 | | section in the same manner as such paragraphs apply to 14 |
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| 261 | 261 | | a civil penalty assessment under subsection (f)(1).’’. 15 |
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| 262 | 262 | | SEC. 3. COOPERATION WITH STATES TO CONDUCT INSPEC-16 |
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| 263 | 263 | | TIONS. 17 |
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| 264 | 264 | | Chapter VIII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-18 |
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| 265 | 265 | | metic Act (21 U.S.C. 381 et seq.), as amended by section 19 |
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| 266 | 266 | | 2, is further amended by adding at the end the following: 20 |
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| 267 | 267 | | ‘‘SEC. 810A. COOPERATION WITH STATES TO CONDUCT SEA-21 |
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| 268 | 268 | | FOOD INSPECTIONS. 22 |
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| 269 | 269 | | ‘‘(a) E |
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| 270 | 270 | | STABLISHMENT OF COOPERATIVEINSPECTION 23 |
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| 271 | 271 | | P |
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| 272 | 272 | | ROGRAM.—The Secretary may establish a program 24 |
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| 273 | 273 | | under which a State may conduct inspection, testing, and 25 |
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| 279 | 279 | | ‘‘(b) C |
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| 280 | 280 | | OMPONENTS OF PROGRAM.—Under the pro-3 |
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| 281 | 281 | | gram established under subsection (a)— 4 |
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| 282 | 282 | | ‘‘(1) the Secretary shall— 5 |
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| 283 | 283 | | ‘‘(A) provide training to State officials to 6 |
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| 284 | 284 | | enable such officials to carry out inspection, 7 |
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| 285 | 285 | | testing, and certification, in accordance with 8 |
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| 286 | 286 | | Federal requirements and safety standards, of 9 |
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| 287 | 287 | | seafood imported or offered for import into the 10 |
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| 288 | 288 | | United States; and 11 |
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| 289 | 289 | | ‘‘(B) certify such State officials as author-12 |
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| 290 | 290 | | ized agents of the Federal Government to carry 13 |
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| 291 | 291 | | out such inspections, testing, and certification; 14 |
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| 292 | 292 | | and 15 |
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| 293 | 293 | | ‘‘(2) a State that receives a grant under sub-16 |
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| 294 | 294 | | section (c) shall— 17 |
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| 295 | 295 | | ‘‘(A) comply with all requirements of the 18 |
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| 296 | 296 | | Secretary with respect to the training and cer-19 |
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| 297 | 297 | | tification of State officials described under 20 |
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| 298 | 298 | | paragraph (1); 21 |
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| 299 | 299 | | ‘‘(B) inspect, test, and certify, in accord-22 |
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| 300 | 300 | | ance with Federal requirements and safety 23 |
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| 301 | 301 | | standards, seafood imported or offered for im-24 |
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| 302 | 302 | | port into the United States; and 25 |
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| 307 | 307 | | termined necessary by the Secretary to ensure 2 |
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| 308 | 308 | | the safety of seafood imported or offered for 3 |
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| 309 | 309 | | import into the United States. 4 |
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| 310 | 310 | | ‘‘(c) G |
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| 311 | 311 | | RANTS.— 5 |
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| 312 | 312 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 313 | 313 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 6 |
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| 314 | 314 | | grants to States to carry out the cooperative seafood 7 |
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| 315 | 315 | | inspection program established under subsection (a). 8 |
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| 316 | 316 | | ‘‘(2) A |
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| 317 | 317 | | PPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 9 |
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| 318 | 318 | | grant under paragraph (1), a State shall submit an 10 |
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| 319 | 319 | | application to the Secretary at such time, in such 11 |
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| 320 | 320 | | manner, and containing such information as the Sec-12 |
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| 321 | 321 | | retary may require.’’. 13 |
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