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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1369 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To support the execution of bilateral agreements concerning illicit |
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| 6 | 6 | | transnational maritime activity and to authorize the President to impose |
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| 7 | 7 | | sanctions with respect to illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing and |
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| 8 | 8 | | the sale, supply, purchase, or transfer of endangered species, and for |
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| 9 | 9 | | other purposes. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 11 | 11 | | APRIL9, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. K |
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| 13 | 13 | | AINE(for himself, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. HEINRICH, and Mr. CURTIS) intro- |
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| 14 | 14 | | duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- |
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| 15 | 15 | | mittee on Foreign Relations |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To support the execution of bilateral agreements concerning |
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| 18 | 18 | | illicit transnational maritime activity and to authorize |
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| 19 | 19 | | the President to impose sanctions with respect to illegal, |
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| 20 | 20 | | unreported, or unregulated fishing and the sale, supply, |
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| 21 | 21 | | purchase, or transfer of endangered species, and for |
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| 22 | 22 | | other purposes. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Global 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Fisheries Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | In this Act: 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) A |
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| 34 | 34 | | DMISSION; ADMITTED; ALIEN; LAWFULLY 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE .—The 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | terms ‘‘admission’’, ‘‘admitted’’, ‘‘alien’’, and ‘‘law-5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | fully admitted for permanent residence’’ have the 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | meanings given those terms in section 101 of the 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) A |
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| 41 | 41 | | PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | mittees’’ means— 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (A) the Committee on Armed Services and 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ate; and 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | the Committee on Armed Services of the House 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | of Representatives. 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (3) F |
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| 51 | 51 | | OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | United States person. 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (4) I |
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| 55 | 55 | | LLEGAL, UNREPORTED, OR UNREGULATED 21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | FISHING.—The term ‘‘illegal, unreported, or unregu-22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | lated fishing’’ has the meaning given that term in 23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | the implementing regulations or any subsequent reg-24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ulations issued pursuant to section 609(e) of the 25 |
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| 63 | 63 | | High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Act (16 U.S.C. 1826j(e)). 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (5) U |
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| 66 | 66 | | NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 3 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ‘‘United States person’’ means— 4 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (A) a United States citizen or an alien law-5 |
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| 69 | 69 | | fully admitted for permanent residence to the 6 |
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| 70 | 70 | | United States; 7 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (B) an entity organized under the laws of 8 |
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| 72 | 72 | | the United States or any jurisdiction within the 9 |
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| 73 | 73 | | United States, including a foreign branch of 10 |
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| 74 | 74 | | such an entity; or 11 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (C) any person located in the United 12 |
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| 76 | 76 | | States. 13 |
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| 77 | 77 | | SEC. 3. INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION RELATED TO 14 |
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| 78 | 78 | | COUNTERING ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED, OR 15 |
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| 79 | 79 | | UNREGULATED FISHING. 16 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (a) S |
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| 81 | 81 | | TATEMENT OFPOLICY.—It is the policy of the 17 |
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| 82 | 82 | | United States to prioritize collaboration with friendly 18 |
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| 83 | 83 | | countries, and through appropriate international institu-19 |
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| 84 | 84 | | tions, to combat illegal, unreported, or unregulated fish-20 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ing. 21 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (b) A |
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| 87 | 87 | | CTIONS BYSECRETARY OFSTATE.—The Sec-22 |
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| 88 | 88 | | retary of State shall take such actions as may be necessary 23 |
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| 89 | 89 | | to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States 24 |
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| 93 | 93 | | in all appropriate international fora and with appropriate 1 |
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| 94 | 94 | | countries that are allies or partners of the United States— 2 |
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| 95 | 95 | | (1) to ensure that cutting edge technology is de-3 |
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| 96 | 96 | | ployed in accordance to existing or future maritime 4 |
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| 97 | 97 | | law enforcement agreements the United States may 5 |
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| 98 | 98 | | enter or has entered into; and 6 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (2) to hold accountable those individuals or en-7 |
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| 100 | 100 | | tities that are responsible or complicit in illegal, un-8 |
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| 101 | 101 | | reported, or unregulated fishing, with a particular 9 |
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| 102 | 102 | | focus on the harmful actions of the People’s Repub-10 |
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| 103 | 103 | | lic of China. 11 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (c) A |
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| 105 | 105 | | DVOCACY ATUNITEDNATIONS.—The President 12 |
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| 106 | 106 | | may direct the United States Permanent Representative 13 |
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| 107 | 107 | | to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence 14 |
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| 108 | 108 | | of the United States to urge the United Nations to take 15 |
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| 109 | 109 | | greater action with respect to collaborative global efforts 16 |
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| 110 | 110 | | to counter illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing. 17 |
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| 111 | 111 | | SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS 18 |
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| 112 | 112 | | WITH RESPECT TO ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED, 19 |
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| 113 | 113 | | OR UNREGULATED FISHING AND TRADE IN 20 |
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| 114 | 114 | | ENDANGERED SPECIES. 21 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (a) I |
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| 116 | 116 | | NGENERAL.—The President may impose the 22 |
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| 117 | 117 | | sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any 23 |
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| 118 | 118 | | foreign person or foreign vessel (regardless of ownership) 24 |
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| 119 | 119 | | that the President determines— 25 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (1) is responsible for or complicit in— 1 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (A) illegal, unreported, or unregulated fish-2 |
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| 125 | 125 | | ing; or 3 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (B) except as part of a conservation effort, 4 |
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| 127 | 127 | | the sale, supply, purchase, or transfer (includ-5 |
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| 128 | 128 | | ing transportation) of endangered species, as 6 |
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| 129 | 129 | | defined in section 3(6) of the Endangered Spe-7 |
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| 130 | 130 | | cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1532(6)); 8 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (2) is a leader or official of an entity, including 9 |
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| 132 | 132 | | a government entity, that has engaged in, or the 10 |
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| 133 | 133 | | members of which have engaged in, any of the ac-11 |
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| 134 | 134 | | tivities described in paragraph (1) during the tenure 12 |
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| 135 | 135 | | of the leader or official; 13 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (3) has ever owned, operated, chartered, or con-14 |
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| 137 | 137 | | trolled a vessel during which time the personnel of 15 |
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| 138 | 138 | | the vessel engaged in any of the activities described 16 |
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| 139 | 139 | | in paragraph (1); or 17 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (4) has materially assisted, sponsored, or pro-18 |
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| 141 | 141 | | vided financial, material, or technological support 19 |
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| 142 | 142 | | for, or goods or services in support of— 20 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (A) any of the activities described in para-21 |
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| 144 | 144 | | graph (1); or 22 |
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| 145 | 145 | | (B) any foreign person engaged in any 23 |
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| 146 | 146 | | such activity. 24 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (b) SANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions that 1 |
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| 151 | 151 | | may be imposed under subsection (a) with respect to a 2 |
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| 152 | 152 | | foreign person or foreign vessel are the following: 3 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (1) B |
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| 154 | 154 | | LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—Notwith-4 |
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| 155 | 155 | | standing section 202 of the International Emergency 5 |
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| 156 | 156 | | Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701), the exercise 6 |
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| 157 | 157 | | of all powers granted to the President by the Inter-7 |
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| 158 | 158 | | national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 8 |
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| 159 | 159 | | U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 9 |
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| 160 | 160 | | and prohibit all transactions in all property and in-10 |
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| 161 | 161 | | terests in property of a foreign person described in 11 |
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| 162 | 162 | | subsection (a), if such property and interests in 12 |
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| 163 | 163 | | property are in the United States, come within the 13 |
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| 164 | 164 | | United States, or are or come within the possession 14 |
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| 165 | 165 | | or control of a United States person. 15 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (2) I |
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| 167 | 167 | | NADMISSIBILITY TO THE UNITED 16 |
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| 168 | 168 | | STATES.—In the case of an alien described in sub-17 |
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| 169 | 169 | | section (a), or any alien that the President deter-18 |
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| 170 | 170 | | mines is a corporate officer or principal of, or a 19 |
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| 171 | 171 | | shareholder with a controlling interest in, a foreign 20 |
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| 172 | 172 | | person described in subsection (a) that is an enti-21 |
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| 173 | 173 | | ty— 22 |
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| 174 | 174 | | (A) ineligibility for a visa and inadmis-23 |
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| 175 | 175 | | sibility to the United States; and 24 |
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| 179 | 179 | | (B) revocation of any valid visa or travel 1 |
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| 180 | 180 | | documentation in accordance with section 2 |
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| 181 | 181 | | 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 3 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)). 4 |
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| 183 | 183 | | (3) P |
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| 184 | 184 | | ROHIBITION ON ACCESS TO THE UNITED 5 |
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| 185 | 185 | | STATES.—In the case of a foreign vessel described in 6 |
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| 186 | 186 | | subsection (a), denial of access to United States 7 |
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| 187 | 187 | | ports. 8 |
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| 188 | 188 | | (4) L |
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| 189 | 189 | | OANS FROM UNITED STATES FINANCIAL 9 |
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| 190 | 190 | | INSTITUTIONS.—The President may prohibit any 10 |
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| 191 | 191 | | United States financial institution from making 11 |
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| 192 | 192 | | loans or providing credits to a foreign person de-12 |
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| 193 | 193 | | scribed in subsection (a). 13 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (5) F |
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| 195 | 195 | | OREIGN EXCHANGE .—The President may, 14 |
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| 196 | 196 | | pursuant to such regulations as the President may 15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | prescribe, prohibit any transactions in foreign ex-16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | change that are subject to the jurisdiction of the 17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | United States and in which a foreign person or for-18 |
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| 200 | 200 | | eign vessel described in subsection (a) has any inter-19 |
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| 201 | 201 | | est. 20 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (c) R |
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| 203 | 203 | | EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 21 |
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| 204 | 204 | | the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there-22 |
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| 205 | 205 | | after, the President shall submit a report on the imposi-23 |
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| 206 | 206 | | tion of sanctions under this section to— 24 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (1) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 1 |
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| 211 | 211 | | Urban Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Rela-2 |
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| 212 | 212 | | tions of the Senate; and 3 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (2) the Committee on Financial Services and 4 |
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| 214 | 214 | | the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 5 |
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| 215 | 215 | | Representatives. 6 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (d) N |
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| 217 | 217 | | ATIONALINTERESTWAIVER.—The President 7 |
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| 218 | 218 | | may waive the imposition of sanctions under subsection 8 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (a) with respect to a foreign person or foreign vessel if 9 |
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| 220 | 220 | | the President determines that such a waiver is in the na-10 |
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| 221 | 221 | | tional interests of the United States. 11 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (e) E |
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| 223 | 223 | | XCEPTIONS.— 12 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (1) E |
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| 225 | 225 | | XCEPTIONS FOR AUTHORIZED INTEL -13 |
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| 226 | 226 | | LIGENCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES .— 14 |
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| 227 | 227 | | Sanctions under this section shall not apply with re-15 |
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| 228 | 228 | | spect to activities subject to the reporting require-16 |
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| 229 | 229 | | ments under title V of the National Security Act of 17 |
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| 230 | 230 | | 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized in-18 |
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| 231 | 231 | | telligence, law enforcement, or national security ac-19 |
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| 232 | 232 | | tivities of the United States. 20 |
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| 233 | 233 | | (2) E |
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| 234 | 234 | | XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER -21 |
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| 235 | 235 | | NATIONAL AGREEMENTS .—Sanctions under sub-22 |
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| 236 | 236 | | section (b)(2) shall not apply with respect to the ad-23 |
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| 237 | 237 | | mission of an alien to the United States if such ad-24 |
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| 238 | 238 | | mission is necessary to comply with the obligations 25 |
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| 242 | 242 | | of the United States under the Agreement regarding 1 |
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| 243 | 243 | | the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at 2 |
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| 244 | 244 | | Lake Success on June 26, 1947, and entered into 3 |
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| 245 | 245 | | force on November 21, 1947, between the United 4 |
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| 246 | 246 | | Nations and the United States, or the Convention on 5 |
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| 247 | 247 | | Consular Relations, done at Vienna on April 24, 6 |
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| 248 | 248 | | 1963, and entered into force on March 19, 1967, or 7 |
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| 249 | 249 | | other international obligations. 8 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (3) E |
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| 251 | 251 | | XCEPTION FOR SAFETY OF VESSELS AND 9 |
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| 252 | 252 | | CREW.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 10 |
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| 253 | 253 | | with respect to a person providing provisions to a 11 |
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| 254 | 254 | | vessel if such provisions are intended for the safety 12 |
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| 255 | 255 | | and care of the crew aboard the vessel or the main-13 |
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| 256 | 256 | | tenance of the vessel to avoid any environmental or 14 |
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| 257 | 257 | | other significant damage. 15 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (4) H |
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| 259 | 259 | | UMANITARIAN EXCEPTION .— 16 |
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| 260 | 260 | | (A) I |
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| 261 | 261 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 17 |
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| 262 | 262 | | subparagraph (B), the President may not im-18 |
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| 263 | 263 | | pose sanctions under this section with respect 19 |
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| 264 | 264 | | to any person for conducting or facilitating a 20 |
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| 265 | 265 | | transaction for the sale of agricultural commod-21 |
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| 266 | 266 | | ities, food, medicine, or medical devices or for 22 |
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| 267 | 267 | | the provision of humanitarian assistance. 23 |
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| 268 | 268 | | (B) E |
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| 269 | 269 | | XCLUSION.—The exception under 24 |
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| 270 | 270 | | subparagraph (A) does not include transactions 25 |
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| 274 | 274 | | for the sale of food or agricultural commodities 1 |
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| 275 | 275 | | obtained through illegal, unreported, or unregu-2 |
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| 276 | 276 | | lated fishing. 3 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (f) I |
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| 278 | 278 | | MPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 4 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (1) I |
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| 280 | 280 | | MPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-5 |
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| 281 | 281 | | ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 6 |
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| 282 | 282 | | and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 7 |
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| 283 | 283 | | Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 8 |
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| 284 | 284 | | this section. 9 |
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| 285 | 285 | | (2) P |
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| 286 | 286 | | ENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-10 |
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| 287 | 287 | | tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 11 |
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| 288 | 288 | | violation of this section or any regulation, license, or 12 |
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| 289 | 289 | | order issued to carry out this section shall be subject 13 |
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| 290 | 290 | | to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 14 |
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| 291 | 291 | | of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-15 |
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| 292 | 292 | | nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex-16 |
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| 293 | 293 | | tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-17 |
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| 294 | 294 | | scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 18 |
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| 295 | 295 | | (g) R |
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| 296 | 296 | | ULEMAKING.— 19 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (1) I |
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| 298 | 298 | | N GENERAL.—The head of any Federal 20 |
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| 299 | 299 | | agency responsible for the implementation of this 21 |
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| 300 | 300 | | section may promulgate such rules and regulations 22 |
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| 301 | 301 | | as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 23 |
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| 302 | 302 | | this section (which may include regulatory excep-24 |
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| 307 | 307 | | national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 1 |
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| 308 | 308 | | U.S.C. 1704). 2 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (2) R |
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| 310 | 310 | | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in this 3 |
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| 311 | 311 | | section may be construed to limit the authority of 4 |
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| 312 | 312 | | the President pursuant to the International Emer-5 |
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| 313 | 313 | | gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 6 |
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| 314 | 314 | | seq.). 7 |
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| 315 | 315 | | SEC. 5. BRIEFING AND REPORT ON GLOBAL ILLEGAL, UN-8 |
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| 316 | 316 | | REPORTED, OR UNREGULATED FISHING. 9 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (a) B |
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| 318 | 318 | | RIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the date 10 |
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| 319 | 319 | | of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 11 |
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| 320 | 320 | | consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall brief the 12 |
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| 321 | 321 | | appropriate congressional committees on— 13 |
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| 322 | 322 | | (1) efforts to work with United States partners 14 |
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| 323 | 323 | | and allies to counter illegal, unreported, or unregu-15 |
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| 324 | 324 | | lated fishing via bilateral engagements; 16 |
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| 325 | 325 | | (2) efforts to counter, and challenges faced in 17 |
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| 326 | 326 | | countering, illegal, unreported, or unregulated fish-18 |
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| 327 | 327 | | ing through existing international agreements, insti-19 |
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| 328 | 328 | | tutions, and mechanisms; and 20 |
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| 329 | 329 | | (3) efforts by the Department of State and the 21 |
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| 330 | 330 | | Department of Defense to engage and collaborate 22 |
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| 331 | 331 | | with nongovernmental organizations and State and 23 |
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| 332 | 332 | | local agencies to spread awareness and coordinate 24 |
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| 337 | 337 | | lated fishing concerns. 2 |
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| 338 | 338 | | (b) R |
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| 339 | 339 | | EPORT.— 3 |
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| 340 | 340 | | (1) I |
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| 341 | 341 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 4 |
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| 342 | 342 | | the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 5 |
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| 343 | 343 | | thereafter for 4 years, the Secretary of State, in con-6 |
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| 344 | 344 | | sultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit 7 |
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| 345 | 345 | | to the appropriate congressional committees a report 8 |
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| 346 | 346 | | that includes— 9 |
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| 347 | 347 | | (A) recommendations to bolster maritime 10 |
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| 348 | 348 | | law enforcement agreements with United States 11 |
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| 349 | 349 | | allies and partners; 12 |
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| 350 | 350 | | (B) an assessment of the global illegal, un-13 |
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| 351 | 351 | | reported, or unregulated fishing patterns, stra-14 |
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| 352 | 352 | | tegic goals, and regional priorities of the Peo-15 |
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| 353 | 353 | | ple’s Republic of China, and government and 16 |
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| 354 | 354 | | non-government resourcing vectors of the Peo-17 |
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| 355 | 355 | | ple’s Republic of China for illegal, unreported, 18 |
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| 356 | 356 | | or unregulated fishing fleets; and 19 |
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| 357 | 357 | | (C) an assessment of the efficacy of global 20 |
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| 358 | 358 | | forums to respond to illegal, unreported, or un-21 |
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| 359 | 359 | | regulated fishing, and a strategy for United 22 |
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| 360 | 360 | | States engagement in such forums. 23 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 2 |
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| 366 | 366 | | include a classified annex. 3 |
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