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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 1369
To support the execution of bilateral agreements concerning illicit
transnational maritime activity and to authorize the President to impose
sanctions with respect to illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing and
the sale, supply, purchase, or transfer of endangered species, and for
other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL9, 2025
Mr. K
AINE(for himself, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. HEINRICH, and Mr. CURTIS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations
A BILL
To support the execution of bilateral agreements concerning
illicit transnational maritime activity and to authorize
the President to impose sanctions with respect to illegal,
unreported, or unregulated fishing and the sale, supply,
purchase, or transfer of endangered species, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Global 4
Fisheries Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 1
In this Act: 2
(1) A
DMISSION; ADMITTED; ALIEN; LAWFULLY 3
ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE .—The 4
terms ‘‘admission’’, ‘‘admitted’’, ‘‘alien’’, and ‘‘law-5
fully admitted for permanent residence’’ have the 6
meanings given those terms in section 101 of the 7
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 8
(2) A
PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -9
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-10
mittees’’ means— 11
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 12
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-13
ate; and 14
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 15
the Committee on Armed Services of the House 16
of Representatives. 17
(3) F
OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-18
son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 19
United States person. 20
(4) I
LLEGAL, UNREPORTED, OR UNREGULATED 21
FISHING.—The term ‘‘illegal, unreported, or unregu-22
lated fishing’’ has the meaning given that term in 23
the implementing regulations or any subsequent reg-24
ulations issued pursuant to section 609(e) of the 25
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High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection 1
Act (16 U.S.C. 1826j(e)). 2
(5) U
NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 3
‘‘United States person’’ means— 4
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-5
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 6
United States; 7
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 8
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 9
United States, including a foreign branch of 10
such an entity; or 11
(C) any person located in the United 12
States. 13
SEC. 3. INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION RELATED TO 14
COUNTERING ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED, OR 15
UNREGULATED FISHING. 16
(a) S
TATEMENT OFPOLICY.—It is the policy of the 17
United States to prioritize collaboration with friendly 18
countries, and through appropriate international institu-19
tions, to combat illegal, unreported, or unregulated fish-20
ing. 21
(b) A
CTIONS BYSECRETARY OFSTATE.—The Sec-22
retary of State shall take such actions as may be necessary 23
to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States 24
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in all appropriate international fora and with appropriate 1
countries that are allies or partners of the United States— 2
(1) to ensure that cutting edge technology is de-3
ployed in accordance to existing or future maritime 4
law enforcement agreements the United States may 5
enter or has entered into; and 6
(2) to hold accountable those individuals or en-7
tities that are responsible or complicit in illegal, un-8
reported, or unregulated fishing, with a particular 9
focus on the harmful actions of the People’s Repub-10
lic of China. 11
(c) A
DVOCACY ATUNITEDNATIONS.—The President 12
may direct the United States Permanent Representative 13
to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence 14
of the United States to urge the United Nations to take 15
greater action with respect to collaborative global efforts 16
to counter illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing. 17
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS 18
WITH RESPECT TO ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED, 19
OR UNREGULATED FISHING AND TRADE IN 20
ENDANGERED SPECIES. 21
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The President may impose the 22
sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any 23
foreign person or foreign vessel (regardless of ownership) 24
that the President determines— 25
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(1) is responsible for or complicit in— 1
(A) illegal, unreported, or unregulated fish-2
ing; or 3
(B) except as part of a conservation effort, 4
the sale, supply, purchase, or transfer (includ-5
ing transportation) of endangered species, as 6
defined in section 3(6) of the Endangered Spe-7
cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1532(6)); 8
(2) is a leader or official of an entity, including 9
a government entity, that has engaged in, or the 10
members of which have engaged in, any of the ac-11
tivities described in paragraph (1) during the tenure 12
of the leader or official; 13
(3) has ever owned, operated, chartered, or con-14
trolled a vessel during which time the personnel of 15
the vessel engaged in any of the activities described 16
in paragraph (1); or 17
(4) has materially assisted, sponsored, or pro-18
vided financial, material, or technological support 19
for, or goods or services in support of— 20
(A) any of the activities described in para-21
graph (1); or 22
(B) any foreign person engaged in any 23
such activity. 24
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(b) SANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions that 1
may be imposed under subsection (a) with respect to a 2
foreign person or foreign vessel are the following: 3
(1) B
LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—Notwith-4
standing section 202 of the International Emergency 5
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701), the exercise 6
of all powers granted to the President by the Inter-7
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 8
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 9
and prohibit all transactions in all property and in-10
terests in property of a foreign person described in 11
subsection (a), if such property and interests in 12
property are in the United States, come within the 13
United States, or are or come within the possession 14
or control of a United States person. 15
(2) I
NADMISSIBILITY TO THE UNITED 16
STATES.—In the case of an alien described in sub-17
section (a), or any alien that the President deter-18
mines is a corporate officer or principal of, or a 19
shareholder with a controlling interest in, a foreign 20
person described in subsection (a) that is an enti-21
ty— 22
(A) ineligibility for a visa and inadmis-23
sibility to the United States; and 24
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(B) revocation of any valid visa or travel 1
documentation in accordance with section 2
221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 3
(8 U.S.C. 1201(i)). 4
(3) P
ROHIBITION ON ACCESS TO THE UNITED 5
STATES.—In the case of a foreign vessel described in 6
subsection (a), denial of access to United States 7
ports. 8
(4) L
OANS FROM UNITED STATES FINANCIAL 9
INSTITUTIONS.—The President may prohibit any 10
United States financial institution from making 11
loans or providing credits to a foreign person de-12
scribed in subsection (a). 13
(5) F
OREIGN EXCHANGE .—The President may, 14
pursuant to such regulations as the President may 15
prescribe, prohibit any transactions in foreign ex-16
change that are subject to the jurisdiction of the 17
United States and in which a foreign person or for-18
eign vessel described in subsection (a) has any inter-19
est. 20
(c) R
EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 21
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there-22
after, the President shall submit a report on the imposi-23
tion of sanctions under this section to— 24
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(1) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 1
Urban Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Rela-2
tions of the Senate; and 3
(2) the Committee on Financial Services and 4
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 5
Representatives. 6
(d) N
ATIONALINTERESTWAIVER.—The President 7
may waive the imposition of sanctions under subsection 8
(a) with respect to a foreign person or foreign vessel if 9
the President determines that such a waiver is in the na-10
tional interests of the United States. 11
(e) E
XCEPTIONS.— 12
(1) E
XCEPTIONS FOR AUTHORIZED INTEL -13
LIGENCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES .— 14
Sanctions under this section shall not apply with re-15
spect to activities subject to the reporting require-16
ments under title V of the National Security Act of 17
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized in-18
telligence, law enforcement, or national security ac-19
tivities of the United States. 20
(2) E
XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER -21
NATIONAL AGREEMENTS .—Sanctions under sub-22
section (b)(2) shall not apply with respect to the ad-23
mission of an alien to the United States if such ad-24
mission is necessary to comply with the obligations 25
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of the United States under the Agreement regarding 1
the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at 2
Lake Success on June 26, 1947, and entered into 3
force on November 21, 1947, between the United 4
Nations and the United States, or the Convention on 5
Consular Relations, done at Vienna on April 24, 6
1963, and entered into force on March 19, 1967, or 7
other international obligations. 8
(3) E
XCEPTION FOR SAFETY OF VESSELS AND 9
CREW.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 10
with respect to a person providing provisions to a 11
vessel if such provisions are intended for the safety 12
and care of the crew aboard the vessel or the main-13
tenance of the vessel to avoid any environmental or 14
other significant damage. 15
(4) H
UMANITARIAN EXCEPTION .— 16
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 17
subparagraph (B), the President may not im-18
pose sanctions under this section with respect 19
to any person for conducting or facilitating a 20
transaction for the sale of agricultural commod-21
ities, food, medicine, or medical devices or for 22
the provision of humanitarian assistance. 23
(B) E
XCLUSION.—The exception under 24
subparagraph (A) does not include transactions 25
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for the sale of food or agricultural commodities 1
obtained through illegal, unreported, or unregu-2
lated fishing. 3
(f) I
MPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 4
(1) I
MPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-5
ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 6
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 7
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 8
this section. 9
(2) P
ENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-10
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 11
violation of this section or any regulation, license, or 12
order issued to carry out this section shall be subject 13
to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 14
of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-15
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex-16
tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-17
scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 18
(g) R
ULEMAKING.— 19
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The head of any Federal 20
agency responsible for the implementation of this 21
section may promulgate such rules and regulations 22
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 23
this section (which may include regulatory excep-24
tions), including under section 205 of the Inter-25
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national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 1
U.S.C. 1704). 2
(2) R
ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in this 3
section may be construed to limit the authority of 4
the President pursuant to the International Emer-5
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 6
seq.). 7
SEC. 5. BRIEFING AND REPORT ON GLOBAL ILLEGAL, UN-8
REPORTED, OR UNREGULATED FISHING. 9
(a) B
RIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the date 10
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 11
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall brief the 12
appropriate congressional committees on— 13
(1) efforts to work with United States partners 14
and allies to counter illegal, unreported, or unregu-15
lated fishing via bilateral engagements; 16
(2) efforts to counter, and challenges faced in 17
countering, illegal, unreported, or unregulated fish-18
ing through existing international agreements, insti-19
tutions, and mechanisms; and 20
(3) efforts by the Department of State and the 21
Department of Defense to engage and collaborate 22
with nongovernmental organizations and State and 23
local agencies to spread awareness and coordinate 24
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responses to global illegal, unreported, or unregu-1
lated fishing concerns. 2
(b) R
EPORT.— 3
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 4
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 5
thereafter for 4 years, the Secretary of State, in con-6
sultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit 7
to the appropriate congressional committees a report 8
that includes— 9
(A) recommendations to bolster maritime 10
law enforcement agreements with United States 11
allies and partners; 12
(B) an assessment of the global illegal, un-13
reported, or unregulated fishing patterns, stra-14
tegic goals, and regional priorities of the Peo-15
ple’s Republic of China, and government and 16
non-government resourcing vectors of the Peo-17
ple’s Republic of China for illegal, unreported, 18
or unregulated fishing fleets; and 19
(C) an assessment of the efficacy of global 20
forums to respond to illegal, unreported, or un-21
regulated fishing, and a strategy for United 22
States engagement in such forums. 23
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(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 1
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 2
include a classified annex. 3
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