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4	4	STSESSION S. 283
5	5	To require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology
6	6	and the Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
7	7	tion to develop a standard methodology for identifying the country of
8	8	origin of seafood to support enforcement against illegal, unreported,
9	9	and unregulated fishing, and for other purposes.
10	10	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
11	11	JANUARY28, 2025
12	12	Mr. C
13	13	RUZ(for himself, Mr. SCHATZ, Mrs. BRITT, and Mr. TUBERVILLE) in-
14	14	troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
15	15	mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards
18	18	and Technology and the Administrator of National Oce-
19	19	anic and Atmospheric Administration to develop a stand-
20	20	ard methodology for identifying the country of origin
21	21	of seafood to support enforcement against illegal, unre-
22	22	ported, and unregulated fishing, and for other purposes.
23	23	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
24	24	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
25	25	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
26	26	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Illegal Red Snapper 4
27	27	and Tuna Enforcement Act’’. 5
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31	31	SEC. 2. METHODOLOGY FOR IDENTIFYING THE COUNTRY 1
32	32	OF ORIGIN OF SEAFOOD. 2
33	33	(a) D
34	34	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3
35	35	(1) A
36	36	DMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-4
37	37	trator’’ means the Administrator of the National 5
38	38	Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 6
39	39	(2) A
40	40	PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -7
41	41	GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-8
42	42	gress’’ means— 9
43	43	(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 10
44	44	and Transportation of the Senate; and 11
45	45	(B) the Committee on Transportation and 12
46	46	Infrastructure and the Committee on Natural 13
47	47	Resources of the House of Representatives. 14
48	48	(3) K
49	49	EY AGENCY LEADERSHIP .—The term ‘‘key 15
50	50	agency leadership’’ means the Administrator and the 16
51	51	Under Secretary in consultation with the Commis-17
52	52	sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and 18
53	53	the Commandant of the Coast Guard. 19
54	54	(4) R
55	55	ED SNAPPER.—The term ‘‘red snapper’’ 20
56	56	means the species Lutjanus campechanus. 21
57	57	(5) T
58	58	UNA.—The term ‘‘tuna’’ means the fol-22
59	59	lowing species of tuna: 23
60	60	(A) Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus). 24
61	61	(B) Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares). 25
62	62	(C) Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus). 26
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66	66	(6) UNDER SECRETARY .—The term ‘‘Under 1
67	67	Secretary’’ means the Under Secretary of Commerce 2
68	68	for Standards and Technology and the Director of 3
69	69	the National Institute of Standards and Technology. 4
70	70	(b) S
71	71	TANDARDMETHODOLOGY FOR IDENTIFICA-5
72	72	TION.— 6
73	73	(1) I
74	74	N GENERAL.—Key agency leadership shall, 7
75	75	in accordance with this section, jointly develop a 8
76	76	standard methodology, based on chemical analysis, 9
77	77	for identifying the country of origin of seafood to 10
78	78	support enforcement against illegal, unreported, and 11
79	79	unregulated fishing. 12
80	80	(2) R
81	81	EQUIREMENTS.—Key agency leadership 13
82	82	shall ensure that the methodology developed under 14
83	83	this subsection— 15
84	84	(A) is consistent with the needs of Federal 16
85	85	and State law enforcement agencies in com-17
86	86	bating illegal, unreported, and unregulated fish-18
87	87	ing; 19
88	88	(B) minimizes processing time; 20
89	89	(C) involves the use of a field kit that can 21
90	90	be easily carried by one individual; and 22
91	91	(D) to the extent practicable, can be used 23
92	92	to test prepared food, including raw prepara-24
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96	96	tions of seafood such as ceviche, sashimi, sushi, 1
97	97	and poke. 2
98	98	(3) I
99	99	NITIAL SPECIES FOR IDENTIFICATION .—In 3
100	100	developing the methodology under this subsection, 4
101	101	key agency leadership shall conduct pilot studies on 5
102	102	red snapper, as an example of a stationary stock, 6
103	103	and tuna, as an example of a highly migratory stock. 7
104	104	(c) R
105	105	EPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 8
106	106	of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary shall 9
107	107	submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 10
108	108	that includes the following: 11
109	109	(1) A summary of the methodology developed 12
110	110	under subsection (b). 13
111	111	(2) A plan for operationalizing the methodology 14
112	112	developed under subsection (b). 15
113	113	(3) In the event that any aspect of the method-16
114	114	ology developed under subsection (b) is impracti-17
115	115	cable, an explanation of why, whether additional re-18
116	116	search would make developing such a methodology 19
117	117	practicable, and whether a different approach other 20
118	118	than chemical analysis might be practicable. 21
119	119	SEC. 3. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR IUU FISHING EN-22
120	120	FORCEMENT. 23
121	121	(a) I
122	122	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense is au-24
123	123	thorized to, in coordination with the United States Coast 25
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127	127	Guard, expend funds appropriated for the Department of 1
128	128	Defense for operation and maintenance to provide mari-2
129	129	time technical assistance to maritime forces from other 3
130	130	nations in efforts to combat illegal, unreported, or unregu-4
131	131	lated fishing (commonly known as ‘‘IUU fishing’’) and 5
132	132	other transnational organized crime. Such technical assist-6
133	133	ance may include providing observers, shipriders, and spe-7
134	134	cialized personnel to deploy with such maritime forces, in 8
135	135	addition to remote sensing, analysis of data, and oper-9
136	136	ational intelligence, as appropriate and consistent with 10
137	137	United States law and policy. 11
138	138	(b) A
139	139	PPLICATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 12
140	140	provided under subsection (a) shall apply to the use of 13
141	141	the United States Coast Guard members deployed to and 14
142	142	operating aboard Department of Defense, partner nation, 15
143	143	or international partner platforms, as well as partner na-16
144	144	tion personnel operating aboard United States military 17
145	145	and Coast Guard assets or international partner vessels, 18
146	146	as appropriate. 19
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