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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 688
5	5	To combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing at its sources globally.
6	6	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
7	7	FEBRUARY24, 2025
8	8	Mr. S
9	9	ULLIVAN(for himself and Mr. WHITEHOUSE) introduced the following
10	10	bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce,
11	11	Science, and Transportation
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing at
14	14	its sources globally.
15	15	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
16	16	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
17	17	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
18	18	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fighting Foreign Ille-4
19	19	gal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘FISH Act of 5
20	20	2025’’. 6
21	21	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 7
22	22	In this Act: 8
23	23	(1) A
24	24	DMINISTRATOR.—Unless otherwise pro-9
25	25	vided, the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Adminis-10
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29	29	trator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-1
30	30	ministration or the designee of the Administrator. 2
31	31	(2) B
32	32	ENEFICIAL OWNER.—The term ‘‘beneficial 3
33	33	owner’’ means, with respect to a vessel, a person 4
34	34	that, directly or indirectly, through any contract, ar-5
35	35	rangement, understanding, relationship, or other-6
36	36	wise— 7
37	37	(A) exercises substantial control over the 8
38	38	vessel; or 9
39	39	(B) owns not less than 50 percent of the 10
40	40	ownership interests in the vessel. 11
41	41	(3) F
42	42	ISH.—The term ‘‘fish’’ means finfish, 12
43	43	crustaceans, and mollusks. 13
44	44	(4) F
45	45	ORCED LABOR.—The term ‘‘forced labor’’ 14
46	46	has the meaning given that term in section 307 of 15
47	47	the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 16
48	48	(5) IUU
49	49	FISHING.—The term ‘‘IUU fishing’’ 17
50	50	means activities described as illegal fishing, unre-18
51	51	ported fishing, or unregulated fishing in paragraph 19
52	52	3 of the International Plan of Action to Prevent, 20
53	53	Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Un-21
54	54	regulated Fishing, adopted at the 24th Session of 22
55	55	the Committee on Fisheries in Rome on March 2, 23
56	56	2001. 24
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60	60	(6) REGIONAL FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ORGA -1
61	61	NIZATION.—The terms ‘‘regional fisheries manage-2
62	62	ment organization’’ and ‘‘RFMO’’ have the meaning 3
63	63	given the terms in section 303 of the Port State 4
64	64	Measures Agreement Act of 2015 (16 U.S.C. 7402). 5
65	65	(7) S
66	66	EAFOOD.—The term ‘‘seafood’’ means 6
67	67	fish, shellfish, processed fish, fish meal, shellfish 7
68	68	products, and all other forms of marine animal and 8
69	69	plant life other than marine mammals and birds. 9
70	70	(8) S
71	71	ECRETARY.—Unless otherwise provided, 10
72	72	the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Com-11
73	73	merce acting through the Administrator of the Na-12
74	74	tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or 13
75	75	the designee of the Administrator. 14
76	76	SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 15
77	77	It is the policy of the United States to partner, con-16
78	78	sult, and coordinate with foreign governments (at the na-17
79	79	tional and subnational levels), civil society, international 18
80	80	organizations, international financial institutions, sub-19
81	81	national coastal communities, commercial and recreational 20
82	82	fishing industry leaders, communities that engage in 21
83	83	artisanal or subsistence fishing, fishers, and the private 22
84	84	sector, in a concerted effort— 23
85	85	(1) to continue the broad effort across the Fed-24
86	86	eral Government to counter IUU fishing, including 25
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90	90	any potential links to forced labor, human traf-1
91	91	ficking, and other threats to maritime security, as 2
92	92	outlined in sections 3533 and 3534 of the Maritime 3
93	93	SAFE Act (16 U.S.C. 8002 and 8003); and 4
94	94	(2) to, additionally— 5
95	95	(A) prioritize efforts to prevent IUU fish-6
96	96	ing at its sources; and 7
97	97	(B) support continued implementation of 8
98	98	the Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries agreement, 9
99	99	as well as joint research and follow-on actions 10
100	100	that ensure sustainability of fish stocks in Arc-11
101	101	tic international waters. 12
102	102	SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF A BLACK LIST (IUU VESSEL 13
103	103	LIST). 14
104	104	Section 608 of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Mora-15
105	105	torium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826i) is amended by 16
106	106	striking subsections (c) and (d) and inserting the fol-17
107	107	lowing: 18
108	108	‘‘(c) B
109	109	LACKLIST(IUU VESSELLIST).— 19
110	110	‘‘(1) I
111	111	N GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordina-20
112	112	tion with the Secretary of State, the Commissioner 21
113	113	of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the 22
114	114	Secretary of Labor, shall develop, maintain, and 23
115	115	make public a list of foreign vessels, foreign fleets, 24
116	116	and beneficial owners of foreign vessels or foreign 25
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120	120	fleets engaged in IUU fishing or fishing-related ac-1
121	121	tivities in support of IUU fishing (referred to in this 2
122	122	section as the ‘IUU vessel list’). 3
123	123	‘‘(2) I
124	124	NCLUSION ON LIST.—The IUU vessel list 4
125	125	shall include any foreign vessel, foreign fleet, or ben-5
126	126	eficial owner of a foreign vessel or foreign fleet for 6
127	127	which the Secretary determines there is clear and 7
128	128	convincing evidence to believe that a foreign vessel 8
129	129	is any of the following (even if the Secretary has 9
130	130	only partial information regarding the foreign ves-10
131	131	sel): 11
132	132	‘‘(A) A foreign vessel listed on an IUU ves-12
133	133	sel list of an international fishery management 13
134	134	organization. 14
135	135	‘‘(B) A foreign vessel taking part in fishing 15
136	136	that undermines the effectiveness of an inter-16
137	137	national fishery management organization’s 17
138	138	conservation and management measures, in-18
139	139	cluding a foreign vessel— 19
140	140	‘‘(i) exceeding applicable international 20
141	141	fishery management organization catch 21
142	142	limits; or 22
143	143	‘‘(ii) that is operating inconsistent 23
144	144	with relevant catch allocation arrange-24
145	145	ments of the international fishery manage-25
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149	149	ment organization, even if operating under 1
150	150	the authority of a foreign country that is 2
151	151	not a member of the international fishery 3
152	152	management organization. 4
153	153	‘‘(C) A foreign vessel, either on the high 5
154	154	seas or in the exclusive economic zone of an-6
155	155	other country, identified and reported by 7
156	156	United States authorities to an international 8
157	157	fishery management organization to be con-9
158	158	ducting IUU fishing when the United States 10
159	159	has reason to believe the foreign country to 11
160	160	which the foreign vessel is registered or docu-12
161	161	mented is not addressing the allegation. 13
162	162	‘‘(D) A foreign vessel, foreign fleet, or ben-14
163	163	eficial owner of a foreign vessel or foreign fleet 15
164	164	on the high seas identified by United States au-16
165	165	thorities to be conducting IUU fishing or fish-17
166	166	ing that involves the use of forced labor, includ-18
167	167	ing individuals and entities subject to a with-19
168	168	hold release order or a finding issued by U.S. 20
169	169	Customs and Border Protection pursuant to 21
170	170	section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 22
171	171	U.S.C. 1307) or any other U.S. Customs and 23
172	172	Border Protection enforcement action, sanctions 24
173	173	imposed by the Department of the Treasury 25
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177	177	under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Ac-1
178	178	countability Act (22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.), or 2
179	179	any other United States Government forced 3
180	180	labor prevention or enforcement action that has 4
181	181	not been subsequently revoked. 5
182	182	‘‘(E) A foreign vessel that provides services 6
183	183	(excluding emergency or enforcement services) 7
184	184	to a foreign vessel that is on the IUU vessel 8
185	185	list, including transshipment, resupply, refuel-9
186	186	ing, or pilotage. 10
187	187	‘‘(F) A foreign vessel that is a fishing ves-11
188	188	sel engaged in commercial fishing within the ex-12
189	189	clusive economic zone of the United States 13
190	190	without a permit issued under title II of the 14
191	191	Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 15
192	192	Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1821 et seq.). 16
193	193	‘‘(G) A foreign vessel that has the same 17
194	194	beneficial owner as a foreign vessel on the IUU 18
195	195	vessel list at the time of the infraction. 19
196	196	‘‘(H) A foreign vessel or beneficial owner 20
197	197	of a foreign vessel subject to economic sanctions 21
198	198	administered by the Department of the Treas-22
199	199	ury Office of Foreign Assets Control for 23
200	200	transnational criminal activity associated with 24
201	201	IUU fishing under Executive Order 13581 (76 25
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205	205	Fed. Reg. 44757, 84 Fed. Reg. 10255; relating 1
206	206	to blocking property of transnational criminal 2
207	207	organizations), or any other applicable economic 3
208	208	sanctions program, including sanctions imposed 4
209	209	by the Department of the Treasury under the 5
210	210	Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability 6
211	211	Act (22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.). 7
212	212	‘‘(3) N
213	213	OMINATIONS TO BE PUT ON THE BLACK 8
214	214	(IUU VESSEL) LIST.—The Secretary may receive 9
215	215	nominations for putting a foreign vessel on the IUU 10
216	216	vessel list from— 11
217	217	‘‘(A) the head of an executive branch agen-12
218	218	cy that is a member of the Interagency Work-13
219	219	ing Group on IUU Fishing established under 14
220	220	section 3551 of the Maritime SAFE Act (16 15
221	221	U.S.C. 8031); 16
222	222	‘‘(B) a country that is a member of the 17
223	223	Combined Maritime Forces; or 18
224	224	‘‘(C) civil organizations that have data- 19
225	225	sharing agreements with a member of the Inter-20
226	226	agency Working Group on IUU Fishing. 21
227	227	‘‘(4) P
228	228	ROCEDURES FOR ADDITION .—The Sec-22
229	229	retary may put a foreign vessel on the IUU vessel 23
230	230	list only after notification to the foreign vessel’s ben-24
231	231	eficial owner and a review of any information that 25
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235	235	the owner provides within 90 days of the notifica-1
236	236	tion. 2
237	237	‘‘(5) P
238	238	UBLIC INFORMATION .—The Secretary 3
239	239	shall publish its procedures for adding foreign ves-4
240	240	sels on, and removing foreign vessels from, the IUU 5
241	241	vessel list. The Secretary shall publish the IUU ves-6
242	242	sel list itself in the Federal Register annually and on 7
243	243	a website, which shall be updated any time a foreign 8
244	244	vessel is added to the IUU vessel list, and include 9
245	245	the following information (as much as is available 10
246	246	and confirmed) for each foreign vessel on the IUU 11
247	247	vessel list: 12
248	248	‘‘(A) The name of the foreign vessel and 13
249	249	previous names of the foreign vessel. 14
250	250	‘‘(B) The International Maritime Organi-15
251	251	zation (IMO) number of the foreign vessel, or 16
252	252	other Unique Vessel Identifier (such as the flag 17
253	253	state permit number or authorized vessel num-18
254	254	ber issued by an international fishery manage-19
255	255	ment organization). 20
256	256	‘‘(C) The maritime mobile service identity 21
257	257	number and call sign of the foreign vessel. 22
258	258	‘‘(D) The business or corporate address of 23
259	259	each beneficial owner of the foreign vessel. 24
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263	263	‘‘(E) The country where the foreign vessel 1
264	264	is registered or documented, and where it was 2
265	265	previously registered if known. 3
266	266	‘‘(F) The date of inclusion on the IUU ves-4
267	267	sel list of the foreign vessel. 5
268	268	‘‘(G) Any other Unique Vessel Identifier 6
269	269	(UVI), if applicable. 7
270	270	‘‘(H) Any other identifying information on 8
271	271	the foreign vessel, as determined appropriate by 9
272	272	the Secretary. 10
273	273	‘‘(I) The basis for the Secretary’s inclusion 11
274	274	of the foreign vessel on the IUU vessel list 12
275	275	under paragraph (2). 13
276	276	‘‘(d) C
277	277	ONSEQUENCES OF BEING ONBLACKLIST 14
278	278	(IUU V
279	279	ESSELLIST).— 15
280	280	‘‘(1) I
281	281	N GENERAL.—Except for the purposes of 16
282	282	inspection and enforcement or in case of force 17
283	283	majeure, a foreign vessel on the IUU vessel list is 18
284	284	prohibited from— 19
285	285	‘‘(A) accessing United States ports and 20
286	286	using port services; 21
287	287	‘‘(B) traveling through the United States 22
288	288	territorial sea unless it is conducting innocent 23
289	289	passage; and 24
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293	293	‘‘(C) delivering or receiving supplies or 1
294	294	services, or transshipment, within waters sub-2
295	295	ject to the jurisdiction of the United States, un-3
296	296	less such prohibition would be inconsistent with 4
297	297	customary international law. 5
298	298	‘‘(2) S
299	299	ERVICING PROHIBITED.—No vessel of the 6
300	300	United States may service a foreign vessel that is on 7
301	301	the IUU vessel list, except in an emergency involving 8
302	302	life and safety or to facilitate enforcement. 9
303	303	‘‘(3) I
304	304	MPORTS PROHIBITED .—The import of 10
305	305	seafood or seafood products caught, processed, or 11
306	306	transported by foreign vessels on the IUU vessel list 12
307	307	is prohibited and shall be subject to the enforcement 13
308	308	provisions of section 606. 14
309	309	‘‘(4) F
310	310	ISHING TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS .—It 15
311	311	should be a priority for United States delegations 16
312	312	to— 17
313	313	‘‘(A) advocate for the incorporation of arti-18
314	314	cles in international fishery management orga-19
315	315	nizations providing identical or similar safe-20
316	316	guards described in this section in new and up-21
317	317	dated bilateral or multilateral fishing treaties; 22
318	318	and 23
319	319	‘‘(B) encourage parties to international 24
320	320	and regional fisheries organizations that the 25
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324	324	United States is party to, or holds observer sta-1
325	325	tus, to take similar measures described in this 2
326	326	section. 3
327	327	‘‘(e) E
328	328	NFORCEMENT OF BLACKLIST(IUU VESSEL 4
329	329	L
330	330	IST).— 5
331	331	‘‘(1) I
332	332	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-6
333	333	graph (2), a foreign vessel on the IUU vessel list 7
334	334	and the cargo of such vessel shall be subject to sei-8
335	335	zure and forfeiture to the United States in the same 9
336	336	manner as merchandise is forfeited for violation of 10
337	337	the customs revenue laws. 11
338	338	‘‘(2) E
339	339	XCEPTION.—The cargo of seafood of a 12
340	340	foreign vessel on the IUU vessel list shall not be 13
341	341	subject to seizure and forfeiture to the United States 14
342	342	if the cargo of seafood is in the possession of an im-15
343	343	porter who has paid for the cargo of seafood and did 16
344	344	not know, or did not have any reason to know, that 17
345	345	the seafood was the product of IUU fishing. 18
346	346	‘‘(f) P
347	347	ERMANENCY OF BLACKLIST(IUU VESSEL 19
348	348	L
349	349	IST).— 20
350	350	‘‘(1) I
351	351	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-21
352	352	graphs (2) through (4), a foreign vessel, foreign 22
353	353	fleet, or beneficial owner of a foreign vessel or for-23
354	354	eign fleet that is put on the IUU vessel list shall re-24
355	355	main on the IUU vessel list. 25
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359	359	‘‘(2) REVOCATION OF WRO .—The Secretary 1
360	360	shall remove a foreign vessel or foreign fleet from 2
361	361	the IUU vessel list if the foreign vessel was added 3
362	362	to the IUU vessel list because it was found by U.S. 4
363	363	Customs and Border Protection to have had a with-5
364	364	hold release order or a finding issued pursuant to 6
365	365	section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 7
366	366	1307) and the withhold release order was subse-8
367	367	quently revoked. 9
368	368	‘‘(3) A
369	369	PPLICATION BY OWNER FOR POTENTIAL 10
370	370	REMOVAL.— 11
371	371	‘‘(A) I
372	372	N GENERAL.—In consultation with 12
373	373	the Secretary of State and the U.S. Customs 13
374	374	and Border Protection, the Secretary may re-14
375	375	move a foreign vessel, foreign fleet, or beneficial 15
376	376	owner of a foreign vessel or foreign fleet from 16
377	377	the IUU vessel list if the beneficial owner of the 17
378	378	foreign vessel submits an application for re-18
379	379	moval to the Secretary that meets the stand-19
380	380	ards that the Secretary has set out for removal. 20
381	381	‘‘(B) S
382	382	TANDARDS.—The Secretary shall in-21
383	383	clude in the standards set out for removal a de-22
384	384	termination that the foreign vessel or foreign 23
385	385	vessel owner has not engaged in IUU fishing or 24
386	386	fishing that involves the use of forced labor dur-25
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390	390	ing the 5-year period preceding the date of the 1
391	391	application for removal. The Secretary, in con-2
392	392	sultation with the Secretary of State and the 3
393	393	U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shall de-4
394	394	termine whether each application for removal 5
395	395	demonstrates that sufficient corrective action 6
396	396	has been taken to remediate the violations and 7
397	397	infractions that led to the inclusion on the IUU 8
398	398	vessel list. 9
399	399	‘‘(C) C
400	400	ONSIDERATION OF RELEVANT IN -10
401	401	FORMATION.—In considering an application for 11
402	402	removal, the Secretary shall consider relevant 12
403	403	information from all sources. 13
404	404	‘‘(4) R
405	405	EMOVAL DUE TO INTERNATIONAL FISH -14
406	406	ERY MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION ACTION .—The 15
407	407	Secretary may remove a foreign vessel from the IUU 16
408	408	vessel list if the foreign vessel was put on the list be-17
409	409	cause it was a foreign vessel listed on an IUU vessel 18
410	410	list of an international fishery management organi-19
411	411	zation, pursuant to subsection (c)(2)(A), and the 20
412	412	international fishery management organization re-21
413	413	moved the foreign vessel from its IUU vessel list. 22
414	414	‘‘(g) R
415	415	EGULATIONS AND PROCESS.—Not later than 23
416	416	12 months after the date of enactment of the Fighting 24
417	417	Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025, the Sec-25
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421	421	retary shall issue regulations to set a process for estab-1
422	422	lishing, maintaining, implementing, and publishing the 2
423	423	IUU vessel list. The Administrator may add or remove a 3
424	424	foreign vessel, foreign fleet, or beneficial owner of a for-4
425	425	eign vessel or foreign fleet from the IUU vessel list on 5
426	426	the date the foreign vessel becomes eligible for such addi-6
427	427	tion or removal. 7
428	428	‘‘(h) D
429	429	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 8
430	430	‘‘(1) A
431	431	DMINISTRATOR.—Unless otherwise pro-9
432	432	vided, the term ‘Administrator’ means the Adminis-10
433	433	trator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-11
434	434	ministration or the designee of the Administrator. 12
435	435	‘‘(2) B
436	436	ENEFICIAL OWNER .—The term ‘bene-13
437	437	ficial owner’ means, with respect to a vessel, a per-14
438	438	son that, directly or indirectly, through any contract, 15
439	439	arrangement, understanding, relationship, or other-16
440	440	wise— 17
441	441	‘‘(A) exercises substantial control over the 18
442	442	vessel; or 19
443	443	‘‘(B) owns not less than 50 percent of the 20
444	444	ownership interests in the vessel. 21
445	445	‘‘(3) F
446	446	ORCED LABOR.—The term ‘forced labor’ 22
447	447	has the meaning given that term in section 307 of 23
448	448	the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 24
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452	452	‘‘(4) FOREIGN VESSEL.—The term ‘foreign ves-1
453	453	sel’ has the meaning given the term in section 110 2
454	454	of title 46, United States Code. 3
455	455	‘‘(5) I
456	456	NTERNATIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT 4
457	457	ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘international fishery 5
458	458	management organization’ means an international 6
459	459	organization established by any bilateral or multilat-7
460	460	eral treaty, convention, or agreement for the con-8
461	461	servation and management of fish. 9
462	462	‘‘(6) IUU
463	463	FISHING.—The term ‘IUU fishing’ 10
464	464	means activities described as illegal fishing, unre-11
465	465	ported fishing, or unregulated fishing in paragraph 12
466	466	3 of the International Plan of Action to Prevent, 13
467	467	Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Un-14
468	468	regulated Fishing, adopted at the 24th Session of 15
469	469	the Committee on Fisheries in Rome on March 2, 16
470	470	2001. 17
471	471	‘‘(7) S
472	472	EAFOOD.—The term ‘seafood’ means 18
473	473	fish, shellfish, processed fish, fish meal, shellfish 19
474	474	products, and all other forms of marine animal and 20
475	475	plant life other than marine mammals and birds. 21
476	476	‘‘(i) A
477	477	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 22
478	478	are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 23
479	479	Commerce to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each 24
480	480	of fiscal years 2025 through 2030.’’. 25
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484	484	SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. 1
485	485	(a) A
486	486	UTHORIZATION FOR SANCTIONS.—The Sec-2
487	487	retary of the Treasury may impose the measures described 3
488	488	in subsection (b) with respect to— 4
489	489	(1) any foreign person or foreign vessel, regard-5
490	490	less of ownership, that the Secretary of the Treasury 6
491	491	determines has participated in— 7
492	492	(A) the sale, supply, purchase, or transfer 8
493	493	(including transportation) of a fish species that 9
494	494	is an endangered species, as defined in section 10
495	495	of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 11
496	496	U.S.C. 1532), directly or indirectly; or 12
497	497	(B) IUU fishing; 13
498	498	(2) a leader or official of an entity that has en-14
499	499	gaged in, or whose members have engaged in, any 15
500	500	of the activities described in paragraph (1); 16
501	501	(3) an entity determined to have owned, oper-17
502	502	ated, chartered, or controlled a vessel whose per-18
503	503	sonnel are engaged in the activities described in 19
504	504	paragraph (1) at a time period relating to the activi-20
505	505	ties; 21
506	506	(4) an entity that commits any action described 22
507	507	in section 608(c) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing 23
508	508	Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826i) as a 24
509	509	basis to be put on the IUU vessel list under such 25
510	510	section; and 26
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514	514	(5) an entity that has materially assisted, spon-1
515	515	sored, or provided financial, material, or techno-2
516	516	logical support for, or goods or services in support 3
517	517	of, a foreign person or foreign vessel described in 4
518	518	paragraph (1). 5
519	519	(b) S
520	520	ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions to be 6
521	521	imposed under subsection (a) are the following: 7
522	522	(1) B
523	523	LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—Notwith-8
524	524	standing section 202 of the International Emergency 9
525	525	Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701), the exercise 10
526	526	of all powers granted to the President by the Inter-11
527	527	national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 12
528	528	U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 13
529	529	and prohibit all transactions in all property and in-14
530	530	terests in property of a foreign person or entity de-15
531	531	scribed in subsection (a) including, to the extent ap-16
532	532	propriate, the vessel of which the person is the bene-17
533	533	ficial owner, if such property and interests in prop-18
534	534	erty are in the United States, come within the 19
535	535	United States, or are or come within the possession 20
536	536	or control of a United States person. 21
537	537	(2) I
538	538	NELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR 22
539	539	PAROLE.— 23
540	540	(A) V
541	541	ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—A 24
542	542	foreign person described in subsection (a) is— 25
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546	546	(i) inadmissible to the United States; 1
547	547	(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 2
548	548	documentation to enter the United States; 3
549	549	and 4
550	550	(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 5
551	551	or paroled into the United States or to re-6
552	552	ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-7
553	553	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 8
554	554	seq.). 9
555	555	(B) C
556	556	URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 10
557	557	(i) I
558	558	N GENERAL.—The visa or other 11
559	559	entry documentation of a foreign person 12
560	560	described in subsection (a) shall be re-13
561	561	voked, regardless of when such visa or 14
562	562	other entry documentation is or was 15
563	563	issued. 16
564	564	(ii) I
565	565	MMEDIATE EFFECT .—A revoca-17
566	566	tion under clause (i) shall, in accordance 18
567	567	with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 19
568	568	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i))— 20
569	569	(I) take effect; and 21
570	570	(II) cancel any other valid visa or 22
571	571	entry documentation that is in the 23
572	572	person’s possession. 24
573	573	(c) I
574	574	MPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 25
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578	578	(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-1
579	579	ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 2
580	580	and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 3
581	581	Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 4
582	582	this section. 5
583	583	(2) P
584	584	ENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-6
585	585	tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 7
586	586	violation of this section or any regulation, license, or 8
587	587	order issued to carry out this section shall be subject 9
588	588	to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 10
589	589	of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-11
590	590	nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex-12
591	591	tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-13
592	592	scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 14
593	593	(d) N
594	594	ATIONALINTERESTWAIVER.—The President 15
595	595	may waive the imposition of sanctions under this section 16
596	596	with respect to a foreign person or entity. 17
597	597	(e) E
598	598	XCEPTIONS.— 18
599	599	(1) E
600	600	XCEPTIONS FOR AUTHORIZED INTEL -19
601	601	LIGENCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES .— 20
602	602	This section shall not apply with respect to activities 21
603	603	subject to the reporting requirements under title V 22
604	604	of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 23
605	605	3091 et seq.) or any authorized intelligence, law en-24
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608	608	•S 688 IS
609	609	forcement, or national security activities of the 1
610	610	United States. 2
611	611	(2) E
612	612	XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER -3
613	613	NATIONAL AGREEMENTS .—Sanctions under sub-4
614	614	section (b)(2) shall not apply with respect to the ad-5
615	615	mission of an alien to the United States if such ad-6
616	616	mission is necessary to comply with the obligations 7
617	617	of the United States under the Agreement regarding 8
618	618	the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at 9
619	619	Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 10
620	620	November 21, 1947, between the United Nations 11
621	621	and the United States, or the Convention on Con-12
622	622	sular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and 13
623	623	entered into force March 19, 1967, or other inter-14
624	624	national obligations. 15
625	625	(3) E
626	626	XCEPTION FOR SAFETY OF VESSELS AND 16
627	627	CREW.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 17
628	628	with respect to a person or entity providing provi-18
629	629	sions to a vessel identified under section 608(c) of 19
630	630	the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protec-20
631	631	tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1826i) if such provisions are in-21
632	632	tended for the safety and care of the crew aboard 22
633	633	the vessel, or the maintenance of the vessel to avoid 23
634	634	any environmental or other significant damage. 24
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638	638	(4) HUMANITARIAN EXCEPTION .—The Presi-1
639	639	dent may not impose sanctions under this section 2
640	640	with respect to any person or entity for conducting 3
641	641	or facilitating a transaction for the sale of agricul-4
642	642	tural commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices 5
643	643	or for the provision of humanitarian assistance. 6
644	644	(f) R
645	645	ULEMAKING.— 7
646	646	(1) I
647	647	N GENERAL.—The President is authorized 8
648	648	to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be 9
649	649	necessary to carry out the provisions of this section 10
650	650	(which may include regulatory exceptions), including 11
651	651	under section 205 of the International Emergency 12
652	652	Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1704). 13
653	653	(2) R
654	654	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in this 14
655	655	section, or in any amendment made by this section, 15
656	656	may be construed to limit the authority of the Presi-16
657	657	dent pursuant to the International Emergency Eco-17
658	658	nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 18
659	659	(g) D
660	660	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 19
661	661	(1) A
662	662	DMISSION; ADMITTED; ALIEN; LAWFULLY 20
663	663	ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE .—The 21
664	664	terms ‘‘admission’’, ‘‘admitted’’, ‘‘alien’’, and ‘‘law-22
665	665	fully admitted for permanent residence’’ have the 23
666	666	meanings given those terms in section 101 of the 24
667	667	Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 25
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671	671	(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-1
672	672	son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 2
673	673	United States person. 3
674	674	(3) U
675	675	NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 4
676	676	‘‘United States person’’ means— 5
677	677	(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-6
678	678	fully admitted for permanent residence to the 7
679	679	United States; 8
680	680	(B) an entity organized under the laws of 9
681	681	the United States or any jurisdiction within the 10
682	682	United States, including a foreign branch of 11
683	683	such an entity; or 12
684	684	(C) any person in the United States. 13
685	685	SEC. 6. AGREEMENTS. 14
686	686	(a) P
687	687	RESIDENTIALNEGOTIATION.—In negotiating 15
688	688	any relevant agreement with a foreign nation or nations 16
689	689	after the date of enactment of this Act, the President is 17
690	690	encouraged to consider the impacts on or to IUU fishing 18
691	691	and fishing that involves the use of forced labor and strive 19
692	692	to ensure that the agreement strengthens efforts to com-20
693	693	bat IUU fishing and fishing that involves the use of forced 21
694	694	labor. 22
695	695	(b) F
696	696	EDERALGOVERNMENT ENCOURAGEMENT.— 23
697	697	The Federal Government should encourage other nations 24
698	698	to ratify treaties and agreements that address IUU fishing 25
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702	702	to which the United States is a party, including the UN 1
703	703	Fish Stocks Agreement, the High Seas Fishing Compli-2
704	704	ance Agreement, the Port State Measures Agreement, and 3
705	705	other applicable agreements, and pursue bilateral and 4
706	706	multilateral initiatives to raise international ambition to 5
707	707	combat IUU fishing, including in the G7 and G20, the 6
708	708	United Nations, the International Labor Organization 7
709	709	(ILO), and the International Maritime Organization 8
710	710	(IMO), and through voluntary multilateral efforts. The bi-9
711	711	lateral and multilateral initiatives should address under-10
712	712	lying drivers of IUU fishing and fishing that involves the 11
713	713	use of forced labor, such as the practice of transshipment, 12
714	714	flags of convenience vessels, and government subsidies of 13
715	715	the distant water fishing industry. 14
716	716	(c) T
717	717	RANSPARENCY FOR NON-BINDINGINSTRU-15
718	718	MENTSCONCLUDEDUNDERTHISSECTION.—Any memo-16
719	719	randum of understanding or other non-binding instrument 17
720	720	to further the objectives of this section shall be considered 18
721	721	a qualifying non-binding instrument for purposes of sec-19
722	722	tion 112b of title 1, United States Code. 20
723	723	SEC. 7. ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS. 21
724	724	(a) I
725	725	NCREASEBOARDING OFVESSELSSUSPECTED 22
726	726	OFIUU FISHING.—The Commandant of the Coast Guard 23
727	727	shall strive, in accordance with the UN Fish Stocks Agree-24
728	728	ment, to increase, from year to year, its observation of 25
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732	732	vessels on the high seas that are suspected of IUU fishing 1
733	733	and related harmful practices, and is encouraged to con-2
734	734	sider boarding these vessels to the greatest extent prac-3
735	735	ticable. 4
736	736	(b) F
737	737	OLLOWUP.—The Administrator shall, in con-5
738	738	sultation with the Commandant of the Coast Guard and 6
739	739	the Secretary of State, coordinate regularly with regional 7
740	740	fisheries management organizations to determine what 8
741	741	corrective measures each country has taken after vessels 9
742	742	that are registered or documented by the country have 10
743	743	been boarded for suspected IUU fishing. 11
744	744	(c) R
745	745	EPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 12
746	746	of enactment of this Act and in accordance with informa-13
747	747	tion management rules of the relevant regional fisheries 14
748	748	management organizations, the Commandant of the Coast 15
749	749	Guard shall submit a report to Congress on— 16
750	750	(1) the total number of bilateral agreements 17
751	751	utilized or enacted during Coast Guard counter-IUU 18
752	752	patrols and future patrol plans for operations with 19
753	753	partner nations where bilateral agreements are re-20
754	754	quired to effectively execute the counter-IUU mis-21
755	755	sion and any changes to IUU provisions in bilateral 22
756	756	agreements; 23
757	757	(2) incidents of IUU fishing observed while con-24
758	758	ducting High Seas Boarding and Inspections 25
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762	762	(HSBI), how the conduct is tracked after referral to 1
763	763	the respective country where the vessel is registered 2
764	764	or documented, and what actions are taken to docu-3
765	765	ment or otherwise act on the enforcement, or lack 4
766	766	thereof, taken by the country; 5
767	767	(3) the country where the vessel is registered or 6
768	768	documented, the country where the vessel was pre-7
769	769	viously registered and documented if known, and 8
770	770	status of a vessel interdicted or observed to be en-9
771	771	gaged in IUU fishing on the high seas by the Coast 10
772	772	Guard; 11
773	773	(4) incident details on vessels observed to be en-12
774	774	gaged in IUU fishing on the high seas, boarding re-13
775	775	fusals, and what action was taken; and 14
776	776	(5) any other potential enforcement actions that 15
777	777	could decrease IUU fishing on the high seas. 16
778	778	SEC. 8. IMPROVED MANAGEMENT AT THE REGIONAL FISH-17
779	779	ERIES MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS. 18
780	780	(a) I
781	781	NTERAGENCYWORKINGGROUP ONIUU FISH-19
782	782	ING.—Section 3551(c) of the Maritime SAFE Act (16 20
783	783	U.S.C. 8031(c)) is amended— 21
784	784	(1) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 22
785	785	the semicolon; 23
786	786	(2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 24
787	787	the end and inserting a semicolon; and 25
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791	791	(3) by adding at the end the following: 1
792	792	‘‘(15) developing a strategy for leveraging en-2
793	793	forcement capacity against IUU fishing, particularly 3
794	794	focusing on nations identified under section 609(a) 4
795	795	of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Pro-5
796	796	tection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826j(a)); and 6
797	797	‘‘(16) developing a strategy for leveraging en-7
798	798	forcement capacity against associated abuses, such 8
799	799	as fishing that involves the use of forced labor and 9
800	800	other illegal labor practices, and increasing enforce-10
801	801	ment and other actions across relevant import con-11
802	802	trol and assessment programs, using as resources— 12
803	803	‘‘(A) the List of Goods Produced by Child 13
804	804	Labor or Forced Labor produced pursuant to 14
805	805	section 105 of the Trafficking Victims Protec-15
806	806	tion Reauthorization Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 16
807	807	7112); 17
808	808	‘‘(B) the Trafficking in Persons Report re-18
809	809	quired under section 110 of the Trafficking Vic-19
810	810	tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107); 20
811	811	‘‘(C) United States Customs and Border 21
812	812	Protection’s Forced Labor Division and en-22
813	813	forcement activities and regulations authorized 23
814	814	under section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 24
815	815	U.S.C. 1307); and 25
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819	819	‘‘(D) reports submitted under the Uyghur 1
820	820	Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2
821	821	6901 note).’’. 3
822	822	(b) S
823	823	ECRETARY OF STATEIDENTIFICATION.—The 4
824	824	Secretary of State, in coordination with the Commandant 5
825	825	of the Coast Guard and the Administrator, shall— 6
826	826	(1) identify regional fisheries management or-7
827	827	ganizations that the United States is party to that 8
828	828	do not have a high seas boarding and inspection pro-9
829	829	gram; and 10
830	830	(2) identify obstacles, needed authorities, or ex-11
831	831	isting efforts to increase implementation of these 12
832	832	programs, and take action as appropriate. 13
833	833	SEC. 9. STRATEGIES TO OPTIMIZE DATA COLLECTION, 14
834	834	SHARING, AND ANALYSIS. 15
835	835	Section 3552 of the Maritime SAFE Act (16 U.S.C. 16
836	836	8032) is amended by adding at the end: 17
837	837	‘‘(c) S
838	838	TRATEGIESTOOPTIMIZEDATACOLLECTION, 18
839	839	S
840	840	HARING, ANDANALYSIS.—Not later than 3 years after 19
841	841	the date of enactment of the Fighting Foreign Illegal Sea-20
842	842	food Harvests Act of 2025, the Working Group shall iden-21
843	843	tify information and resources to prevent fish and fish 22
844	844	products from IUU fishing and fishing that involves the 23
845	845	use of forced labor from entering United States commerce 24
846	846	without increasing burden or trade barriers on seafood not 25
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850	850	produced from IUU fishing. The report shall include the 1
851	851	following: 2
852	852	‘‘(1) Identification of relevant data streams col-3
853	853	lected by Working Group members. 4
854	854	‘‘(2) Identification of legal, jurisdictional, or 5
855	855	other barriers to the sharing of such data. 6
856	856	‘‘(3) In consultation with the Secretary of De-7
857	857	fense, recommendations for joint enforcement proto-8
858	858	cols, collaboration, and information sharing between 9
859	859	Federal agencies and States. 10
860	860	‘‘(4) Recommendations for sharing and devel-11
861	861	oping forensic resources between Federal agencies 12
862	862	and States. 13
863	863	‘‘(5) Recommendations for enhancing capacity 14
864	864	for United States Customs and Border Protection 15
865	865	and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-16
866	866	tion to conduct more effective field investigations 17
867	867	and enforcement efforts with U.S. state enforcement 18
868	868	officials. 19
869	869	‘‘(6) Recommendations for improving data col-20
870	870	lection and automated risk-targeting of seafood im-21
871	871	ports within the United States International Trade 22
872	872	Data System and Automated Commercial Environ-23
873	873	ment. 24
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877	877	‘‘(7) Recommendations for the dissemination of 1
878	878	IUU fishing and fishing that involves the use of 2
879	879	forced labor analysis and information to those gov-3
880	880	ernmental and non-governmental entities that could 4
881	881	use it for action and awareness, with the aim to es-5
882	882	tablish an IUU fishing information sharing center. 6
883	883	‘‘(8) Recommendations for an implementation 7
884	884	strategy, including measures for ensuring that trade 8
885	885	in seafood not linked to IUU fishing and forced 9
886	886	labor is not impeded. 10
887	887	‘‘(9) An analysis of the IUU fishing policies 11
888	888	and regulatory regimes of other countries in order to 12
889	889	develop policy and regulatory alternatives for United 13
890	890	States consideration.’’. 14
891	891	SEC. 10. INVESTMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE 15
892	892	FISHERIES SECTOR. 16
893	893	(a) I
894	894	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of State, the Ad-17
895	895	ministrator of the United States Agency for International 18
896	896	Development, and the Secretary of Commerce, in consulta-19
897	897	tion with the heads of relevant agencies, the Millennium 20
898	898	Challenge Corporation, and multilateral institutions such 21
899	899	as the World Bank, are encouraged to increase support 22
900	900	to programs that provide technical assistance, institutional 23
901	901	capacity, and investment to nations’ fisheries sectors for 24
902	902	sustainable fisheries management and combating IUU 25
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906	906	fishing and forced labor. The focus of such support is en-1
907	907	couraged to be on priority regions and priority flag states 2
908	908	identified under section 3552(b) of the Maritime SAFE 3
909	909	Act (16 U.S.C. 8032(b)). 4
910	910	(b) A
911	911	NALYSIS OFU.S. CAPACITY-BUILDINGEXPER-5
912	912	TISE ANDRESOURCES.—In order to maximize efforts on 6
913	913	preventing IUU fishing at its sources, the Interagency 7
914	914	Working Group on IUU Fishing established under section 8
915	915	3551 of the Maritime SAFE Act (16 U.S.C. 8031) shall 9
916	916	analyze United States capacity-building expertise and re-10
917	917	sources to provide support to nations’ fisheries sectors. 11
918	918	This analysis may include an assessment of potential ave-12
919	919	nues for in-country public-private collaboration and multi-13
920	920	lateral collaboration on developing local fisheries science, 14
921	921	fisheries management, maritime enforcement, and mari-15
922	922	time judicial capabilities. 16
923	923	SEC. 11. PREVENTING IMPORTATION OF SEAFOOD AND 17
924	924	SEAFOOD PRODUCTS FROM FOREIGN VES-18
925	925	SELS USING FORCED LABOR. 19
926	926	The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Pro-20
927	927	tection, in coordination with the Secretary shall— 21
928	928	(1) develop a strategy for utilizing relevant 22
929	929	United States Government data to identify imports 23
930	930	of seafood harvested on foreign vessels using forced 24
931	931	labor; and 25
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935	935	(2) publish information regarding the strategy 1
936	936	developed under paragraph (1) on the website of 2
937	937	U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 3
938	938	SEC. 12. REPORTS. 4
939	939	(a) I
940	940	MPACT OFNEWTECHNOLOGY.—Not later than 5
941	941	1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-6
942	942	retary of Homeland Security, with support from the Ad-7
943	943	ministrator and the Working Group established under sec-8
944	944	tion 3551 of the Maritime SAFE Act (16 U.S.C. 8031), 9
945	945	shall conduct a study to assess the impact of new tech-10
946	946	nology (such as remote observing, the use of drones, devel-11
947	947	opment of risk assessment tools and data-sharing soft-12
948	948	ware, immediate containerization of fish on fishing vessels, 13
949	949	satellite Wi-Fi technology on fishing vessels, and other 14
950	950	technology-enhanced new fishing practices) on IUU fish-15
951	951	ing and associated crimes (such as trafficking and fishing 16
952	952	involving the use of forced labor) and propose ways to inte-17
953	953	grate these technologies into global fisheries enforcement 18
954	954	and management. 19
955	955	(b) R
956	956	USSIAN ANDCHINESEFISHINGINDUSTRIES’ 20
957	957	I
958	958	NFLUENCE ON EACHOTHER AND ON THE UNITED 21
959	959	S
960	960	TATESSEAFOOD AND FISHINGINDUSTRY.—Not later 22
961	961	than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 23
962	962	Secretary of State, with support from the Secretary of 24
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966	966	Commerce and the Office of the United States Trade Rep-1
967	967	resentative, shall— 2
968	968	(1) conduct a study on the collaboration be-3
969	969	tween the Russian and Chinese fishing industries 4
970	970	and on the role of seafood reprocessing in China (in-5
971	971	cluding that of raw materials originating in Russia) 6
972	972	in global seafood markets and its impact on United 7
973	973	States seafood importers, processors, and con-8
974	974	sumers; and 9
975	975	(2) complete a report on the study that includes 10
976	976	classified and unclassified portions, as the Secretary 11
977	977	of State determines necessary. 12
978	978	(c) F
979	979	ISHERMENCONDUCTINGUNLAWFULFISHING 13
980	980	IN THEECONOMICEXCLUSIONZONE.—Section 3551 of 14
981	981	the Maritime SAFE Act (16 U.S.C. 8031) is amended by 15
982	982	adding at the end the following: 16
983	983	‘‘(d) T
984	984	HEIMPACTS OFIUU FISHING ANDFISHING 17
985	985	I
986	986	NVOLVING THEUSE OFFORCEDLABOR.— 18
987	987	‘‘(1) I
988	988	N GENERAL.—The Administrator, in con-19
989	989	sultation with relevant members of the Working 20
990	990	Group, shall seek to enter into an arrangement with 21
991	991	the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, 22
992	992	and Medicine under which the National Academies 23
993	993	will undertake a multifaceted study that includes the 24
994	994	following: 25
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998	998	‘‘(A) An analysis that quantifies the occur-1
999	999	rence and extent of IUU fishing and fishing in-2
1000	1000	volving the use of forced labor among all flag 3
1001	1001	states. 4
1002	1002	‘‘(B) An evaluation of the costs to the 5
1003	1003	United States economy of IUU fishing and fish-6
1004	1004	ing involving the use of forced labor. 7
1005	1005	‘‘(C) An assessment of the costs to the 8
1006	1006	global economy of IUU fishing and fishing in-9
1007	1007	volving the use of forced labor. 10
1008	1008	‘‘(D) An assessment of the effectiveness of 11
1009	1009	response strategies to counter IUU fishing, in-12
1010	1010	cluding both domestic programs and foreign ca-13
1011	1011	pacity-building and partnering programs. 14
1012	1012	‘‘(2) A
1013	1013	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 15
1014	1014	There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 16
1015	1015	this subsection $4,000,000.’’. 17
1016	1016	(d) R
1017	1017	EPORT.—Not later than 24 months after the 18
1018	1018	date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall sub-19
1019	1019	mit to Congress a report on the study conducted under 20
1020	1020	subsection (d) of section 3551 of the Maritime SAFE Act 21
1021	1021	that includes— 22
1022	1022	(1) the findings of the National Academies; and 23
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1026	1026	(2) recommendations on knowledge gaps that 1
1027	1027	warrant further scientific inquiry. 2
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