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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5032 

To provide for the reestablishment of the National Fish and Seafood 

Promotional Council, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 

Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. CARDIN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation 

A BILL 

To provide for the reestablishment of the National Fish 

and Seafood Promotional Council, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Seafood Marketing Act 

5 of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 

8 (1) The public health benefits of eating seafood 

9 for brain health, heart health, mental health, and 

10 overall wellness are well researched and established. 


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1 (2) Prominent organizations have consistently 

2 recommended eating at least 2 servings of seafood 

3 per week, including— 

4 (A) the Department of Agriculture and the 

5 Department of Health and Human Services in 

6 the Dietary Guidelines for Americans in 2010, 

7 2015, and 2020; 

8 (B) the Food and Drug Administration 

9 since 2004; and 

10 (C) the American Heart Association. 

11 (3) Only 1 in 5 people in the United States fol12 low the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to eat at 

13 least 2 servings of seafood per week, according to 

14 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

15 (4) Eating seafood at least twice per week can 

16 reduce the risk of dying from heart disease by 36 

17 percent. 

18 (5) More than 877,500 people in the United 

19 States die of heart disease or stroke each year, and 

20 the economic toll is approximately $363,000,000,000 

21 in healthcare costs and lost productivity. 

22 (6) Close to 55,000 deaths per year are associ23 ated with insufficient seafood consumption in the 

24 United States. 


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1 (7) Pregnant people in the United States eat on 

2 average 1.8 ounces of seafood per week compared to 

3 the dietary recommendation of 8 to 12 ounces of 

4 seafood per week. 

5 (8) Strong medical evidence shows that nutri6 ents specific to seafood reduce the risk of preterm 

7 birth by more than 40 percent. In the United States, 

8 1 in 10 infants are born prematurely, which can 

9 negatively impact brain development, vision, and 

10 hearing. 

11 (9) Public education campaigns have effectively 

12 communicated the health and nutritional benefits of 

13 other dietary recommendations. 

14 (10) A previous effort to promote the public 

15 health benefits of eating seafood was conducted by 

16 the National Fish and Seafood Promotional Council, 

17 which was Federally funded from 1987 to 1991. 

18 (11) The Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee 

19 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis20 tration published a report in July 2020 recom21 mending establishing a National Seafood Council to 

22 elevate the narrative of the nutritional value of sea23 food, which the report states could directly improve 

24 the health of the people of the United States. 


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1 (12) Increasing the awareness and perception of 

2 edible invasive non-native species of seafood can help 

3 control aquatic invasive species populations and sus4 tain native stocks. 

5 SEC. 3. REESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL FISH AND SEA6 FOOD PROMOTIONAL COUNCIL. 

7 (a) FIRST MEETING.—Section 205(g) of the Fish 

8 and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4004(g)) 

9 is amended by striking ‘‘first meet’’ and all that follows 

10 and inserting ‘‘first meet not later than 180 days after 

11 the date of the enactment of the Seafood Marketing Act 

12 of 2022.’’. 

13 (b) INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Section 207(a)(5) of 

14 the Fish and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 

15 4006(a)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘within ninety’’ and 

16 all that follows and inserting ‘‘not later than 90 days after 

17 the date of the enactment of the Seafood Marketing Act 

18 of 2022.’’. 

19 (c) TERMINATION.—Section 206(g) of the Fish and 

20 Seafood Promotion Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4005(g)) is 

21 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 1991’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘December 31, 2027’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. MODIFICATIONS TO QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING 

2 MEMBERS OF NATIONAL FISH AND SEAFOOD 

3 PROMOTIONAL COUNCIL. 

4 Section 205(d) of the Fish and Seafood Promotion 

5 Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4004(d))— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraphs 

7 (E) and (F) and inserting the following: 

8 ‘‘(E) one member-at-large with demonstrated 

9 expertise in fresh-water and inland commercial fish10 eries who is not a resident of the States of the Alas11 ka, Pacific, Southeast, and Northeast regions; 

12 ‘‘(F) one member-at-large who is a person pro13 fessionally engaged in consumer marketing and the 

14 dissemination of information pertaining to the nutri15 tional benefits and preparation of seafood and sea16 food products; and 

17 ‘‘(G) one member-at-large with demonstrated 

18 expertise in scientific research on the nutrition and 

19 public health benefits of seafood consumption.’’; and 

20 (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol21 lows: 

22 ‘‘(2) Of the members appointed pursuant to each of 

23 subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (1), one 

24 shall be a harvester, one shall be a processor or a receiver, 

25 and at least one shall have demonstrated marketing exper26 tise.’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. FUNDING FOR FISHERIES PROMOTION FUND. 

2 Section 209 of the Fish and Seafood Promotion Act 

3 of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4008) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph 

5 (1) to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(1) amounts appropriated pursuant to the au7 thorization of appropriations under subsection (e) of 

8 this section;’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 

10 1987 through fiscal year 1991’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

11 year 2023 through fiscal year 2027’’; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

14 are authorized to be appropriated for the Fund 

15 $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.’’. 

16 SEC. 6. DEFINITION OF SEAFOOD IN FISH AND SEAFOOD 

17 PROMOTION ACT OF 1986. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 204 of the Fish and Sea19 food Promotion Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4003) is amend20 ed— 

21 (1) by striking paragraph (3); 

22 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 

23 (14) as paragraphs (3) through (13), respectively; 

24 and 

25 (3) by inserting after paragraph (13), as redes26 ignated, the following: 


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1 ‘‘(14) ‘seafood’ means finfish, mollusks, crusta2 ceans, seaweed, and all other forms of aquatic life 

3 used for human consumption; the term does not in4 clude marine mammals and seabirds;’’. 

5 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Fish and 

6 Seafood Promotion Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) 

7 is amended— 

8 (1) in section 202 (16 U.S.C. 4001)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘fish re10 sources’’ and inserting ‘‘seafood resources’’; 

11 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘fish 

12 contribute’’ and inserting ‘‘seafood contrib13 utes’’; and 

14 (C) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘fish spe15 cies’’ and inserting ‘‘seafood species’’; 

16 (2) in section 203 (16 U.S.C. 4002)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘species 

18 of fish’’ and inserting ‘‘species of seafood’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘domes20 tically-produced fish’’ and inserting ‘‘domesti21 cally produced seafood’’; 

22 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘fish’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘seafood’’; and 

24 (D) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘fish’’ 

25 and inserting ‘‘seafood’’; 


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1 (3) in section 204 (16 U.S.C. 4003)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by 

3 subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘fish’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘seafood’’; 

5 (B) in paragraph (11), as so redesignated, 

6 by striking ‘‘fish or fish products (including 

7 fish’’ and inserting ‘‘seafood or seafood prod8 ucts (including seafood’’; 

9 (C) in paragraph (12), as so redesignated, 

10 by striking ‘‘fish’’ each place it appears and in11 serting ‘‘seafood’’; 

12 (D) by striking ‘‘fish and fish products’’ 

13 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘seafood 

14 and seafood products’’; and 

15 (E) by striking ‘‘fish or fish products’’ 

16 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘seafood or 

17 seafood products’’; 

18 (4) in section 206 (16 U.S.C. 4005)— 

19 (A) in subsection (c)— 

20 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 

21 ‘‘fish or fish products’’ and inserting ‘‘sea22 food or seafood products’’; and 

23 (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 

24 ‘‘fish species’’ each place it appears and in25 serting ‘‘seafood species’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘fish and fish products’’ 

2 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘seafood 

3 and seafood products’’; 

4 (5) in section 210 (16 U.S.C. 4009)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘fish and fish products’’ 

6 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘seafood 

7 and seafood products’’; 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘fish or fish products’’ 

9 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘seafood or 

10 seafood products’’; and 

11 (C) by striking ‘‘fish or fish product’’ each 

12 place it appears and inserting ‘‘seafood or sea13 food product’’; 

14 (6) in section 213 (16 U.S.C. 4012), by striking 

15 ‘‘fish’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘seafood’’; 

16 and 

17 (7) in section 216(a) (16 U.S.C. 4015(a))— 

18 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘fish or 

19 fish products’’ and inserting ‘‘seafood or sea20 food products’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘fish and 

22 fish products’’ and inserting ‘‘seafood and sea23 food products’’. 

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