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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10010 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10010

 To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
  to add an economic cause as an allowable cause to declare a fishery 
                           resource disaster.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 18, 2024

Ms. Mace (for herself, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. 
 Golden of Maine, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Carl, Mr. 
 D'Esposito, and Mr. Donalds) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
  to add an economic cause as an allowable cause to declare a fishery 
                           resource disaster.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect American Fisheries Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. ECONOMIC FISHERY RESOURCE DISASTERS.

    Section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``economic 
                cause,'' after ``discrete anthropogenic cause,'';
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (G) 
                as subparagraphs (F) through (I), respectively;
                    (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
                subparagraph (D);
                    (D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
                following:
                    ``(C) Economic cause.--The term `economic cause' 
                means any activity carried out by a foreign person that 
                the Secretary determines--
                            ``(i) distorts the market for a fishery 
                        resource;
                            ``(ii) disrupts the sustainable harvest of 
                        a fishery resource; or
                            ``(iii) hinders the operational or economic 
                        viability of a fishery resource.'';
                    (E) in subparagraph (D)(i), as so redesignated, by 
                inserting ``or significant disruption to the fishery 
                resource or economy of a fishing community'' after 
                ``fishery resource''; and
                    (F) by inserting after subparagraph (D), as so 
                redesignated, the following:
                    ``(E) Foreign person.--The term `foreign person' 
                means--
                            ``(i) an individual who is not a citizen or 
                        national of the United States;
                            ``(ii) a government of a foreign country 
                        and any unit of such government;
                            ``(iii) an international financial 
                        institution (as the term `international 
                        financial institutions' is defined in section 
                        1701(c) of the International Financial 
                        Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)));
                            ``(iv) a partnership, association, 
                        corporation, organization, or other combination 
                        of persons organized under the laws of or 
                        having its principal place of business in a 
                        foreign country; and
                            ``(v) a partnership, association, 
                        corporation, organization, or other combination 
                        of persons organized under the laws of the 
                        United States that is owned by, directly or 
                        indirectly controlled by, or subject to the 
                        direction of a person or an entity described in 
                        clauses (i) through (iv).'';
            (2) in paragraph (3)(B)(v)--
                    (A) in subclause (III), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subclause (IV), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by inserting after subclause (IV) the 
                following:
                                    ``(V) if applicable with respect to 
                                the cause of the fishery resource 
                                disaster, information documenting the 
                                adverse effects of activities carried 
                                out by a foreign person on the 
                                operational or economic viability of 
                                the applicable fishery, including--
                                            ``(aa) illegal, unreported, 
                                        or unregulated fishing, 
                                        including the use of forced or 
                                        child labor;
                                            ``(bb) predatory pricing; 
                                        and
                                            ``(cc) the provision of 
                                        subsidies that--

                                                    ``(AA) have an 
                                                adverse effect on the 
                                                price in the United 
                                                States or export 
                                                markets of seafood 
                                                produced by the 
                                                applicable fishery; or

                                                    ``(BB) otherwise 
                                                cause a distortion of 
                                                such markets.'';

            (3) in paragraph (4)(B)(i)(II)--
                    (A) in item (ii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                    (B) in item (jj), by striking the period at the end 
                and inserting a semicolon; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                                            ``(kk) prices in the United 
                                        States or export markets of 
                                        seafood produced in the 
                                        fishery; and
                                            ``(ll) if the requester 
                                        submits information described 
                                        in paragraph (3)(B)(v)(V), any 
                                        activities carried out by a 
                                        foreign person that contribute 
                                        to an economic cause of the 
                                        fishery resource disaster and 
                                        the specific economic effects 
                                        thereof.''; and
            (4) in paragraph (5)(A)--
                    (A) in clause (iii)--
                            (i) by striking ``a combination'' and 
                        inserting ``any combination''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``and an anthropogenic 
                        cause'' and inserting ``, anthropogenic cause, 
                        or economic cause'';
                    (B) by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as 
                clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and
                    (C) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
                            ``(iii) an economic cause;''.
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