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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7658 

To authorize safety and prevention training programs for fishing vessel 

operators and crewmembers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 13, 2024 

Mr. GOLDEN of Maine (for himself, Mr. EZELL, Ms. PEREZ, Mr. VAN DREW, 

Mrs. PELTOLA, and Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To authorize safety and prevention training programs for 

fishing vessel operators and crewmembers, 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 ‘‘Fishing Industry Safe5 ty, Health, and Wellness Improvement Act of 2024’’ or 

6 the ‘‘FISH Wellness Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SAFETY STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN FISHING VES2 SELS. 

3 Section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (i)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by strik8 ing ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

9 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 

10 (B) as subparagraph (C); and 

11 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

12 (A) the following: 

13 ‘‘(B) to conduct safety and prevention training 

14 that addresses behavioral and physical health risks, 

15 to include mental health, substance use disorder, 

16 and worker fatigue, facing fishing vessel operators 

17 and crewmembers; and’’; 

18 (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

19 follows: 

20 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of Health and Human Services 

21 shall award grants under this subsection— 

22 ‘‘(A) on a competitive basis; and 

23 ‘‘(B) based on criteria developed in consultation 

24 with the Commandant of the Coast Guard.’’; 

25 (C) by striking paragraph (3); 


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1 (D) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

2 paragraph (3); and 

3 (E) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated 

4 by subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘$3,000,000 

5 for fiscal year 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘to the Sec6 retary of Health and Human Services 

7 $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 and 

8 2025’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (j)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and se11 vere weather detection’’ and inserting ‘‘severe 

12 weather detection, and understanding and miti13 gating behavioral and physical health risks, to 

14 include mental health, substance use disorder, 

15 and worker fatigue, facing members of the com16 mercial fishing industry’’; 

17 (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

18 follows: 

19 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv20 ices shall award grants under this subsection— 

21 ‘‘(A) on a competitive basis; and 

22 ‘‘(B) based on criteria developed in con23 sultation with the Commandant of the Coast 

24 Guard.’’; 

25 (C) by striking paragraph (3); 


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1 (D) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

2 paragraph (3); and 

3 (E) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by 

4 subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘$3,000,000 for 

5 fiscal year 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘to the Sec6 retary of Health and Human Services 

7 $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 and 

8 2025’’. 

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