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Union Calendar No. 493 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3075 
[Report No. 117–674, Part I] 
To address seafood slavery and combat illegal, unreported, or unregulated 
fishing, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2021 
Mr. HUFFMAN (for himself and Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Transportation 
and Infrastructure, Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
DECEMBER 30, 2022 
Additional 
sponsors: 
Mr. 
PALAZZO, 
Mr. 
CASE, 
Ms. 
NORTON, 
Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. MOORE of Ala-
bama, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. TITUS, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. ROSS, Ms. 
BROWNLEY, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. KILMER, Ms. 
JAYAPAL, Mr. CRIST, and Mr. MRVAN 
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DECEMBER 30, 2022 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
DECEMBER 30, 2022 
Committees on Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Agri-
culture, and Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 11, 2021] 
A BILL 
To address seafood slavery and combat illegal, unreported, 
or unregulated fishing, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Illegal Fishing and 
Forced Labor Prevention Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) OPPRESSIVE CHILD LABOR.—The term ‘‘op-
pressive child labor’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 203). 
(2) FORCED LABOR.—The term ‘‘forced labor’’ 
means any labor or service provided for or obtained 
by any means described in section 1589(a) of title 18, 
United States Code. 
(3) HUMAN
TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘human 
trafficking’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘severe 
forms of trafficking in persons’’ in section 103 of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7102). 
(4) ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED, OR UNREGULATED 
FISHING.—The term ‘‘illegal, unreported, or unregu-
lated fishing’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 609 of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Morato-
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rium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826j(e)), as amended 
by this Act. 
(5) SEAFOOD.—The term ‘‘seafood’’ means fish 
meal, and all marine animal and plant life meant for 
consumption as food other than marine mammals 
and birds, including fish, shellfish, shellfish products, 
and processed fish. 
(6) SEAFOOD FRAUD.—The term ‘‘seafood fraud’’ 
means the mislabeling or misrepresentation of the in-
formation required under this Act or other any other 
Federal law or international agreement (other than 
this Act) pertaining to the import, export, transport, 
sale, harvest, processing, or trade of seafood, includ-
ing— 
(A) the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Con-
servation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 
et seq.); 
(B) the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 
U.S.C. 3371 et seq.); 
(C) the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); 
(D) the FDA Food Safety Modernization 
Act (Public Law 111–353); 
(E) the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act 
(15 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.); 
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