to ensure that the agreement strengthens efforts to com-
bat IUU fishing and fishing that involves the use of forced 
labor. 
(b) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGEMENT.— 
The Federal Government should encourage other nations 
to ratify treaties and agreements that address IUU fishing 
to which the United States is a party, including the UN 
Fish Stocks Agreement, the High Seas Fishing Compli-
ance Agreement, the Port State Measures Agreement, and 
other applicable agreements, and pursue bilateral and 
multilateral initiatives to raise international ambition to 
combat IUU fishing, including in the G7 and G20, the 
United Nations, the International Labor Organization 
(ILO), and the International Maritime Organization 
(IMO), and through voluntary multilateral efforts. The bi-
lateral and multilateral initiatives should address under-
lying drivers of IUU fishing and fishing that involves the 
use of forced labor, such as the practice of transshipment, 
flags of convenience vessels, and government subsidies of 
the distant water fishing industry. 
(c) TRANSPARENCY
FOR
NON-BINDING
INSTRU-
MENTS CONCLUDED UNDER THIS SECTION.—Any memo-
randum of understanding or other non-binding instrument 
to further the objectives of this section shall be considered 
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a qualifying non-binding instrument for purposes of sec-
tion 112b of title 1, United States Code. 
SEC. 7. ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS. 
(a) INCREASE BOARDING OF VESSELS SUSPECTED 
OF IUU FISHING.—The Commandant of the Coast Guard 
shall strive, in accordance with the UN Fish Stocks Agree-
ment, to increase, from year to year, its observation of 
vessels on the high seas that are suspected of IUU fishing 
and related harmful practices, and is encouraged to con-
sider boarding these vessels to the greatest extent prac-
ticable. 
(b) FOLLOW UP.—The Administrator shall, in con-
sultation with the Commandant of the Coast Guard and 
the Secretary of State, coordinate regularly with regional 
fisheries management organizations to determine what 
corrective measures each country has taken after vessels 
that are registered or documented by the country have 
been boarded for suspected IUU fishing. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act and in accordance with informa-
tion management rules of the relevant regional fisheries 
management organizations, the Commandant of the Coast 
Guard shall submit a report to Congress on— 
(1) the total number of bilateral agreements 
utilized or enacted during Coast Guard counter-IUU 
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patrols and future patrol plans for operations with 
partner nations where bilateral agreements are re-
quired to effectively execute the counter-IUU mis-
sion and any changes to IUU provisions in bilateral 
agreements; 
(2) incidents of IUU fishing observed while con-
ducting High Seas Boarding and Inspections 
(HSBI), how the conduct is tracked after referral to 
the respective country where the vessel is registered 
or documented, and what actions are taken to docu-
ment or otherwise act on the enforcement, or lack 
thereof, taken by the country; 
(3) the country where the vessel is registered or 
documented, the country where the vessel was pre-
viously registered and documented if known, and 
status of a vessel interdicted or observed to be en-
gaged in IUU fishing on the high seas by the Coast 
Guard; 
(4) incident details on vessels observed to be en-
gaged in IUU fishing on the high seas, boarding re-
fusals, and what action was taken; and 
(5) any other potential enforcement actions that 
could decrease IUU fishing on the high seas. 
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SEC. 8. IMPROVED MANAGEMENT AT THE REGIONAL FISH-
ERIES MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP ON IUU FISH-
ING.—Section 3551(c) of the Maritime SAFE Act (16 
U.S.C. 8031(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(15) developing a strategy for leveraging en-
forcement capacity against IUU fishing, particularly 
focusing on nations identified under section 609(a) 
of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Pro-
tection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826j(a)); and 
‘‘(16) developing a strategy for leveraging en-
forcement capacity against associated abuses, such 
as fishing that involves the use of forced labor and 
other illegal labor practices, and increasing enforce-
ment and other actions across relevant import con-
trol and assessment programs, using as resources— 
‘‘(A) the List of Goods Produced by Child 
Labor or Forced Labor produced pursuant to 
section 105 of the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Reauthorization Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 
7112); 
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‘‘(B) the Trafficking in Persons Report re-
quired under section 110 of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107); 
‘‘(C) United States Customs and Border 
Protection’s Forced Labor Division and en-
forcement activities and regulations authorized 
under section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1307); and 
‘‘(D) reports submitted under the Uyghur 
Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (22 U.S.C. 
6901 note).’’. 
(b) SECRETARY OF STATE IDENTIFICATION.—The 
Secretary of State, in coordination with the Commandant 
of the Coast Guard and the Administrator, shall— 
(1) identify regional fisheries management or-
ganizations that the United States is party to that 
do not have a high seas boarding and inspection pro-
gram; and 
(2) identify obstacles, needed authorities, or ex-
isting efforts to increase implementation of these 
programs, and take action as appropriate. 
SEC. 9. STRATEGIES TO OPTIMIZE DATA COLLECTION, 
SHARING, AND ANALYSIS. 
Section 3552 of the Maritime SAFE Act (16 U.S.C. 
8032) is amended by adding at the end: 
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