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labor. Each such report shall be made publicly available on the 
website of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under subsection (a) 
shall include— 
(1) the volume and value of seafood species subject to 
the Seafood Import Monitoring Program, reported by 10-digit 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States codes, 
imported during the previous fiscal year; 
(2) the enforcement activities and priorities of the National 
Marine Fisheries Service with respect to implementing the 
requirements under the Seafood Import Monitoring Program; 
(3) the percentage of import shipments subject to the Sea-
food Import Monitoring Program selected for inspection or the 
information or records supporting entry selected for audit, as 
described in section 300.324(d) of title 50, Code of Federal 
Regulations; 
(4) the number and types of instances of noncompliance 
with the requirements of the Seafood Import Monitoring Pro-
gram; 
(5) the number and types of instances of violations of 
State or Federal law discovered through the Seafood Import 
Monitoring Program; 
(6) the seafood species with respect to which violations 
described in paragraphs (4) and (5) were most prevalent; 
(7) the location of catch or harvest with respect to which 
violations described in paragraphs (4) and (5) were most preva-
lent; 
(8) the additional tools, such as high performance com-
puting and associated costs, that the Secretary needs to improve 
the efficacy of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program; and 
(9) such other information as the Secretary considers appro-
priate with respect to monitoring and enforcing compliance 
with the Seafood Import Monitoring Program. 
SEC. 11335. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commissioner 
of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to carry out enforcement 
actions pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1307) $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. 
CHAPTER 2—STRENGTHENING INTERNATIONAL FISH-
ERIES MANAGEMENT TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAF-
FICKING 
SEC. 11336. DENIAL OF PORT PRIVILEGES. 
Section 101(a)(2) of the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforce-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 1826a(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) DENIAL OF PORT PRIVILEGES.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security shall, in accordance with international law— 
‘‘(A) withhold or revoke the clearance required by sec-
tion 60105 of title 46, United States Code, for any large- 
scale driftnet fishing vessel of a nation that receives a 
negative certification under section 609(d) or 610(c) of the 
High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 
U.S.C. 1826j(d) or 1826k(c)), or fishing vessels of a nation 
that has been listed pursuant to section 609(b) or section 
610(a) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1826j(b) or 1826k(a)) in 2
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or more consecutive reports for the same type of fisheries 
activity, as described under section 607 of such Act (16 
U.S.C. 1826h), until a positive certification has been 
received; 
‘‘(B) withhold or revoke the clearance required by sec-
tion 60105 of title 46, United States Code, for fishing 
vessels of a nation that has been listed pursuant to section 
609(a) or 610(a) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Morato-
rium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826j(a) or 1826k(a)) in 
2 or more consecutive reports as described under section 
607 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1826h); and 
‘‘(C) deny entry of that vessel to any place in the 
United States and to the navigable waters of the United 
States, except for the purposes of inspecting such vessel, 
conducting an investigation, or taking other appropriate 
enforcement action.’’. 
SEC. 11337. IDENTIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION CRITERIA. 
(a) DENIAL OF PORT PRIVILEGES.—Section 609(a) of the High 
Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 
1826j(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) FOR ACTIONS OF A NATION.—The Secretary shall iden-
tify, and list in such report, a nation engaging in or endorsing 
illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing. In determining 
which nations to list in such report, the Secretary shall consider 
the following: 
‘‘(A) Any nation that is violating, or has violated at 
any point during the 3 years preceding the date of the 
determination, conservation and management measures, 
including catch and other data reporting obligations and 
requirements, required under an international fishery 
management agreement to which the United States is a 
party. 
‘‘(B) Any nation that is failing, or has failed in the 
3-year period preceding the date of the determination, to 
effectively address or regulate illegal, unreported, or 
unregulated fishing within its fleets in any areas where 
its vessels are fishing. 
‘‘(C) Any nation that fails to discharge duties incum-
bent upon it under international law or practice as a flag, 
port, or coastal state to take action to prevent, deter, and 
eliminate illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing. 
‘‘(D) Any nation that has been identified as producing 
for export to the United States seafood-related goods 
through forced labor or oppressive child labor (as those 
terms are defined in section 11329 of the Don Young Coast 
Guard Authorization Act of 2022) in the most recent List 
of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor in 
accordance with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) TIMING.—The Secretary shall make an identification 
under paragraph (1) or (2) at any time that the Secretary 
has sufficient information to make such identification.’’.
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(b) ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED, OR UNREGULATED CERTIFICATION 
DETERMINATION.—Section 609 of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing 
Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826j) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(3) EFFECT OF CERTIFICATION DETERMINATION.— 
‘‘(A) EFFECT OF NEGATIVE CERTIFICATION.—The provi-
sions of subsection (a) and paragraphs (3) and (4) of sub-
section (b) of section 101 of the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries 
Enforcement Act (16 U.S.C. 1826a(a) and (b)(3) and (4)) 
shall apply to any nation that, after being identified and 
notified under subsection (b) has failed to take the appro-
priate corrective actions for which the Secretary has issued 
a negative certification under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) EFFECT OF POSITIVE CERTIFICATION.—The provi-
sions of subsection (a) and paragraphs (3) and (4) of sub-
section (b) of section 101 of the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries 
Enforcement Act (16 U.S.C. 1826a(a) and (b)(3) and (4)) 
shall not apply to any nation identified under subsection 
(a) for which the Secretary has issued a positive certifi-
cation under this subsection.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
(f) and (g), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following: 
‘‘(e) RECORDKEEPING
REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that seafood or seafood products authorized for entry under 
this section are imported consistent with the reporting and the 
recordkeeping requirements of the Seafood Import Monitoring Pro-
gram described in part 300.324(b) of title 50, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or any successor regulation).’’. 
SEC. 11338. EQUIVALENT CONSERVATION MEASURES. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION.—Section 610(a) of the High Seas Driftnet 
Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826k(a)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IDENTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall identify and list 
in the report under section 607— 
‘‘(A) a nation if— 
‘‘(i) any fishing vessel of that nation is engaged, 
or has been engaged during the 3 years preceding 
the date of the determination, in fishing activities or 
practices on the high seas or within the exclusive eco-
nomic zone of any nation, that have resulted in bycatch 
of a protected living marine resource; and 
‘‘(ii) the vessel’s flag state has not adopted, imple-
mented, and enforced a regulatory program governing 
such fishing designed to end or reduce such bycatch 
that is comparable in effectiveness to the regulatory 
program of the United States, taking into account dif-
fering conditions; and 
‘‘(B) a nation if— 
‘‘(i) any fishing vessel of that nation is engaged, 
or has engaged during the 3 years preceding the date 
of the determination, in fishing activities on the high 
seas or within the exclusive economic zone of another 
nation that target or incidentally catch sharks; and
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‘‘(ii) the vessel’s flag state has not adopted, imple-
mented, and enforced a regulatory program to provide 
for the conservation of sharks, including measures to 
prohibit removal of any of the fins of a shark, including 
the tail, before landing the shark in port, that is com-
parable to that of the United States. 
‘‘(2) TIMING.—The Secretary shall make an identification 
under paragraph (1) at any time that the Secretary has suffi-
cient information to make such identification.’’. 
(b) CONSULTATION AND NEGOTIATION.—Section 610(b) of the 
High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 
1826k(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) CONSULTATION AND NEGOTIATION.—The Secretary of State, 
acting in consultation with the Secretary, shall— 
‘‘(1) notify, as soon as practicable, the President and nations 
that are engaged in, or that have any fishing vessels engaged 
in, fishing activities or practices described in subsection (a), 
about the provisions of this Act; 
‘‘(2) initiate discussions as soon as practicable with all 
foreign nations that are engaged in, or a fishing vessel of 
which has engaged in, fishing activities described in subsection 
(a), for the purpose of entering into bilateral and multilateral 
treaties with such nations to protect such species and to address 
any underlying failings or gaps that may have contributed 
to identification under this Act; 
‘‘(3) seek agreements calling for international restrictions 
on fishing activities or practices described in subsection (a) 
through the United Nations, the Committee on Fisheries of 
the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 
and appropriate international fishery management bodies; and 
‘‘(4) initiate the amendment of any existing international 
treaty for the protection and conservation of such species to 
which the United States is a party in order to make such 
treaty consistent with the purposes and policies of this section.’’. 
(c) CONSERVATION CERTIFICATION PROCEDURE.—Section 610(c) 
of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 
U.S.C. 1826k(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘the public and’’ after 
‘‘comment by’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) ensure that any such fish or fish products author-
ized for entry under this section are imported consistent 
with the reporting and the recordkeeping requirements 
of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program established in 
subpart Q of part 300 of title 50, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (or any successor regulation).’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘(except to the extent 
that such provisions apply to sport fishing equipment or fish 
or fish products not caught by the vessels engaged in illegal, 
unreported, or unregulated fishing)’’.