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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3706 
To require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology 
and the Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion to develop a standard methodology for identifying the country of 
origin of seafood to support enforcement against illegal, unreported, 
and unregulated fishing, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2025 
Mr. BABIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards 
and Technology and the Administrator of National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration to develop a stand-
ard methodology for identifying the country of origin 
of seafood to support enforcement against illegal, unre-
ported, and unregulated fishing, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Standards for Under-
standing Source and Habitat Identification Act’’ or the 
‘‘SUSHI Act’’. 
SEC. 2. METHODOLOGY FOR IDENTIFYING THE COUNTRY 
OF ORIGIN OF SEAFOOD. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
(2) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology, the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure, and the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources of the House of Representatives. 
(3) KEY AGENCY LEADERSHIP.—The term ‘‘key 
agency leadership’’ means the Administrator and the 
Under Secretary, in consultation with the Commis-
sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and 
the Commandant of the Coast Guard. 
(4) RED SNAPPER.—The term ‘‘red snapper’’ 
means the species Lutjanus campechanus. 
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(5) TUNA.—The term ‘‘tuna’’ means the fol-
lowing species of tuna: 
(A) Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus). 
(B) Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares). 
(C) Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus). 
(6) UNDER
SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Under 
Secretary’’ means the Under Secretary of Commerce 
for Standards and Technology. 
(b) STANDARD METHODOLOGY
FOR IDENTIFICA-
TION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Key agency leadership shall 
jointly develop a standard methodology, based on 
chemical analysis, for identifying the country of ori-
gin of seafood to support enforcement against un-
lawful, unreported, and unregulated fishing. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Key agency leadership 
shall ensure that the methodology developed under 
this subsection— 
(A) is consistent with the needs of Federal 
and State law enforcement agencies in com-
bating unlawful, unreported, and unregulated 
fishing; 
(B) minimizes processing time; 
(C) involves the use of a field kit that can 
be easily carried by one individual; and 
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(D) to the extent practicable, can be used 
to test prepared food, including raw prepara-
tions of seafood, such as ceviche, sashimi, sushi, 
and poke. 
(3) INITIAL SPECIES FOR IDENTIFICATION.—In 
developing the methodology under this subsection, 
key agency leadership shall conduct pilot studies on 
red snapper, as an example of a stationary stock, 
and tuna, as an example of a highly migratory stock. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
that includes the following: 
(1) A summary of the methodology developed 
under subsection (b). 
(2) A plan for operationalizing such method-
ology. 
(3) If the Under Secretary determines any as-
pect of such methodology is impractical, an expla-
nation relating thereto, whether additional research 
would make developing such a methodology prac-
ticable, and whether a different approach other than 
chemical analysis might be practicable. 
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