I 
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 Infra-
structure 
A BILL 
To authorize safety and prevention training programs for 
fishing vessel operators and crewmembers, and for other 
purposes. 
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 ‘‘Fishing Industry Safe-
ty, Health, and Wellness Improvement Act of 2024’’ or 
the ‘‘FISH Wellness Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SAFETY STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN FISHING VES-
SELS. 
Section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (i)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(B) as subparagraph (C); and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following: 
‘‘(B) to conduct safety and prevention training 
that addresses behavioral and physical health risks, 
to include mental health, substance use disorder, 
and worker fatigue, facing fishing vessel operators 
and crewmembers; and’’; 
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall award grants under this subsection— 
‘‘(A) on a competitive basis; and 
‘‘(B) based on criteria developed in consultation 
with the Commandant of the Coast Guard.’’; 
(C) by striking paragraph (3); 
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(D) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(E) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated 
by subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘$3,000,000 
for fiscal year 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘to the Sec-
retary 
of 
Health 
and 
Human 
Services 
$6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 and 
2025’’; and 
(2) in subsection (j)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and se-
vere weather detection’’ and inserting ‘‘severe 
weather detection, and understanding and miti-
gating behavioral and physical health risks, to 
include mental health, substance use disorder, 
and worker fatigue, facing members of the com-
mercial fishing industry’’; 
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices shall award grants under this subsection— 
‘‘(A) on a competitive basis; and 
‘‘(B) based on criteria developed in con-
sultation with the Commandant of the Coast 
Guard.’’; 
(C) by striking paragraph (3); 
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(D) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(E) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘$3,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘to the Sec-
retary 
of 
Health 
and 
Human 
Services 
$6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 and 
2025’’. 
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