I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3075 
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 
A BILL 
To address seafood slavery and combat illegal, unreported, 
or 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, 
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: 
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(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 Mora-
torium 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 prod-
ucts, and processed fish. 
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(6) SEAFOOD
FRAUD.—The term ‘‘seafood 
fraud’’ means the mislabeling or misrepresentation 
of the information required under this Act or other 
any other Federal law or international agreement 
(other than this Act) pertaining to the import, ex-
port, transport, sale, harvest, processing, or trade of 
seafood, including— 
(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.); 
(F) subtitle D of the Agricultural Mar-
keting Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638 et seq.); 
(G) parts 60 and 65 of title 7, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or any successor regula-
tions); 
(H) part 123 of title 21, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or any successor regulations); and 
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(I) section 216.24 of title 50, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
(7) SEAFOOD IMPORT MONITORING PROGRAM.— 
The term ‘‘Seafood Import Monitoring Program’’ 
means the Seafood Traceability Program established 
under section 300.324 of title 50, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Ad-
ministrator of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration. 
TITLE 
I—COMBATING 
HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING THROUGH SEA-
FOOD IMPORT MONITORING 
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title, the following additional definitions apply: 
(1) COMPETENT AUTHORITY.—The term ‘‘com-
petent authority’’ means government and any third 
party that meets certain governing criteria. Such cri-
teria shall be established by regulation, after out-
reach to key environmental and labor stakeholders. 
(2) UNIQUE
VESSEL
IDENTIFIER.—The term 
‘‘unique vessel identifier’’ means a unique number 
that stays with a vessel for the duration of the ves-
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sel’s life, regardless of changes in flag, ownership, 
name, or other changes to the vessel. 
SEC. 102. EXPANSION OF SEAFOOD IMPORT MONITORING 
PROGRAM TO ALL SPECIES. 
The Secretary shall, not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, expand the Seafood Import 
Monitoring Program to apply to all seafood and seafood 
products imported into the United States. 
SEC. 103. AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security acting through 
the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, shall, not 
later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, develop and implement a strategy to improve the 
quality and verifiability of certain data elements in the 
Automated 
Commercial 
Environment 
system 
that 
prioritizes the use of enumerated data types, such as 
checkboxes, dropdown menus, or radio buttons, and any 
additional elements the Agency finds necessary, among 
other options, rather than open text fields, for— 
(1) authorization to fish; 
(2) unique vessel identifier (if available); 
(3) catch document identifier; 
(4) location of wild-capture harvest and landing 
or aquaculture location; 
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