(1) publish and maintain on the website of the 
National Marine Fisheries Service a list of all current 
International Fisheries Trade Permit holders, includ-
ing the name of the permit holder and expiration date 
of the permit; 
(2) begin to revoke, modify, or deny issuance of 
an International Fisheries Trade with respect to a 
permit holder or applicant that has violated any re-
quirement of section 300.322, 300.323, 300.324, or 
300.325 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations; and 
(3) require an International Fisheries Trade 
Permit for importers. 
SEC. 105. EFFORTS TO IMPROVE DETECTION OF AT-RISK 
SEAFOOD IMPORTS. 
The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of Labor, and 
the Secretary of State, shall, not later than one year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, finalize a detailed stra-
tegic plan to develop, mature, and adopt artificial intel-
ligence and machine learning technologies to detect imports 
of fish and fish products at risk of being associated with 
illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing, human traf-
ficking, forced labor, and seafood fraud, and provide a de-
tailed report of such strategic plan to the Committee on 
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Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, and 
Committee on Commerce of the Senate. 
SEC. 106. IMPORT AUDITS. 
(a) AUDIT PROCEDURES.—The Secretary shall, not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
implement procedures to audit information and supporting 
records of sufficient numbers of imports of seafood and sea-
food products subject to the Seafood Import Monitoring Pro-
gram to support statistically robust conclusions that the 
samples audited are representative of all seafood imports 
with respect to a given year. 
(b) ANNUAL REVISION.—In developing the procedures 
required in subsection (a), the Secretary shall, not less fre-
quently than once each year, revise such procedures to 
prioritize for audit those imports originating from coun-
tries— 
(1) identified pursuant to sections 609(b) or 
610(a) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium 
Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826j(b) or 1826k(a)) that 
have not yet received a subsequent positive certifi-
cation pursuant to sections 609(d) or 610(c) of such 
Act, respectively; 
(2) identified by an appropriate regional fishery 
management organization as being the flag state or 
landing location of vessels identified by other coun-
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tries or regional fisheries management organizations 
as engaging in illegal, unreported, or unregulated 
fishing; 
(3) identified as having human trafficking, in-
cluding forced labor, in any part of the seafood sup-
ply chain, including on vessels flagged in such coun-
try and including feed for cultured production, in the 
most recent Trafficking in Persons Report issued by 
the Department of State in accordance with the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.); 
(4) identified as producing goods that contain 
seafood using forced labor or oppressive child labor in 
the most recent List of Goods Produced by Child 
Labor or Forced Labor in accordance with the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act (22 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.); and 
(5) identified as at risk for human trafficking, 
including forced labor, in their seafood catching and 
processing industries by the report required in section 
3563 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92). 
SEC. 107. INTERAGENCY COORDINATION. 
The Secretary shall coordinate with the relevant agen-
cies to ensure that data elements described in this title can 
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be submitted through the International Trade Data System 
Automated Commercial Environment to U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection. 
SEC. 108. AVAILABILITY OF FISHERIES INFORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402(b)(1) of the Magnuson- 
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
U.S.C. 1881a(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 
semicolon at the end of subparagraph (G), by striking the 
period at the end of subparagraph (H) and inserting ‘‘; or’’ 
, and by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(I) to Federal agencies responsible for 
screening of imported seafood and for the pur-
pose of carrying out the duties under or with re-
spect to— 
‘‘(i) the Seafood Import Monitoring 
Program; 
‘‘(ii) the Antarctic Marine Living Re-
sources Program; 
‘‘(iii) 
the 
Tuna 
Tracking 
and 
Verification Program; 
‘‘(iv) the Atlantic Highly Migratory 
Species International Trade Program; 
‘‘(v) the List of Goods Produced by 
Child Labor or Forced Labor in accordance 
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with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.); 
‘‘(vi) the Trafficking in Persons Report 
required by section 110 of the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7107); 
‘‘(vii) enforcement activities and regu-
lations authorized under section 307 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307); and 
‘‘(viii) the taking and related acts in 
commercial fishing operations under section 
216.24 of title 50, Code of Federal Regula-
tions; 
‘‘(J) to Federal, State and local agencies for 
the purposes of verification and enforcement of 
title II of this Act; or 
‘‘(K) information that pertains to catch 
documentation and legality of catch, if disclosure 
of that information would not materially dam-
age the value of catch or business.’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION DEADLINE.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall issue regulations implementing the amendments in 
this section. 
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SEC. 109. REPORT ON SEAFOOD IMPORT MONITORING. 
(a) REPORT TO CONGRESS AND PUBLIC AVAILABILITY 
OF REPORTS.—The Secretary shall, not later than 120 days 
after the end of each fiscal year and annually thereafter, 
submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that 
summarizes the National Marine Fisheries Service’s efforts 
to prevent the importation of seafood harvested through ille-
gal, unreported, or unregulated fishing, particularly with 
respect to seafood harvested, produced, processed, or manu-
factured by forced labor. Each such report shall be made 
publicly available on the Internet website of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) the volume and value of seafood species sub-
ject to the Seafood Import Monitoring Program, de-
scribed in section 300.324 of title 50, Code of Federal 
Regulations, 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 Im-
port Monitoring Program; 
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(3) the percentage of import shipments subject to 
this program selected for inspection or the informa-
tion 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 non-
compliance with the requirements of the Seafood Im-
port Monitoring Program; 
(5) the number and types of instances of viola-
tions of State or Federal law discovered through the 
Seafood Import Monitoring Program; 
(6) the seafood species with respect to which vio-
lations 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 prevalent; and 
(8) such other information as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate with respect to monitoring and en-
forcing compliance with the Seafood Import Moni-
toring Program. 
SEC. 110. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commis-
sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to carry out 
enforcement actions pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff 
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Act $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025 
for enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1307). 
TITLE II—SEAFOOD 
TRACEABILITY AND LABELING 
SEC. 201. FEDERAL ACTIVITIES ON SEAFOOD SAFETY AND 
FRAUD. 
(a) NATIONAL SEA GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM.—The 
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration shall ensure that seafood inspection activi-
ties are coordinated with the National Sea Grant College 
Program established by the National Sea Grant College and 
Program Act of 1966 (33 U.S.C. 1121 et seq.) which may 
provide outreach to the States, local health agencies, con-
sumers, and the seafood industry on seafood safety and sea-
food fraud, as needed. 
(b) INSPECTING TO PREVENT SEAFOOD FRAUD.—The 
Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, ensure that inspections and tests for seafood safety 
also collect information for seafood fraud prevention. 
SEC. 202. SEAFOOD LABELING AND IDENTIFICATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination 
with other relevant agencies shall, not later than three years 
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after the date of enactment of this Act, implement the fol-
lowing requirements with respect to fish and fish products 
imported into the United States or otherwise distributed or 
offered for sale in interstate commerce: 
(1) TRACEABILITY.—A requirement that the fol-
lowing information shall accompany seafood through 
processing and distribution: 
(A) The United Nations Food and Agri-
culture Organization Major Fishing Area, or a 
more specific location, in which the seafood was 
caught or cultivated. 
(B) The acceptable market name (as deter-
mined by the Food and Drug Administration), 
scientific name, and specific Aquatic Sciences 
and Fisheries Information System number of the 
Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics Information 
Service of the United Nations Food and Agri-
culture Organization for the seafood species. 
(C) Whether the seafood was harvested wild 
or was farm-raised. 
(D) The method of harvest of the seafood, 
including gear type as listed in section 600.725 
of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, or suc-
cessor regulation, and defined in section 600.10 
of such title, or successor regulation. 
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(E) The date of the catch or harvest. 
(F) The weight or number, as appropriate, 
of product for an individual fish or lot. 
(G) Date and name of entity (processor, 
dealer, vessel) to which the seafood was landed. 
(H) Name and flag state of vessel and evi-
dence of authorization, and if applicable, a 
unique vessel identifier. 
(I) Name and location of the facility from 
which farm-raised seafood were harvested, the 
method of cultivation, source and type of feed, 
and evidence of authorization. 
(J) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration Fisheries International Fisheries 
Trade Permit number issued to the importer of 
record for the entry, if applicable. 
(2) LABELING.—The following information shall 
be included in the labeling of seafood through proc-
essing, distribution, and final sale: 
(A) The information required in subpara-
graphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (1). 
(B) Whether the seafood has been previously 
frozen or treated with any substance other than 
ice or water. 
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