(F) subtitle D of the Agricultural Marketing 
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638 et seq.); 
(G) parts 60 and 65 of title 7, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations (or any successor regulations); 
(H) part 123 of title 21, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or any successor regulations); and 
(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 Atmospheric 
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-
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teria shall be established by regulation, after outreach 
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 vessel’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. ENHANCEMENT OF SEAFOOD IMPORT MONI-
TORING PROGRAM AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL 
ENVIRONMENT MESSAGE SET. 
The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Ad-
ministrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration, in coordination with the Commissioner of 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shall, not later than 
6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, develop 
a strategy to improve the quality and verifiability of al-
ready collected Seafood Import Monitoring Program Mes-
sage Set data elements in the Automated Commercial Envi-
ronment system that prioritizes the use of enumerated data 
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types, such as checkboxes, dropdown menus, or radio but-
tons, and any additional elements the Agency finds nec-
essary, 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; 
(5) type of fishing gear used to harvest the fish; 
(6) name of farm or aquaculture facility, if ap-
plicable; and 
(7) location of aquaculture facility, if applicable. 
SEC. 104. ADDITIONAL DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR SEAFOOD 
IMPORT MONITORING PROGRAM DATA COL-
LECTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise section 
300.324 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, to— 
(1) require at the time of entry for imported sea-
food and seafood products— 
(A) location of catch or cultivation, includ-
ing— 
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(i) geographic location at a resolution 
of not less than 1 degree latitude by 1 de-
gree longitude; 
(ii) the country code of the Inter-
national Organization for Standardization 
if the catch was within the exclusive eco-
nomic zone or territorial waters of a coun-
try; 
(iii) if appropriate, the regional fish-
eries management organization or organiza-
tions having jurisdiction over the catch, if 
it occurs within the jurisdiction of any re-
gional fisheries management organization; 
and 
(iv) the Food and Agriculture Organi-
zation major fishing area codes; 
(B) electronic reports of chain-of-custody 
records that identify, including with unique ves-
sel identifiers when applicable, each custodian of 
the seafood, including transshippers, processors, 
storage facilities, and distributors and the phys-
ical address of such facilities; 
(C) maritime mobile service identity num-
ber of harvesting and transshipment vessels; and 
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(D) beneficial owner of each harvesting and 
transshipment vessel or aquaculture facility, 
when applicable; 
(2) require all importers submitting seafood im-
port data to require prior notification and submis-
sion of seafood import data at least 72 hours and no 
more than 15 days prior to entry; and 
(3) require verification and certification of har-
vest information by competent authorities at all 
major transfer points in the supply chain, including 
harvest, landing, processing, and transshipment at 
the time of entry. 
(b) FORCED LABOR.—The Secretary, working in direct 
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, De-
partment of Labor, and Department of State, shall, not 
later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
complete a regulatory process to establish additional key 
data elements for the Seafood Import Monitoring Program, 
that collect information about labor conditions in the har-
vest, transshipment, and processing of imported fish and 
fish products. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES TRADE PERMIT.—Not 
later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall— 
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