I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 512 
To establish a fund to promote the inspection and consumption of shrimp 
and products containing shrimp or shrimp parts. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 16, 2025 
Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, 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 establish a fund to promote the inspection and consump-
tion of shrimp and products containing shrimp or shrimp 
parts. 
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 or the ‘‘Imported Sea-
food Safety Standards Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INSPECTION AND CONSUMPTION OF SHRIMP AND 
SHRIMP PRODUCTS FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the Treas-
ury of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘In-
spection and Consumption of Shrimp and Shrimp Prod-
ucts Fund’’ (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’), 
consisting of such amounts as may be transferred to the 
Fund under subsection (b) and to be available as provided 
for under subsection (c). 
(b) TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall transfer to the Fund, from the general 
fund of the Treasury, amounts determined by the 
Secretary to be equivalent to 70 percent of amounts 
received in the general fund that are attributable to 
duties assessed by the United States, including du-
ties assessed pursuant to a countervailing duty order 
or antidumping duty order under the Tariff Act of 
1930 or a finding under the Antidumping Act of 
1921, collected on imports of shrimp and products 
containing shrimp or shrimp parts described in para-
graph (2) for fiscal year 2026 and each subsequent 
fiscal year. 
(2) 
SHRIMP
AND
PRODUCTS
CONTAINING 
SHRIMP
OR
SHRIMP
PARTS
DESCRIBED.—The 
shrimp and products containing shrimp or shrimp 
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parts described in this paragraph are those products 
provided for in any subheading of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States, including sub-
headings 
0306.16.00, 
0306.17.00, 
0306.35.00, 
0306.36.00, 0306.95.00, 1605.21, and 1605.29 of 
such schedule (or successor subheadings). 
(c) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts in the Fund shall 
be available for each such fiscal year as follows: 
(1) Fifty percent of such amounts shall be used 
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
acting through the Commissioner of Food and 
Drugs, for— 
(A) the inspection, examination, sampling, 
and testing of shrimp that present a high risk 
of contamination from unapproved antibiotic 
residues to identify violations of the provisions 
of law carried out by the Secretary, acting 
through the Commissioner; 
(B) seafood importer inspections, associ-
ated training, capacity building, regulatory 
partnerships, and development of data analytics 
in support of such work; and 
(C) coordination and data sharing with the 
Secretary of Commerce, the Commissioner of 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the 
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heads of other relevant Federal agencies to en-
sure that imports of shrimp and products con-
taining shrimp or shrimp parts described in 
subsection (b)(2) are not originating with 
forced labor or illegal, unreported, or unregu-
lated sources pursuant to Public Law 117–78 
(an Act to ensure that goods made with forced 
labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re-
gion of the People’s Republic of China do not 
enter the United States market, and for other 
purposes). 
(2) Fifty percent of such amounts shall be used 
by the Secretary of Agriculture to, pursuant to para-
graph (2) of the second sentence of section 32 of the 
Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), encourage 
the domestic consumption of shrimp. 
(d) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts in the Fund shall, not-
withstanding any other provision law, remain available 
until expended. 
(e) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—The funding 
provided under subsection (c) to purchase shrimp shall 
supplement (and not supplant) other Federal funding (in-
cluding funding made available under section 32 of the 
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Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c)) to make such 
purchases, if appropriate. 
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