Title: FAIR FISH Act
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Facilitate Addressing Issues with Regulating Forced Labor in International Seafood Harvesting Act or FAIR FISH Act
This bill makes the Secretary of Commerce a member of the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, and directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Food and Drug Administration to report to Congress on the existence of human trafficking in seafood product supply chains.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3641 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3641

 To enhance efforts to combat human trafficking in connection with the 
 catching and processing of seafood products imported into the United 
                    States, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 15, 2018

  Mr. Thune (for himself, Mr. Nelson, and Mrs. Capito) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To enhance efforts to combat human trafficking in connection with the 
 catching and processing of seafood products imported into the United 
                    States, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Facilitate Addressing Issues with 
Regulating Forced Labor in International Seafood Harvesting Act'' or 
``FAIR FISH Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDING.

    Congress finds that human trafficking is a pervasive problem in the 
catching and processing of certain seafood products imported into the 
United States, particularly seafood products obtained through illegal, 
unreported, and unregulated fishing.

SEC. 3. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AS MEMBER OF INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO 
              MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING.

    Section 105(b) of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(b)) is amended by inserting 
``Secretary of Commerce,'' after ``Secretary of Education,''.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
and the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration shall jointly 
submit to Congress a report on the existence of human trafficking in 
the supply chains of seafood products imported into the United States. 
The report shall include the following:
            (1) A list of the countries at risk for human trafficking 
        in their seafood catching and processing industries, and an 
        assessment of such risk for each country listed.
            (2) A description of the quantity and economic value of 
        seafood products imported into the United States from the 
        countries listed pursuant to paragraph (1).
            (3) A description and assessment of the methods, if any, in 
        the countries listed pursuant to paragraph (2) to trace and 
        account for the manner in which seafood is caught.
            (4) A description of domestic and international enforcement 
        mechanisms to deter illegal practices in the catching of 
        seafood in the countries listed pursuant to paragraph (1).
            (5) Such recommendations as the Administrator and the 
        Commissioner jointly consider appropriate for legislative or 
        administrative action to enhance and improve actions against 
        human trafficking in the catching and processing of seafood 
        products abroad.
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