Illegal Fishing and Forced Labor Prevention Act

Bill: 117-hr-3075
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Aquaculture
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Customs enforcement
Department of Commerce
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Fishes
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Human trafficking
International law and treaties
Labor standards
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Seafood
Smuggling and trafficking
Trade restrictions
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Illegal Fishing and Forced Labor Prevention Act

 
This bill sets forth and revises federal law concerning activities to combat human trafficking and illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing in the seafood industry. 
 
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shall expand the Seafood Import Monitoring Program to apply to all seafood and seafood products imported into the United States.
 
The Departments of Commerce, Homeland Security, Labor, and Health and Human Services must jointly execute a memorandum of understanding to codify and improve interagency cooperation on seafood safety, preventing illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing and human trafficking, including forced labor, and seafood fraud prevention, enforcement, and inspections.
 
NOAA shall engage with each flag, coastal, port, and market nation that exports seafood to the United States to collect information sufficient to evaluate the effectiveness of such nation's management of fisheries and control systems to prevent illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing.

action_date: 2022-12-30
text: 

Illegal Fishing and Forced Labor Prevention Act

 
This bill sets forth and revises federal law concerning activities to combat human trafficking and illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing in the seafood industry. 
 
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shall expand the Seafood Import Monitoring Program to apply to all seafood and seafood products imported into the United States.
 
The Departments of Commerce, Homeland Security, Labor, and Health and Human Services must jointly execute a memorandum of understanding to codify and improve interagency cooperation on seafood safety, preventing illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing and human trafficking, including forced labor, and seafood fraud prevention, enforcement, and inspections.
 
NOAA shall engage with each flag, coastal, port, and market nation that exports seafood to the United States to collect information sufficient to evaluate the effectiveness of such nation's management of fisheries and control systems to prevent illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 493.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Committee on Agriculture discharged.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Committee on Agriculture discharged.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-674, Part I.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-674, Part I.
action_date: 2021-10-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2021-10-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-10-13
text: Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 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 consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 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 consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 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 consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 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 consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 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 consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House