I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10010 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 18, 2024 Ms. Mace (for herself, Mr. Carter of Louisiana , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Golden of Maine , Mr. Higgins of Louisiana , Mr. Murphy , Mr. Carl , Mr. D'Esposito , and Mr. Donalds ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to add an economic cause as an allowable cause to declare a fishery resource disaster.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect American Fisheries Act of 2024 . 2. Economic fishery resource disasters Section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1861a(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting economic cause, after discrete anthropogenic cause, ; (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (G) as subparagraphs (F) through (I), respectively; (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); (D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following: (C) Economic cause The term economic cause means any activity carried out by a foreign person that the Secretary determines— (i) distorts the market for a fishery resource; (ii) disrupts the sustainable harvest of a fishery resource; or (iii) hinders the operational or economic viability of a fishery resource. ; (E) in subparagraph (D)(i), as so redesignated, by inserting or significant disruption to the fishery resource or economy of a fishing community after fishery resource ; and (F) by inserting after subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, the following: (E) Foreign person The term foreign person means— (i) an individual who is not a citizen or national of the United States; (ii) a government of a foreign country and any unit of such government; (iii) an international financial institution (as the term international financial institutions is defined in section 1701(c) of the International Financial Institutions Act ( 22 U.S.C. 262r(c) )); (iv) a partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination of persons organized under the laws of or having its principal place of business in a foreign country; and (v) a partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination of persons organized under the laws of the United States that is owned by, directly or indirectly controlled by, or subject to the direction of a person or an entity described in clauses (i) through (iv). ; (2) in paragraph (3)(B)(v)— (A) in subclause (III), by striking and at the end; (B) in subclause (IV), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by inserting after subclause (IV) the following: (V) if applicable with respect to the cause of the fishery resource disaster, information documenting the adverse effects of activities carried out by a foreign person on the operational or economic viability of the applicable fishery, including— (aa) illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing, including the use of forced or child labor; (bb) predatory pricing; and (cc) the provision of subsidies that— (AA) have an adverse effect on the price in the United States or export markets of seafood produced by the applicable fishery; or (BB) otherwise cause a distortion of such markets. ; (3) in paragraph (4)(B)(i)(II)— (A) in item (ii), by striking and at the end; (B) in item (jj), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (kk) prices in the United States or export markets of seafood produced in the fishery; and (ll) if the requester submits information described in paragraph (3)(B)(v)(V), any activities carried out by a foreign person that contribute to an economic cause of the fishery resource disaster and the specific economic effects thereof. ; and (4) in paragraph (5)(A)— (A) in clause (iii)— (i) by striking a combination and inserting any combination ; and (ii) by striking and an anthropogenic cause and inserting , anthropogenic cause, or economic cause ; (B) by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and (C) by inserting after clause (ii) the following: (iii) an economic cause; .