Responsible Seafood Certification and Labeling Act

Bill: 113-s-1521
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2013-09-18
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Health and Human Services

Food supply, safety, and labeling

Public contracts and procurement

Seafood
Latest action: action_date: 2013-09-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-09-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Responsible Seafood Certification and Labeling Act - Prohibits a federal executive agency: (1) in awarding a contract for the procurement, concessions, or vending of fish or seafood, from requiring or referencing a certificate of sustainability for, or otherwise identifying as sustainable, such fish or seafood based on criteria developed by a third party nongovernmental organization; or (2) from endorsing the use of any label, standard, or other scheme to certify fish or seafood as sustainable based on criteria or standards developed by a third party nongovernmental organization. </p> <p>Nullifies any rule, regulation, or guideline issued by an executive agency, including the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), that requires or recommends that fish or seafood be certified as sustainable by a third party nongovernmental organization. </p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1521 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 18, 2013 Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To prohibit Federal agencies from requiring seafood to be certified as sustainable by a third party nongovernmental organization and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Responsible Seafood Certification and Labeling Act . 2. Prohibition on seafood sustainability certification requirements (a) Prohibition No executive agency may— (1) require or reference a certificate of sustainability, or otherwise identify as sustainable, based on criteria or standards developed by a third party nongovernmental organization in awarding a contract for— (A) the procurement of fish or seafood; or (B) concessions or vending, including the sale of fish or seafood; or (2) endorse the use of any label, standard, or other scheme to certify fish or seafood as sustainable based on criteria or standards developed by a third party nongovernmental organization. (b) Executive agency defined In this section, the term executive agency has the meaning given that term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code. (c) Effect on regulations No rule, regulation, or guideline issued by an executive agency, including the Department of Health and Human Services, that requires or recommends that fish or seafood be certified as sustainable by a third party nongovernmental organization shall have any force or effect, including any rule, regulation, or guideline issued prior to the date of the enactment of this Act.