FAIR FISH Act

Bill: 115-s-3641
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2018-11-15
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Department of Commerce

Executive agency funding and structure

Federal officials

Food industry and services

Human trafficking

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Seafood
Latest action: action_date: 2018-12-18
text: Senate vitiated previous discharge from the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-11-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Facilitate Addressing Issues with Regulating Forced Labor in International Seafood Harvesting Act or FAIR FISH Act</b></p> <p>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.<br> </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3641 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 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.

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 . 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. 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, . 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.