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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 283 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.283

                     One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty six


                                 An Act


 
To require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology 
and the Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
to develop a standard methodology for identifying the country of origin 
   of seafood to support enforcement against illegal, unreported, and 
              unregulated fishing, 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 ``Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna 
Enforcement Act''.
SEC. 2. METHODOLOGY FOR IDENTIFYING COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF SEAFOOD.
    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
    Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
    Administration.
        (2) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term ``appropriate 
    committees of Congress'' means--
            (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
        of the Senate; and
            (B) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, the 
        Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the 
        Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.
        (3) Illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing; iuu fishing.--
    The terms ``illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing'' and ``IUU 
    fishing'' mean ``illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing'' as 
    such term is defined for purposes of section 609(e) of the High 
    Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 
    1826j(e)).
        (4) Key agency leadership.--The term ``key agency leadership'' 
    means the Administrator and the Under Secretary, in consultation 
    with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the 
    Commandant of the Coast Guard.
        (5) Red snapper.--The term ``red snapper'' means the species 
    Lutjanus campechanus.
        (6) Tuna.--The term ``tuna'' means the following species of 
    tuna:
            (A) Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus).
            (B) Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares).
            (C) Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus).
        (7) Under secretary.--The term ``Under Secretary'' means the 
    Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology.
    (b) Standard Methodology for Identification.--
        (1) In general.--Key agency leadership shall jointly develop a 
    standard methodology, based on chemical analysis, for identifying 
    the country of origin of seafood to support enforcement against IUU 
    fishing and seafood fraud.
        (2) Requirements.--Key agency leadership shall ensure that the 
    methodology developed under this subsection--
            (A) is consistent with the needs of Federal and State law 
        enforcement agencies in combating IUU fishing and seafood 
        fraud;
            (B) minimizes processing time;
            (C) involves the use of a field kit that can be easily 
        carried by one individual; and
            (D) to the extent practicable, can be used to test prepared 
        food, including raw preparations of seafood, such as ceviche, 
        sashimi, sushi, and poke.
        (3) Initial species for identification.--In developing the 
    methodology under this subsection, key agency leadership shall 
    conduct pilot studies on red snapper, as an example of a stationary 
    stock, and tuna, as an example of a highly migratory stock.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Under Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report that includes the following:
        (1) A summary of the methodology developed under subsection 
    (b).
        (2) A plan for operationalizing such methodology.
        (3) If the Under Secretary determines any aspect of such 
    methodology is impractical, an explanation relating thereto, 
    whether additional research would make developing such a 
    methodology practicable, and whether a different approach other 
    than chemical analysis might be practicable.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.