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Illegal Fishing and Forced Labor Prevention Act

Introduced: May 11, 2021 Introduced by: Huffman, Jared Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 30, 2022
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 493.
Dec 30, 2022
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Dec 30, 2022
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Dec 30, 2022
Committee on Transportation discharged.
Dec 30, 2022
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Dec 30, 2022
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-674, Part I.
Oct 13, 2021
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Oct 13, 2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 13, 2021
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
Jul 29, 2021
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jul 1, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Jun 18, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
May 12, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 12, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
May 11, 2021
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.
May 11, 2021
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now December 30, 2022

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 493.

 Committees of jurisdiction 9
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 9 Republican 2