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H.R.2071/S.4805/S.4863 - Save Our Shrimpers Act, conditions federal funds to international financial institutions on their non-use to support shrimp aquaculture, processing, or exports.

S.1259 and H.R.2653 - Manifest Modernization Act of 2025, requires public disclosure of manifest information for imports entering the U.S. by air, rail, and truck. S.4945 - Home Market Restoration Act of 2026, establishing tariff-rate quotas on imported shrimp. S.3841 - Last Sale Valuation Act of 2026, modify how importers are able to declare values for custom valuation purpose. S.4003/H.R. 7812 - Securing Accountability in Foreign Entities (SAFE) Act, strengthen the integrity of the U.S. customs system by closing loopholes that make it possible for foreign importers to avoid paying tariffs. H.R. 1869 - PAIL Act, would create a task force/named structure within the Criminal Division of the DOJ for the prosecution of "trade-related crimes." S.2868 - India Shrimp Tariff Act, phases in increases in the regular customs duty rate applied to imports of shrimp from India.

S.3213/H.R.2715 - Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act, authorizes FDA to destroy regulated adulterated imports posing a significant public health concern, rather than allowing their re-export. S.3065 - LABEL Act, amends requirements for labeling of fish sold in certain retail establishments. S.667/H.R.3324 - Safer Shrimp Imports Act, requires FDA to assess whether foreign shrimp inspection systems are equivalent to U.S. standards and prohibits imports from non-equivalent countries. H.R.2776 - Imported Seafood Quality Enforcement Act, increased FDA requirements to monitor, inspect, and test foreign seafood facilities and imported seafood products. S.283 - Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act, supports the development of methods to identify seafood species and country of origin for IUU fishing enforcement and provides related technical assistance. S.4974 - Making America's Food Safer Act, authorizes FDA to destroy regulated adulterated imports posing a significant public health concern, rather than allowing their re-export. H.R. 9154 - Shrimp Honesty and Responsibility in Import Monitoring Protocols(SHRIMP) Act of 2026, instructs the Commerce to develop a methodology for identifying the country-of-origin shrimp.

H.R.6150 - Protect American Fisheries Act, amends Magnuson-Stevens Act to add an economic cause as an allowable cause to declare a fishery resource disaster. S.688 and H.R.3756 - FISH Act of 2025, strengthens U.S. enforcement against IUU fishing and forced labor through vessel blacklists, import and port restrictions, sanctions, and enhanced interagency coordination. S.1292 - Save Our Seafood Act, exempts fish processors from the annual numerical cap on H-2B temporary worker visas. Other federal legislative activities about the conservation, management, and research of U.S. shrimp fisheries and bycatch; Federal legislative activities regarding shrimp industry operations, including working waterfronts, training programs for new commercial fishermen. Federal legislative activities related to NOAA National Seafood Strategy and domestic seafood marketing funding. S.4720 - Protecting U.S. Fishers from Illegal Foreign Flags Act of 2026, amends the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act to include nations that permits fishing vessels to register under flags of convenience.

H.R.8337 - Buy American Seafood Act, prohibits federal agencies from procuring seafood for covered food programs unless the seafood is domestically sourced, and incorporates domestic seafood requirements into child nutrition programs. H.R.7657 - House Farm Bill; Amendment 29, codifying USDA Office of Seafood and Amendment 30, revising definitions and eligibility criteria in the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and the Agricultural Marketing Act to recognize commercial fishermen and fish processors as farmers. S.4236 - American Seafood Competitiveness Act of 2026, expands eligibility for USDA loans and grants to fishing and mariculture businesses by recognizing commercial fishing and fish processing as farming. Senate's Agricultural Act of 2026, establishes USDA Office of Seafood, requires USDA produce report on increasing domestic processing of seafood, expands eligibility for certain USDA loans to encompass fishermen, amends definition of "covered local producers" to include fishermen, revises COOL requirements for certain cooked or canned domestic seafood products.

H.R.8800/S.2296 - NDAA FY27; House Amendment 580, prohibiting the Department of Defense from procuring seafood originating from or processed in the Peoples Republic of China for use in military dining facilities or sold at military commissary stores; Senate Amendment 6060, expanding public availability of import cargo manifest data across all modes of transportation.