3.0.0 1521 2023-01-11T13:24:05Z 2023-01-11T13:24:05Z Senate S S 2013-09-18 113 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-09-18T18:14:49Z 2013-09-18 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2013-09-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6599-6600) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2013-09-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK N Agriculture and Food Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Health and Human Services Food supply, safety, and labeling Public contracts and procurement Seafood Agriculture and Food 00 2013-09-18 Introduced in Senate 2013-10-30T20:50:16Z 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.

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.

]]> Responsible Seafood Certification and Labeling Act Display Title Responsible Seafood Certification and Labeling Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit Federal agencies from requiring seafood to be certified as sustainable by a third party nongovernmental organization and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Responsible Seafood Certification and Labeling Act Introduced in Senate 2013-09-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1521is/xml/BILLS-113s1521is.xml 2013-09-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.