[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4547 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4547

To establish a fund to promote the inspection and consumption of shrimp 
            and products containing shrimp or shrimp parts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2023

    Mr. Graves of Louisiana (for himself and Ms. Castor of Florida) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 
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

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a fund to promote the inspection and consumption of shrimp 
            and products containing shrimp or shrimp parts.

    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 ``Laws Ensuring Safe Shrimp Act'' or 
the ``LESS Act''.

SEC. 2. INSPECTION AND CONSUMPTION OF SHRIMP AND SHRIMP PRODUCTS FUND.

    (a) In General.--There is established in the Treasury of the United 
States a fund to be known as the ``Inspection and Consumption of Shrimp 
and Shrimp Products Fund'' (in this section referred to as the 
``Fund''), consisting of such amounts as may be transferred to the Fund 
under subsection (b) and to be available as provided for under 
subsection (c).
    (b) Transfer of Amounts.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
        transfer to the Fund, from the general fund of the Treasury, 
        amounts determined by the Secretary to be equivalent to 70 
        percent of amounts received in the general fund that are 
        attributable to duties assessed by the United States, including 
        duties assessed pursuant to a countervailing duty order or 
        antidumping duty order under the Tariff Act of 1930 or a 
        finding under the Antidumping Act of 1921, collected on imports 
        of shrimp and products containing shrimp or shrimp parts 
        described in paragraph (2) for fiscal year 2024 and each 
        subsequent fiscal year.
            (2) Shrimp and products containing shrimp or shrimp parts 
        described.--The shrimp and products containing shrimp or shrimp 
        parts described in this paragraph are those products provided 
        for in any subheading of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
        United States, including subheadings 0306.16.00, 0306.17.00, 
        0306.35.00, 0306.36.00, 0306.95.00, 1605.21, and 1605.29 of 
        such schedule (or successor subheadings).
    (c) Use of Amounts.--Amounts in the Fund shall be available for 
each such fiscal year as follows:
            (1) Fifty percent of such amounts shall be used by the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the 
        Commissioner of Food and Drugs, for--
                    (A) the inspection, examination, sampling, and 
                testing of shrimp that present a high risk of 
                contamination from unapproved antibiotic residues to 
                identify violations of the provisions of law carried 
                out by the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner;
                    (B) seafood importer inspections, associated 
                training, capacity building, regulatory partnerships, 
                and development of data analytics in support of such 
                work; and
                    (C) coordination and data sharing with the 
                Secretary of Commerce, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 
                and Border Protection, and the heads of other relevant 
                Federal agencies to ensure that imports of shrimp and 
                products containing shrimp or shrimp parts described in 
                subsection (b)(2) are not originating with forced labor 
                or illegal, unreported, or unregulated sources pursuant 
                to Public Law 117-78 (an Act to ensure that goods made 
                with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 
                Region of the People's Republic of China do not enter 
                the United States market, and for other purposes).
            (2) Fifty percent of such amounts shall be used by the 
        Secretary of Agriculture to, pursuant to paragraph (2) of the 
        second sentence of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 
        U.S.C. 612c), encourage the domestic consumption of shrimp.
    (d) Availability.--Amounts in the Fund shall, notwithstanding any 
other provision law, remain available until expended.
    (e) Supplement, Not Supplant.--The funding provided under 
subsection (c) to purchase shrimp shall supplement (and not supplant) 
other Federal funding (including funding made available under section 
32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c)) to make such 
purchases, if appropriate.
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