[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3389 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3389

To authorize safety and prevention training programs for fishing vessel 
           operators and crewmembers, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 4, 2023

 Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
Murkowski, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Merkley) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize safety and prevention training programs for fishing vessel 
           operators and crewmembers, 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 ``Fishing Industry Safety, Health, and 
Wellness Improvement Act of 2023'' or the ``FISH Wellness Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. SAFETY STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN FISHING VESSELS.

    Section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (i)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
                        ``and'' after the semicolon;
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                        subparagraph (C); and
                            (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
                        the following:
            ``(B) to conduct safety and prevention training that 
        addresses behavioral and physical health risks, to include 
        substance use disorder and worker fatigue, facing fishing 
        vessel operators and crewmembers; and'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (3);
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph 
                (3); and
                    (D) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C), by striking ``$3,000,000 for fiscal 
                year 2023'' and inserting ``$6,000,000 for each of 
                fiscal years 2024 and 2025'';
            (2) in subsection (j)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and severe 
                weather detection'' and inserting ``severe weather 
                detection, and understanding and mitigating behavioral 
                and physical health risks, to include substance use 
                disorder and worker fatigue, facing members of the 
                commercial fishing industry'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (3);
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph 
                (3); and
                    (D) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C), by striking ``$3,000,000 for fiscal 
                year 2023'' and inserting ``$6,000,000 for each of 
                fiscal years 2024 and 2025'';
            (3) by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (l); and
            (4) by inserting after subsection (j) the following:
    ``(k) From amounts appropriated under subsections (i)(3) and (j)(3) 
for a fiscal year, the Secretary may transfer to the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services funds to pay for the Secretary's 
administration of the grant programs under subsections (i) and (j) for 
such fiscal year.''.
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