[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3441]
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SA 1997. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security,
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title III of division C, add the following:
SEC. 3314. PREVENTING IMPORTATION OF SEAFOOD AND SEAFOOD
PRODUCTS HARVESTED OR PRODUCED USING FORCED
LABOR.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Child labor.--The term ``child labor'' has the meaning
given the term ``worst forms of child labor'' in section 507
of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467).
(2) Forced labor.--The term ``forced labor'' has the
meaning given that term in section 307 of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
(3) Human trafficking.--The term ``human trafficking'' has
the meaning given the term ``severe forms of trafficking in
persons'' in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).
(4) Seafood.--The term ``seafood'' means fish, shellfish,
processed fish, fish meal, shellfish products, and all other
forms of marine animal and plant life other than marine
mammals and birds.
(5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(b) Forced Labor in Fishing.--
(1) Rulemaking.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs
and Border Protection, in coordination with the Secretary,
shall issue regulations regarding the verification of seafood
imports to ensure that no seafood or seafood product
harvested or produced using forced labor is entered into the
United States in violation of section 307 of the Tariff Act
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
(2) Strategy.--The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, in coordination with the Secretary and the
Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is
operating, shall--
(A) develop a strategy for using data collected under
Seafood Import Monitoring Program to identify seafood imports
at risk of being harvested or produced using forced labor;
and
(B) publish information regarding the strategy developed
under subparagraph (A) on the website of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection.
(c) International Engagement.--The United States Trade
Representative, in coordination with the Secretary of
Commerce, shall engage with interested countries regarding
the development of compatible and effective seafood tracking
and sustainability plans in order to--
(1) identify best practices;
(2) coordinate regarding data sharing;
(3) reduce barriers to trade in fairly grown or harvested
fish; and
(4) end the trade in products that--
(A) are harvested or produced using illegal, unregulated,
or unreported fishing, human trafficking, or forced labor; or
(B) pose a risk of fraud.
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