[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3441]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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