[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 201 (Thursday, November 18, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8511-S8512]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4819. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. 
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1054. REPORT ON EFFORTS OF COMBATANT COMMANDS TO COMBAT 
                   THREATS POSED BY ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED, AND 
                   UNREGULATED FISHING.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the chair and deputy chairs of the 
     Interagency Working Group on IUU Fishing and the heads of 
     other relevant agencies, as determined by the Secretary, 
     shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
     report on the maritime domain awareness efforts of the 
     combatant commands to combat the threats posed by illegal, 
     unreported, and unregulated fishing.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include a detailed summary of each of the following for each 
     combatant command:
       (1) Activities undertaken as of the date on which the 
     report is submitted to combat the threats posed by illegal, 
     unreported, and unregulated fishing in the geographic area of 
     the combatant command, including the steps taken to build the 
     capacity of partners to combat those threats.
       (2) Coordination among the United States Armed Forces, 
     partner countries, and public-private partnerships to combat 
     the threats described in paragraph (1).
       (3) Efforts undertaken to support unclassified data 
     integration, analysis, and delivery with regional partners to 
     combat the threats described in paragraph (1).
       (4) Information sharing and coordination with efforts of 
     the Interagency Working Group on IUU Fishing.
       (5) Best practices and lessons learned from ongoing and 
     previous efforts relating to the threats described in 
     paragraph (1), including strategies for coordination and 
     successes in public-private partnerships.
       (6) Limitations related to affordability, resource 
     constraints, or other gaps or factors that constrain the 
     success or expansion of efforts related to the threats 
     described in paragraph (1).
       (7) Any new authorities needed to support efforts to combat 
     the threats described in paragraph (1).
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation, the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
     and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Natural Resources, the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Interagency working group on iuu fishing.--The term 
     ``Interagency Working Group on IUU Fishing'' means the 
     working group established by section 3551 of the Maritime 
     Security and Fisheries Enforcement Act (16 U.S.C. 8031).

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