[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5336]
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  SA 3573. Mr. YOUNG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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 title X, add the following:

Subtitle H--Helping Allies Respond to Piracy, Overfishing, and Oceanic 
                             Negligence Act

     SEC. 1091. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Helping Allies Respond 
     to Piracy, Overfishing, and Oceanic Negligence Act'' or the 
     ``HARPOON Act''.

     SEC. 1092. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Commandant.--The term ``Commandant'' means the 
     Commandant of the Coast Guard.
       (2) Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing; iuu 
     fishing.--The terms ``illegal, unreported, and unregulated 
     fishing'' and ``IUU fishing'' means activities described as 
     illegal fishing, unreported fishing, or unregulated fishing 
     in paragraph 3 of the International Plan of Action to 
     Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and 
     Unregulated Fishing, adopted at the 24th Session of the 
     Committee on Fisheries in Rome on March 2, 2001.
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Navy.

     SEC. 1093. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO BUILD CAPACITY OF 
                   FOREIGN SECURITY FORCES.

       Section 333(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(10) Counter-illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing 
     operations.''.

     SEC. 1094. COUNTER-IUU FISHING PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary and the Commandant shall 
     seek to engage with foreign partners to establish joint 
     patrols to enhance counter-IUU fishing efforts, combat 
     transnational crime, and enhance regional security.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Secretary and the Commandant shall jointly submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report on engagements 
     with foreign partners under subsection (a), including--
       (A) an identification of specific regions and countries 
     interested in increased cooperation;
       (B) a description of any limitations on enhanced 
     partnerships due to insufficient resources;
       (C) recommendations for increased program effectiveness;
       (D) an assessment of the effectiveness of ongoing partner 
     operations; and
       (E) any other information the Secretary and the Commandant 
     consider appropriate.
       (2) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
     and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
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