[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 103 (Thursday, June 18, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2943]
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  SA 5860. Mr. YOUNG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 __Helping Allies Respond to Piracy, Overfishing, and Oceanic 
                             Negligence Act

     SEC. 10_1. SHORT TITLE.

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

     SEC. 10_2. 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'' mean 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 Defense.

     SEC. 10_3. COUNTER-IUU FISHING PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary and the Commandant, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of State, may 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 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commandant, 
     in coordination with the Secretary of State, 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 to combat IUU fishing;
       (B) a description of any limitations on enhanced counter-
     IUU fishing partnerships due to insufficient resources or 
     authorities;
       (C) recommendations for increased program effectiveness in 
     counter-IUU fishing operations;
       (D) an assessment of the effectiveness of ongoing counter-
     IUU fishing partner operations;
       (E) an identification of authorities provided in sections 
     331 and 333(a) of title 10, United States Code, pursuant to 
     which such counter-IUU fishing operations are conducted; and
       (F) any other information the Secretary, the Commandant, 
     and the Secretary of State 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, 
     the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, the 
     Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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