119-hr3706

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3706 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3706

To require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology 
 and the Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
 Administration to develop a standard methodology for identifying the 
 country of origin of seafood to support enforcement against illegal, 
 unreported, and unregulated fishing, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 4, 2025

 Mr. Babin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently 
 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

To require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology 
 and the Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
 Administration to develop a standard methodology for identifying the 
 country of origin of seafood to support enforcement against illegal, 
 unreported, and unregulated fishing, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Standards for Understanding Source 
and Habitat Identification Act'' or the ``SUSHI Act''.

SEC. 2. METHODOLOGY FOR IDENTIFYING THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF SEAFOOD.

    (a) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
 Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
 Administration.

    (2) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
 ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
        (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
 Transportation of the Senate; and
        (B) the Committee on Science, Space, and 
 Technology, the Committee on Transportation and 
 Infrastructure, and the Committee on Natural Resources 
 of the House of Representatives.

    (3) Key agency leadership.--The term ``key agency 
 leadership'' means the Administrator and the Under Secretary, 
 in consultation with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
 Border Protection and the Commandant of the Coast Guard.

    (4) Red snapper.--The term ``red snapper'' means the 
 species Lutjanus campechanus.

    (5) Tuna.--The term ``tuna'' means the following species of 
 tuna:
        (A) Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus).
        (B) Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares).
            (C) Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus).

    (6) Under secretary.--The term ``Under Secretary'' means 
 the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology.

    (b) Standard Methodology for Identification.--

    (1) In general.--Key agency leadership shall jointly 
 develop a standard methodology, based on chemical analysis, for 
 identifying the country of origin of seafood to support 
 enforcement against unlawful, unreported, and unregulated 
 fishing.

    (2) Requirements.--Key agency leadership shall ensure that 
 the methodology developed under this subsection--
        (A) is consistent with the needs of Federal and 
 State law enforcement agencies in combating unlawful, 
 unreported, and unregulated fishing;
        (B) minimizes processing time;
            (C) involves the use of a field kit that can be 
 easily carried by one individual; and
            (D) to the extent practicable, can be used to test 
 prepared food, including raw preparations of seafood, 
 such as ceviche, sashimi, sushi, and poke.

    (3) Initial species for identification.--In developing the 
 methodology under this subsection, key agency leadership shall 
 conduct pilot studies on red snapper, as an example of a 
 stationary stock, and tuna, as an example of a highly migratory 
 stock.
            (c) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Under Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report that includes the following:

    (1) A summary of the methodology developed under subsection

    (b) .

    (2) A plan for operationalizing such methodology.

    (3) If the Under Secretary determines any aspect of such 
 methodology is impractical, an explanation relating thereto, 
 whether additional research would make developing such a 
 methodology practicable, and whether a different approach other 
 than chemical analysis might be practicable.
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