119-hr512

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 512 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 512

To establish a fund to promote the inspection and consumption of shrimp 
 and products containing shrimp or shrimp parts.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 16, 2025

 Mr. Higgins of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
 the Committee on Agriculture, 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 establish a fund to promote the inspection and consumption of shrimp 
 and products containing shrimp or shrimp parts.

 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 or the ``Imported Seafood Safety 
Standards Act''.

SEC. 2. INSPECTION AND CONSUMPTION OF SHRIMP AND SHRIMP PRODUCTS FUND.

    (a) In General.--There is established in the Treasury of the United 
States a fund to be known as the ``Inspection and Consumption of Shrimp 
and Shrimp Products Fund'' (in this section referred to as the 
``Fund''), consisting of such amounts as may be transferred to the Fund 
under subsection

    (b) and to be available as provided for under 
subsection
            (c) .

    (b) Transfer of Amounts.--

    (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
 transfer to the Fund, from the general fund of the Treasury, 
 amounts determined by the Secretary to be equivalent to 70 
 percent of amounts received in the general fund that are 
 attributable to duties assessed by the United States, including 
 duties assessed pursuant to a countervailing duty order or 
 antidumping duty order under the Tariff Act of 1930 or a 
 finding under the Antidumping Act of 1921, collected on imports 
 of shrimp and products containing shrimp or shrimp parts 
 described in paragraph

    (2) for fiscal year 2026 and each 
 subsequent fiscal year.

    (2) Shrimp and products containing shrimp or shrimp parts 
 described.--The shrimp and products containing shrimp or shrimp 
 parts described in this paragraph are those products provided 
 for in any subheading of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
 United States, including subheadings 0306.16.00, 0306.17.00, 
 0306.35.00, 0306.36.00, 0306.95.00, 1605.21, and 1605.29 of 
 such schedule (or successor subheadings).
            (c) Use of Amounts.--Amounts in the Fund shall be available for 
each such fiscal year as follows:

    (1) Fifty percent of such amounts shall be used by the 
 Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the 
 Commissioner of Food and Drugs, for--
        (A) the inspection, examination, sampling, and 
 testing of shrimp that present a high risk of 
 contamination from unapproved antibiotic residues to 
 identify violations of the provisions of law carried 
 out by the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner;
        (B) seafood importer inspections, associated 
 training, capacity building, regulatory partnerships, 
 and development of data analytics in support of such 
 work; and
            (C) coordination and data sharing with the 
 Secretary of Commerce, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 
 and Border Protection, and the heads of other relevant 
 Federal agencies to ensure that imports of shrimp and 
 products containing shrimp or shrimp parts described in 
 subsection

    (b)

    (2) are not originating with forced labor 
 or illegal, unreported, or unregulated sources pursuant 
 to Public Law 117-78 (an Act to ensure that goods made 
 with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 
 Region of the People's Republic of China do not enter 
 the United States market, and for other purposes).

    (2) Fifty percent of such amounts shall be used by the 
 Secretary of Agriculture to, pursuant to paragraph

    (2) of the 
 second sentence of 

section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 
 U.S.C. 612c), encourage the domestic consumption of shrimp.
            (d) Availability.--Amounts in the Fund shall, notwithstanding any 
other provision law, remain available until expended.

    (e) Supplement, Not Supplant.--The funding provided under 
subsection
            (c) to purchase shrimp shall supplement (and not supplant) 
other Federal funding (including funding made available under 

section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c)) to make such 
purchases, if appropriate.
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