,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cfda  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ae1 
#bjah ,mr4 ,thune 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,nelson1 and ,mrs4 ,capito7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,foreign ,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
enhance efforts to combat human         
trafficking in connection with the      
catching and processing of seafood      
products imported into the ,united      
,states1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,facilitate ,addressing ,issues with
 ,regulating ,forced ,labor in          
,international ,seafood ,harvesting ,act
 or ,,fair ,,fish ,act4  #b4 ,finding   
,congress finds that human trafficking  
is a pervasive problem in the catching  
and processing of certain seafood       
products imported into the ,united      
,states1 particularly seafood products  
obtained through illegal1 unreported1   
and unregulated fishing4  #c4 ,secretary

 of ,commerce as member of ,interagency 
,task ,force to ,monitor and ,combat    
,trafficking ,section #aje7;b7 of the   
,victims of ,trafficking and ,violence  
,protection ,act of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4
 #gajc7;b77 is amended by inserting     
,secretary of ,commerce1 after          
,secretary of ,education14  #d4 ,report 
,not later than #a year after the date  
of enactment of this ,act1 the          
,administrator of the ,national ,oceanic
 and ,atmospheric ,administration and   
the ,commissioner of the ,food and ,drug
 ,administration shall jointly submit to
 ,congress a report on the existence of 
human trafficking in the supply chains  
of seafood products imported into the   
,united ,states4 ,the report shall      
include the following3  7#a7 ,a list of 
the countries at risk for human         
trafficking in their seafood catching   
and processing industries1 and an       
assessment of such risk for each country
 listed4  7#b7 ,a description of the    
quantity and economic value of seafood  

products imported into the ,united      
,states from the countries listed       
pursuant to paragraph 7#a74  7#c7 ,a    
description and assessment of the       
methods1 if any1 in the countries listed
 pursuant to paragraph 7#b7 to trace and
 account for the manner in which seafood
 is caught4  7#d7 ,a description of     
domestic and international enforcement  
mechanisms to deter illegal practices in
 the catching of seafood in the         
countries listed pursuant to paragraph  
7#a74  7#e7 ,such recommendations as the
 ,administrator and the ,commissioner   
jointly consider appropriate for        
legislative or administrative action to 
enhance and improve actions against     
human trafficking in the catching and   
processing of seafood products abroad4