,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #chgi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #f1     
#bjbd,mr4 ,cruz 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,tuberville1 and ,mrs4 ,britt7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation  ,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 red snapper    
imported into the ,united ,states1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,illegal 
,red ,snapper ,enforcement ,act4  #b4   
,methodology for identifying the country
 of origin of red snapper imported into 
the ,united ,states  7a7 ,definitions   
,in this section3 7#a7 ,administrator   
,the term ,administrator means the      
,administrator of the ,national ,oceanic

 and ,atmospheric ,administration4  7#b7
 ,appropriate committees of ,congress   
,the term appropriate committees of     
,congress means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on
 ,commerce1 ,science1 and               
,transportation of the ,senate2 and     
7,b7 the ,committee on ,transportation  
and ,infrastructure and the ,committee  
on ,natural ,resources of the ,house of 
,representatives4  7#c7 ,under          
,secretary ,the term ,under ,secretary  
means the ,under ,secretary of ,commerce
 for ,standards and ,technology and the 
,director of the ,national ,institute of
 ,standards and ,technology4  7b7       
,standard methodology for identification
 ,the ,under ,secretary and the         
,administrator1 in consultation with the
 ,commissioner of ,u4,s4 ,customs and   
,border ,protection and the ,commandant 
of the ,coast ,guard1 shall jointly     
develop a standard methodology based on 
chemical analysis for identifying the   
country of origin of red snapper        
imported into the ,united ,states that--

 7#a7 is consistent with the needs of   
,federal and ,state law enforcement     
agencies in combating illegal1          
unreported1 and unregulated fishing2    
7#b7 minimizes processing time2 and     
7#c7 involves the use of a field kit    
that can be easily carried by one       
individual4  7c7 ,report ,not later #b  
years after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,under ,secretary shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of 
,congress a report that includes the    
following3 7#a7 ,a summary of the       
methodology developed under subsection  
7b74  7#b7 ,a plan for operationalizing 
the methodology4  7#c7 ,recommendations 
for further research on identification  
methods1 including other potential      
applications of the methodology4