,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajagf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,august #bg1         
#bjbf,mr4 ,smith of ,new ,jersey        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,house   
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit
 ,chinese seafood products in           
congressional dining facilities1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title      
,this ,act may be cited as the ,no ,,prc
 ,seafood in ,congress ,act4  #b4       
,findings ,the ,congress finds the      
following3 7#a7 ,forced labor is        
pervasive in fishing1 seafood           
harvesting1 aquaculture1 and seafood    
processing supply chains in the         
,people's ,republic of ,china4  7#b7    
,the lack of reliable supply-chain      
transparency and traceability makes it  
impracticable to verify that seafood    
products from the ,people's ,republic of
 ,china are free from forced labor4  #c4
 ,prohibition of ,chinese seafood       
products in congressional dining        

facilities  7a7 ,in general ,no ,chinese
 seafood product may be procured1       
served1 or sold in a congressional      
dining facility4  7b7 ,regulations ,not 
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 each covered
 entity shall prescribe regulations to  
carry out this section with respect to a
 congressional dining facility under the
 jurisdiction1 authority1 supervision1  
or oversight of the covered entity4  7c7
 ,country certifications ,the           
regulations under subsection 7b7 shall  
require that any person who supplies a  
seafood product for a congressional     
dining facility to--  7#a7 certify each 
and every country in which the seafood  
contained in such product was fished1   
harvested1 raised1 produced1 or         
processed2 and  7#b7 retain records     
sufficient to substantiate the          
certifications under paragraph 7#a74    
7d7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,chinese seafood product ,the term      
,chinese seafood product means seafood  

product intended for human consumption  
that--  7,a7 is fished1 harvested1      
raised1 produced1 or processed1 in whole
 or in part1 in the ,people's ,republic 
of ,china2 or  7,b7 is harvested or     
produced by a vessel--  7i7 owned or    
operated by a national of1 or an entity 
organized under the laws of1 the        
,people's ,republic of ,china2 or  7ii7 
registered under the laws of the        
,people's ,republic of ,china4  7#b7    
,congressional dining facility ,the term
 congressional dining facility means any
 cafeteria1 restaurant1 eatery1 other   
dining establishment1 or food service   
facility located in any of the ,capitol 
,buildings1 as defined in section #eaja 
of title #dj1 ,united ,states ,code1 or 
on the ,united ,states ,capitol         
,grounds1 as described in section #eajb 
of such title4  7#c7 ,covered entity    
,the term covered entity means the      
following3  7,a7 ,the ,committee on     
,house ,administration of the ,house of 
,representatives4  7,b7 ,the ,committee 

on ,rules and ,administration of the    
,senate4  7,c7 ,the ,architect of the   
,capitol4  7,d7 ,any other entity with  
jurisdiction1 authority1 supervision1 or
 oversight with respect to a            
congressional dining facility4  7#d7    
,people's ,republic of ,china ,the term 
,people's ,republic of ,china includes  
the ,hong ,kong ,special ,administrative
 ,region and the ,macau ,special        
,administrative ,region and does not    
include ,taiwan4  7#e7 ,seafood product 
,the term seafood product includes the  
following3  7,a7 ,fish1 shellfish1      
processed fish1 shellfish products1 and 
all other forms of marine or aquatic    
animal life4  7,b7 ,any food for human  
consumption with respect to which a     
fish1 shellfish1 or other form of marine
 or aquatic animal life is a            
characterizing ingredient4