,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eab  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #af1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,higgins of ,louisiana        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce1 and in addition to the   
,committee on ,agriculture1 for a period
 to be subsequently determined by the   
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to establish a fund to      
promote the inspection and consumption  
of shrimp and products containing shrimp
 or shrimp parts4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the or the   
,imported ,seafood ,safety ,standards   
,act4  #b4 ,inspection and ,consumption 
of ,shrimp and ,shrimp ,products ,fund  
7a7 ,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 7in this section        

referred to as the ,fund71 consisting of
 such amounts as may be transferred to  
the ,fund under subsection 7b7 and to be
 available as provided for under        
subsection 7c74  7b7 ,transfer of       
amounts  7#a7 ,in general ,the          
,secretary of the ,treasury shall       
transfer to the ,fund1 from the general 
fund of the ,treasury1 amounts          
determined by the ,secretary to be      
equivalent to #gj percent of amounts    
received in the general fund that are   
attributable to duties assessed by the  
,united ,states1 including duties       
assessed pursuant to a countervailing   
duty order or antidumping duty order    
under the ,tariff ,act of #aicj or a    
finding under the ,antidumping ,act of  
#aiba1 collected on imports of shrimp   
and products containing shrimp or shrimp
 parts described in paragraph 7#b7 for  
fiscal year #bjbf and each subsequent   
fiscal year4  7#b7 ,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 ,states1 including          
subheadings #jcjf4af4jj1 #jcjf4ag4jj1   
#jcjf4ce4jj1 #jcjf4cf4jj1 #jcjf4ie4jj1  
#afje4ba1 and #afje4bi of such schedule 
7or successor subheadings74  7c7 ,use of
 amounts ,amounts in the ,fund shall be 
available for each such fiscal year as  
follows3 7#a7 ,fifty percent of such    
amounts shall be used by the ,secretary 
of ,health and ,human ,services1 acting 
through the ,commissioner of ,food and  
,drugs1 for--  7,a7 the inspection1     
examination1 sampling1 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    
,secretary1 acting through the          
,commissioner2  7,b7 seafood importer   
inspections1 associated training1       
capacity building1 regulatory           

partnerships1 and development of data   
analytics in support of such work2 and  
7,c7 coordination and data sharing with 
the ,secretary of ,commerce1 the        
,commissioner of ,u4,s4 ,customs and    
,border ,protection1 and the heads of   
other relevant ,federal agencies to     
ensure that imports of shrimp and       
products containing shrimp or shrimp    
parts described in subsection 7b77#b7   
are not originating with forced labor or
 illegal1 unreported1 or unregulated    
sources pursuant to ,public ,law #aag-gh
 7an ,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 market1 and for other   
purposes74  7#b7 ,fifty percent of such 
amounts shall be used by the ,secretary 
of ,agriculture to1 pursuant to         
paragraph 7#b7 of the second sentence of
 section #cb of the ,act of ,august #bd1
 #aice 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #fab;c71 encourage 
the domestic consumption of shrimp4  7d7

 ,availability ,amounts in the ,fund    
shall1 notwithstanding any other        
provision law1 remain available until   
expended4  7e7 ,supplement1 not supplant
 ,the funding provided under subsection 
7c7 to purchase shrimp shall supplement 
7and not supplant7 other ,federal       
funding 7including funding made         
available under section #cb of the ,act 
of ,august #bd1 #aice 7#g ,u4,s4,c4     
#fab;c77 to make such purchases1 if     
appropriate4