SUSHI Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3706 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3706

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 seafood to support enforcement against illegal, 
      unreported, and unregulated fishing, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2025

  Mr. Babin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
    Science, Space, and Technology, 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 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 seafood to support enforcement against illegal, 
      unreported, and unregulated fishing, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Standards for Understanding Source 
and Habitat Identification Act'' or the ``SUSHI Act''.

SEC. 2. METHODOLOGY FOR IDENTIFYING THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF SEAFOOD.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration.
            (2) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
        ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                Transportation of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Science, Space, and 
                Technology, the Committee on Transportation and 
                Infrastructure, and the Committee on Natural Resources 
                of the House of Representatives.
            (3) Key agency leadership.--The term ``key agency 
        leadership'' means the Administrator and the Under Secretary, 
        in consultation with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
        Border Protection and the Commandant of the Coast Guard.
            (4) Red snapper.--The term ``red snapper'' means the 
        species Lutjanus campechanus.
            (5) Tuna.--The term ``tuna'' means the following species of 
        tuna:
                    (A) Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus).
                    (B) Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares).
                    (C) Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus).
            (6) Under secretary.--The term ``Under Secretary'' means 
        the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology.
    (b) Standard Methodology for Identification.--
            (1) In general.--Key agency leadership shall jointly 
        develop a standard methodology, based on chemical analysis, for 
        identifying the country of origin of seafood to support 
        enforcement against unlawful, unreported, and unregulated 
        fishing.
            (2) Requirements.--Key agency leadership shall ensure that 
        the methodology developed under this subsection--
                    (A) is consistent with the needs of Federal and 
                State law enforcement agencies in combating unlawful, 
                unreported, and unregulated fishing;
                    (B) minimizes processing time;
                    (C) involves the use of a field kit that can be 
                easily carried by one individual; and
                    (D) to the extent practicable, can be used to test 
                prepared food, including raw preparations of seafood, 
                such as ceviche, sashimi, sushi, and poke.
            (3) Initial species for identification.--In developing the 
        methodology under this subsection, key agency leadership shall 
        conduct pilot studies on red snapper, as an example of a 
        stationary stock, and tuna, as an example of a highly migratory 
        stock.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Under Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report that includes the following:
            (1) A summary of the methodology developed under subsection 
        (b).
            (2) A plan for operationalizing such methodology.
            (3) If the Under Secretary determines any aspect of such 
        methodology is impractical, an explanation relating thereto, 
        whether additional research would make developing such a 
        methodology practicable, and whether a different approach other 
        than chemical analysis might be practicable.
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