Sec. 201. Interagency working group on IUU fishing and seafood fraud
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There is established a collaborative interagency working group on maritime security, IUU fishing, and seafood fraud (referred to in this title as the Working Group ). The members of the Working Group shall be composed of— 3 co-chairs, of whom— 1 shall be appointed by the Secretary of State; 1 shall be appointed by the Commandant of the Coast Guard from the United States Coast Guard; and 1 shall be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 12 members, who shall be appointed by their respective agency heads, from— the Department of Defense; the United States Navy; the United States Agency for International Development; the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; the Department of Justice; the Department of the Treasury;
U.S. Customs and Border Protection; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; the Federal Trade Commission; the National Institute of Food and Agriculture; the Food and Drug Administration; and the Department of Labor; 1 or more members from the intelligence community, who shall be appointed by the Director of National Intelligence; and 5 members, who shall be appointed by the President, from— the National Security Council; the Council on Environmental Quality; the Office of Management and Budget; the Office of Science and Technology Policy; and the Office of the United States Trade Representative.
The Working Group shall ensure an integrated, Federal Government-wide response to IUU fishing and seafood fraud globally, including— by continuing to implement the recommendations of the Presidential Task Force on Combating IUU Fishing and Seafood Fraud; by reinforcing and improving the coordination of Federal agencies to identify, interdict, investigate, prosecute, and dismantle IUU fishing operations and organizations perpetrating and knowingly benefiting from IUU fishing and seafood fraud in the United States and abroad; by assessing areas for increased interagency information sharing on matters related to IUU fishing and related crimes; by establishing standards for information sharing related to maritime enforcement; by developing a strategy to determine how military assets and intelligence can contribute to enforcement strategies to combat IUU fishing; by increasing maritime domain awareness relating to IUU fishing and related crimes and developing a strategy to leverage awareness for enhanced enforcement and prosecution actions against IUU fishing; by supporting the implementation of the Port State Measures Agreement in relevant countries and assessing the capacity and training needs in such countries; by identifying opportunities to increase the number of species covered through SIMP to eventually include all seafood species imported into the United States; by outlining a strategy to coordinate, increase, and use shiprider agreements between the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard and relevant countries; by enhancing cooperation with partner governments to combat IUU fishing and seafood fraud; by identifying opportunities for increased information sharing between Federal agencies and partner governments working to combat IUU fishing and seafood fraud; by consulting and coordinating with the seafood industry and nongovernmental stakeholders that work to combat IUU fishing and seafood fraud; by updating and maintaining the National Plan of Action of the United States of America to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unregulated, and Underreported Fishing in accordance with the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, adopted at the 24th Session of the Committee on Fisheries in Rome on March 2, 2001; by supporting the implementation of the Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels; by supporting the identification and certification procedures to address IUU fishing in accordance with the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1826d et seq.); and by developing a strategy for raising domestic awareness of the issues related to IUU fishing and seafood fraud, including publishing annual reports summarizing nonsensitive information about the Working Group’s efforts to investigate, enforce, and prosecute groups and individuals engaging in IUU fishing and seafood fraud.
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