Sec. 303. Human trafficking in the seafood supply chain report
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration shall jointly submit a report to Congress that describes the existence of human trafficking in the supply chains of seafood products imported into the United States. The report required under subsection
(a)shall include— a list of the countries at risk for human trafficking in their seafood catching and processing industries, and an assessment of such risk for each listed country; a description of the quantity and economic value of seafood products imported into the United States from the countries on the list compiled pursuant to paragraph (1); a description and assessment of the methods, if any, in the countries on the list compiled pursuant to paragraph
(1)to trace and account for the manner in which seafood is caught; a description of domestic and international enforcement mechanisms to deter illegal practices in the catching of seafood in the countries on the list compiled pursuant to paragraph (1); and such recommendations as the Administrator and the Commissioner jointly consider appropriate for legislative or administrative action to enhance and improve actions against human trafficking in the catching and processing of seafood products outside of United States waters.