Sec. 7. Increased training in illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing diplomacy
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Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4028 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in subsection (a)(1)(D) by striking . and inserting ; and ; by adding at the end of subsection (a)(1) the following new subparagraph: for Foreign Service Officers who will be assigned to a country experiencing or at risk for human trafficking, maritime violations of internationally recognized worker rights, and maritime forced labor within their seafood sector, including on distant water fishing fleets, as determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, instruction on monitoring and countering illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing through the training described in subsection (f). ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection:
The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, and appropriate representatives of the private sector, shall establish as part of the standard training for Foreign Service Officers, chiefs of mission, and deputy chiefs of mission serving or preparing to serve in countries that were identified as being in a Tier One, Tier Two, or Tier Three Priority Region, as defined in the most recent National 5-Year Strategy for Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing, training on matters related to countering illegal, unregulated and unreported
(IUU)fishing, maritime violations of internationally recognized worker rights, and maritime forced labor in the respective host country, including— ongoing efforts to counter-IUU fishing; country maritime domain awareness capabilities including technical assistance; maritime law enforcement activities, including international coordination; legal capacity to strengthen and enforce domestic fisheries management and conservation laws and regulations, including those necessary to implement international legal commitments, aimed at countering IUU fishing, maritime violations of internationally recognized worker rights, forced labor; legal capacity to identify, apprehend, investigate and prosecute transgressors; and challenges to implementing effective counter-IUU fishing efforts. .
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Sec. 7
Increased training in illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing diplomacy
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