Sec. 1260I. REPORT ON DIRECTED USE OF FISHING FLEETS

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## SEC. 1260I REPORT ON DIRECTED USE OF FISHING FLEETS ###

(a)Report Required Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an unclassified report on the use of distant-water fishing fleets by foreign governments as extensions of such countries’ official maritime security forces, including the manner and extent to which such fishing fleets are leveraged in support of naval operations and foreign policy more generally. The report shall also consider the threats, on a country-by-country basis, posed by such use of distant-water fishing fleets to— ####

(1)fishing or other vessels of the United States and partner countries; ####

(2)United States and partner naval and coast guard operations; and ####

(3)other interests of the United States and partner countries. ###

(b)Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined For purposes of this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— ####

(1)the congressional defense committees; ####

(2)the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and ####

(3)the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. ## Subtitle G Sudan Democratic Transition, Accountability, and Fiscal Transparency Act of 2020