# 119-hr-3706: SUSHI Act

119-hr-3706, SUSHI Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-24).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3706
- Congress: 119
- Title: SUSHI Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-06-04
- Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-24

## Summary

**Creates a standard chemical method to identify the country of origin of seafood to help stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.** It emphasizes fast, portable testing that can work on prepared raw dishes and directs pilot studies for red snapper and several tuna species. - Federal and State law enforcement would gain a chemical-analysis method and a portable field kit to verify seafood origin and support enforcement against IUU fishing. - NOAA and the Under Secretary for Standards and Technology would jointly develop the methodology and run pilot studies on red snapper and on bigeye, yellowfin, and bluefin tuna, in consultation with Customs and Border Protection and the Coast Guard. - Within 2 years of enactment the Under Secretary would report to Congress with the methodology, a plan to operationalize it, and explanations if any parts are impractical or need alternative approaches.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] (R-AS), 2026-02-25T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Portable tests to spot illegal seafood: benefit, medium. If enacted, NOAA and the Commerce standards office would develop a chemical test to find a seafood’s country of origin. They would design a portable field kit one person can carry and use quickly. When possible, the test would work on prepared foods like ceviche, sashimi, sushi, and poke. Pilot stu…

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- 119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250

## Sources
- [119-hr-3706 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3706)

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- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-2605: SAVES Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2605)
- [119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9250)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3706 (as of 2026-09-24).