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Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act
Sponsored By: Representative Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced
Summary
Creates a new Treasury‑administered fund financed by shrimp import duties to pay for expanded seafood safety checks and programs that promote U.S. shrimp consumption. This would set up a dedicated revenue stream aimed at both detecting contaminated or forced‑labour‑linked shrimp and boosting domestic demand.
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- Families and consumers would see more targeted FDA inspections, sampling, and testing focused on shrimp at high risk of unapproved antibiotic residues.
- Importers, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and other agencies would get funding for importer inspections, training, capacity building, data analytics, and coordinated checks for forced labor and illegal sourcing.
- U.S. shrimp producers and markets would benefit from USDA use of funds to encourage domestic consumption and to purchase shrimp as a supplement to existing section 32 buying programs.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Fund for shrimp safety and U.S. purchases
If enacted, this would create a Treasury fund starting in fiscal year 2026. Each year, 70% of U.S. duties on covered shrimp imports would go into the fund. Half (50%) would support FDA work to test high‑risk shrimp for unapproved antibiotics, inspect importers, build data tools, and coordinate to block forced labor and illegal, unreported, or unregulated sources under Public Law 117‑78. The other half (50%) would let USDA encourage domestic shrimp consumption, with purchases adding to, not replacing, other federal buying when appropriate. The bill lists HTS codes (like 0306.16.00 and 1605.21) to define which imports count, and the money would stay available until spent.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
LA • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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