HARPOON Act
Sponsored By: Senator Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced
Summary
Counter illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing by letting the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard help foreign partners build capacity and run joint patrols. The bill would add authority under title 10 to support partner operations and require annual joint reports to Congress on regions, partners, limits, and effectiveness.
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- Coastal and partner governments: Would receive U.S. training, equipment support, and coordinated joint patrols aimed at stopping IUU fishing and related transnational crime.
- Department of Defense and the Coast Guard: Would gain explicit authority to conduct or support capacity-building programs and to engage in joint counter-IUU patrols with foreign partners.
- Congress and regional security stakeholders: Would get an annual joint report naming interested regions and countries, describing resource shortfalls, offering recommendations, and assessing partner operations.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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More joint patrols against illegal fishing
This bill would let the Navy and Coast Guard help foreign partners build capacity to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. It would add IUU fishing operations to DoD capacity-building authority and push the Navy and Coast Guard to seek joint patrols with foreign partners. The patrols would aim to counter IUU fishing, combat transnational crime, and improve regional security. Within one year after enactment, and every year after, the Navy and Coast Guard would send a joint report to specified House and Senate committees listing regions and countries interested, resource gaps, recommendations, and assessments of partner operations. The bill defines key terms and would take effect upon enactment. No specific funding amounts are set in the bill.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Young, Todd [R-IN]
IN • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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