A bill to enhance efforts to combat human trafficking in connection with the catching and processing of seafood products imported into the United States, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-3641| Senate
| Updated: 12/18/2018
John Thune
Republican Senator
South Dakota
Foreign Relations Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Facilitate Addressing Issues with Regulating Forced Labor in International Seafood Harvesting Act or FAIR FISH Act This bill makes the Secretary of Commerce a member of the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, and directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Food and Drug Administration to report to Congress on the existence of human trafficking in seafood product supply chains.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Senate vitiated previous discharge from the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
Senate vitiated previous passage.
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
International Affairs
Congressional oversightDepartment of CommerceExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsFood industry and servicesHuman traffickingMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesSeafood
A bill to enhance efforts to combat human trafficking in connection with the catching and processing of seafood products imported into the United States, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-3641| Senate
| Updated: 12/18/2018
Facilitate Addressing Issues with Regulating Forced Labor in International Seafood Harvesting Act or FAIR FISH Act This bill makes the Secretary of Commerce a member of the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, and directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Food and Drug Administration to report to Congress on the existence of human trafficking in seafood product supply chains.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Senate vitiated previous discharge from the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
Senate vitiated previous passage.
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
John Thune
Republican Senator
South Dakota
Foreign Relations Committee
International Affairs
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Congressional oversightDepartment of CommerceExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsFood industry and servicesHuman traffickingMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesSeafood