No PRC Seafood in Congress Act

This legislation, known as the "No PRC Seafood in Congress Act," seeks to prohibit the procurement, serving, or sale of Chinese seafood products within all congressional dining facilities. The bill's findings highlight significant concerns regarding the widespread use of forced labor in fishing, harvesting, aquaculture, and processing supply chains within the People's Republic of China. It also notes the impracticality of verifying that seafood from China is free from forced labor due to a lack of reliable supply-chain transparency and traceability. To implement this prohibition, various "covered entities" such as the Committee on House Administration and the Architect of the Capitol must prescribe regulations within 180 days of enactment. These regulations will require any supplier of seafood products to congressional dining facilities to certify every country where the seafood was fished, harvested, raised, produced, or processed, and to retain substantiating records. A "Chinese seafood product" is broadly defined to include seafood processed in China or harvested by vessels owned, operated, or registered by the People's Republic of China, including Hong Kong and Macau but excluding Taiwan.