[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4547 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4547
To establish a fund to promote the inspection and consumption of shrimp
and products containing shrimp or shrimp parts.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 11, 2023
Mr. Graves of Louisiana (for himself and Ms. Castor of Florida)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of
the committee concerned
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A BILL
To establish a fund to promote the inspection and consumption of shrimp
and products containing shrimp or shrimp parts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Laws Ensuring Safe Shrimp Act'' or
the ``LESS Act''.
SEC. 2. INSPECTION AND CONSUMPTION OF SHRIMP AND SHRIMP PRODUCTS FUND.
(a) In General.--There is established in the Treasury of the United
States a fund to be known as the ``Inspection and Consumption of Shrimp
and Shrimp Products Fund'' (in this section referred to as the
``Fund''), consisting of such amounts as may be transferred to the Fund
under subsection (b) and to be available as provided for under
subsection (c).
(b) Transfer of Amounts.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall
transfer to the Fund, from the general fund of the Treasury,
amounts determined by the Secretary to be equivalent to 70
percent of amounts received in the general fund that are
attributable to duties assessed by the United States, including
duties assessed pursuant to a countervailing duty order or
antidumping duty order under the Tariff Act of 1930 or a
finding under the Antidumping Act of 1921, collected on imports
of shrimp and products containing shrimp or shrimp parts
described in paragraph (2) for fiscal year 2024 and each
subsequent fiscal year.
(2) Shrimp and products containing shrimp or shrimp parts
described.--The shrimp and products containing shrimp or shrimp
parts described in this paragraph are those products provided
for in any subheading of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States, including subheadings 0306.16.00, 0306.17.00,
0306.35.00, 0306.36.00, 0306.95.00, 1605.21, and 1605.29 of
such schedule (or successor subheadings).
(c) Use of Amounts.--Amounts in the Fund shall be available for
each such fiscal year as follows:
(1) Fifty percent of such amounts shall be used by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, for--
(A) the inspection, examination, sampling, and
testing of shrimp that present a high risk of
contamination from unapproved antibiotic residues to
identify violations of the provisions of law carried
out by the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner;
(B) seafood importer inspections, associated
training, capacity building, regulatory partnerships,
and development of data analytics in support of such
work; and
(C) coordination and data sharing with the
Secretary of Commerce, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs
and Border Protection, and the heads of other relevant
Federal agencies to ensure that imports of shrimp and
products containing shrimp or shrimp parts described in
subsection (b)(2) are not originating with forced labor
or illegal, unreported, or unregulated sources pursuant
to Public Law 117-78 (an Act to ensure that goods made
with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous
Region of the People's Republic of China do not enter
the United States market, and for other purposes).
(2) Fifty percent of such amounts shall be used by the
Secretary of Agriculture to, pursuant to paragraph (2) of the
second sentence of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7
U.S.C. 612c), encourage the domestic consumption of shrimp.
(d) Availability.--Amounts in the Fund shall, notwithstanding any
other provision law, remain available until expended.
(e) Supplement, Not Supplant.--The funding provided under
subsection (c) to purchase shrimp shall supplement (and not supplant)
other Federal funding (including funding made available under section
32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c)) to make such
purchases, if appropriate.
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