119 HR 6150 IH: Protect American Fisheries Act of 2025
U.S. House of Representatives
2025-11-19
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6150
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 19, 2025
Ms. Mace (for herself, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Golden of Maine, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, and Mr. Murphy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to add an economic cause as an allowable cause to declare a fishery resource disaster.
1.

Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Protect American Fisheries Act of 2025”.
2.

Economic fishery resource disasters
Section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1)—
(A)
in subparagraph (A), by inserting “economic cause,” after “discrete anthropogenic cause,”;
(B)
by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (G) as subparagraphs (F) through (I), respectively;
(C)
by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);
(D)
by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
“(C)

Economic cause
The term economic cause means any activity carried out by a foreign person that the Secretary determines—
(i)
distorts the market for a fishery resource;
(ii)
disrupts the sustainable harvest of a fishery resource; or
(iii)
hinders the operational or economic viability of a fishery resource.”;
(E)
in subparagraph (D)(i), as so redesignated, by inserting “or significant disruption to the fishery resource or economy of a fishing community” after “fishery resource”; and
(F)
by inserting after subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, the following:
“(E)

Foreign person
The term foreign person means—
(i)
an individual who is not a citizen or national of the United States;
(ii)
a government of a foreign country and any unit of such government;
(iii)
an international financial institution (as the term international financial institutions is defined in section 1701(c) of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)));
(iv)
a partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination of persons organized under the laws of or having its principal place of business in a foreign country; and
(v)
a partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination of persons organized under the laws of the United States that is owned by, directly or indirectly controlled by, or subject to the direction of a person or an entity described in clauses (i) through (iv).”;
(2)
in paragraph (3)(B)(v)—
(A)
in subclause (III), by striking “and” at the end;
(B)
in subclause (IV), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(C)
by inserting after subclause (IV) the following:
“(V)
if applicable with respect to the cause of the fishery resource disaster, information documenting the adverse effects of activities carried out by a foreign person on the operational or economic viability of the applicable fishery, including—
- (aa)
illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing, including the use of forced or child labor;
- (bb)
predatory pricing; and
- (cc)
the provision of subsidies that—
(AA)
have an adverse effect on the price in the United States or export markets of seafood produced by the applicable fishery; or
(BB)
otherwise cause a distortion of such markets.”;
(3)
in paragraph (4)(B)(i)(II)—
(A)
in item (ii), by striking “and” at the end;
(B)
in item (jj), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:
- “(kk)
prices in the United States or export markets of seafood produced in the fishery; and
- (ll)
if the requester submits information described in paragraph (3)(B)(v)(V), any activities carried out by a foreign person that contribute to an economic cause of the fishery resource disaster and the specific economic effects thereof.”; and
(4)
in paragraph (5)(A)—
(A)
in clause (iii)—
(i)
by striking “a combination” and inserting “any combination”; and
(ii)
by striking “and an anthropogenic cause” and inserting “, anthropogenic cause, or economic cause”;
(B)
by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and
(C)
by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
“(iii)
an economic cause;”.