[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 667 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 667

 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the 
 inspection of foreign facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or 
    hold shrimp for consumption in the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 20, 2025

Mrs. Hyde-Smith introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the 
 inspection of foreign facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or 
    hold shrimp for consumption in the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Safer Shrimp Imports Act''.

SEC. 2. SHRIMP MANUFACTURED, PROCESSED, PACKED, OR HELD AT OVERSEAS 
              FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 807 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 384c) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(c) Requirements for Foreign Shrimp Facilities.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
        this subsection, the Secretary shall seek to enter into 
        arrangements and agreements under subsection (a)(1) with the 
        foreign government of each foreign country with 1 or more 
        foreign facilities registered under section 415 that 
        manufacture, process, pack, or hold shrimp for consumption in 
        the United States.
            ``(2) Requirements for shrimp.--Beginning on the date that 
        is 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
        shrimp shall be refused admission into the United States if it 
        is manufactured, processed, packed, or held in a foreign 
        country--
                    ``(A) the government of which does not enter into 
                an arrangement or agreement with the Secretary under 
                paragraph (1); or
                    ``(B) the food inspection system of which does not 
                meet the criteria described in paragraph (3).
            ``(3) Criteria.--The criteria described in this paragraph 
        with respect to a food inspection system is that the food 
        inspection system (as demonstrated to the Secretary by the 
        applicable foreign government) is equivalent to the food 
        inspection system of the Food and Drug Administration with 
        respect to shrimp, including by providing--
                    ``(A) staffing that ensures uniform enforcement of 
                applicable laws and regulations; and
                    ``(B) enforcement of laws and regulations that 
                address the conditions under which shrimp is raised and 
                transported to processing establishments.
            ``(4) Demonstration.--A foreign government seeking to 
        demonstrate that its food inspection system meets the criteria 
        described in paragraph (3) shall provide to the Secretary 
        copies of all laws, regulations, and other information 
        pertaining to such food inspection system.''.
    (b) Adulteration.--Section 402 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 342) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(j) If it is shrimp imported or offered for import into the 
United States and the shrimp has been manufactured, processed, packed, 
or held in a foreign country the government or food inspection system 
of which does not comply with the applicable requirements of section 
807(c).''.
    (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that describes the 
implementation of the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b).
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