S 283
To President
Directs NOAA and two partner agencies to develop a chemical test that identifies the country where seafood was caught, usable by enforcement officers in the field.
Official title: Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received
15-JUL-2025
Passed
14-SEP-2026
Senate
Introduced
28-JAN-2025
Referred
28-JAN-2025
Approved by committee
05-FEB-2025
Reported
21-MAY-2025
On the calendar
21-MAY-2025
Passed
14-JUL-2025
Took up the House's changes
15-SEP-2026
President
Presented
05-OCT-2026
- Requires NOAA's Administrator and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology, working with Customs and Border Protection and the Coast Guard, to jointly develop a chemical-analysis method for determining seafood's country of origin.
- Requires the method to minimize processing time, work with a field kit one person can carry, and, where practicable, test raw prepared foods such as sushi, sashimi, ceviche, and poke.
- Requires pilot studies on red snapper and on bigeye, yellowfin, and bluefin tuna.
- Requires the Under Secretary to report to Congress within 2 years on the method, a plan to put it into use, and any aspects found impractical.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (28-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed Amendment House, 14-SEP-2026).
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3 Republicans
1 Democrat