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Record: Senate Floor
Section type: Amendments
Chamber: Senate
Date: March 22, 2026
Congress: 119th Congress
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Bills and resolutions: S. 688 (119th Congress)
Committees: Committee on Fisheries

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SA 4744. Mr. SULLIVAN proposed an amendment to the bill S. 688, to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing at its sources globally; as follows:

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the

following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Fighting Foreign Illegal

Seafood Harvests Act of 2025” or the “FISH Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:

(1) Administrator.—Unless otherwise provided, the term

“Administrator” means the Administrator of the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the designee of the

Administrator.

(2) Beneficial owner.—The term “beneficial owner” means,

with respect to a vessel, a person that, directly or

indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding,

relationship, or otherwise—

(A) exercises substantial control over the vessel; or

(B) owns not less than 50 percent of the ownership

interests in the vessel.

(3) Fish.—The term “fish” means finfish, crustaceans,

and mollusks.

(4) Forced labor.—The term “forced labor” has the

meaning given that term in section 307 of the Tariff Act of

1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).

(5) IUU fishing.—The term “IUU fishing” means activities

described as illegal fishing, unreported fishing, and

unregulated fishing in paragraph 3 of the International Plan

of Action to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal,

Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, adopted at the 24th

Session of the Committee on Fisheries in Rome on March 2,

(6) Regional fisheries management organization.—The terms

“regional fisheries management organization” and “RFMO”

have the meaning given the terms in section 303 of the Port

State Measures Agreement Act of 2015 (16 U.S.C. 7402).

(7) Seafood.—The term “seafood” means fish, shellfish,

processed fish, fish meal, shellfish products, and all other

forms of marine animal and plant life other than marine

mammals and birds.

(8) Secretary.—Unless otherwise provided, the term

“Secretary” means the Secretary of Commerce acting through

the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration or the designee of the Administrator.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

It is the policy of the United States to partner, consult,

and coordinate with foreign governments (at the national and

subnational levels), civil society, international

organizations, international financial institutions,

subnational coastal communities, commercial and recreational

fishing industry leaders, communities that engage in

artisanal or subsistence fishing, fishers, and the private

sector, in a concerted effort—

(1) to continue the broad effort across the Federal

Government to counter IUU fishing, including any potential

links to forced labor, human trafficking, and other threats

to maritime security, as outlined in sections 3533 and 3534

of the Maritime SAFE Act (16 U.S.C. 8002 and 8003); and

(2) to, additionally—

(A) prioritize efforts to prevent IUU fishing at its

sources; and

(B) support continued implementation of the Central Arctic

Ocean Fisheries agreement, as well as joint research and

follow-on actions that ensure sustainability of fish stocks

in Arctic international waters.

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF AN IUU VESSEL LIST.

Section 608 of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium

Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826i) is amended by striking

subsections (c) and (d) and inserting the following:

“(c) IUU Vessel List.—

“(1) In general.—The Secretary, in coordination with the

Secretary of State, the Secretary of Labor, and the heads of

other relevant agencies, shall develop, maintain, and make

public a list of foreign vessels, foreign fleets, and

beneficial owners of foreign vessels or foreign fleets

engaged in IUU fishing or fishing-related activities in

support of IUU fishing (referred to in this section as the

`IUU vessel list').

“(2) Inclusion on list.—The IUU vessel list shall include

any foreign vessel, foreign fleet, or beneficial owner of a

foreign vessel or foreign fleet for which the Secretary

determines there is clear and convincing evidence to believe

that a foreign vessel is any of the following (even if the

Secretary has only partial information regarding the vessel):

“(A) A vessel listed on an IUU vessel list of an

international fishery management organization.

“(B) A vessel knowingly taking part in fishing that

undermines the effectiveness of an international fishery

management organization's conservation and management

measures, including a vessel—

“(i) exceeding applicable international fishery management

organization catch limits; or

“(ii) that is operating inconsistent with relevant catch

allocation arrangements of the international fishery

management organization, even if operating under the

authority of a foreign country that is not a member of the

international fishery management organization.

“(C) A vessel, either on the high seas or in the exclusive

economic zone of another country, identified and reported by

United States authorities to an international fishery

management organization to be conducting IUU fishing when the

United States has reason to believe the foreign country to

which the vessel is registered or documented is not

addressing the allegation.

“(D) A vessel, fleet, or beneficial owner of a vessel or

fleet on the high seas identified by United States

authorities to be conducting IUU fishing.

“(E) A vessel that knowingly provides services (excluding

emergency or enforcement services) to a vessel that is on the

IUU vessel list, including transshipment, resupply,

refueling, or pilotage.

“(F) A vessel that is a fishing vessel engaged in

commercial fishing within the exclusive economic zone of the

United States without a permit issued under title II of the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16

U.S.C. 1821 et seq.).

“(G) A vessel that has the same beneficial owner as

another vessel on the IUU vessel list at the time of the

infraction.

“(3) Nominations to be put on the iuu vessel list.—The

Secretary may receive nominations for putting a vessel on the

IUU vessel list from—

“(A) the head of an executive branch agency that is a

member of the Interagency Working Group on IUU Fishing

established under section 3551 of the Maritime SAFE Act (16

U.S.C. 8031);

“(B) a country that is a member of the Combined Maritime

Forces; or

“(C) civil organizations that have data-sharing agreements

with a member of the Interagency Working Group on IUU

Fishing.

“(4) Procedures for addition.—

“(A) In general.—The Secretary may put a vessel on the

IUU vessel list only after notification to the vessel's

beneficial owner and a review of any information that the

owner provides within 90 days of the notification.

“(B) Hearing.—A beneficial owner may request a hearing on

the evidence if the owner's vessel is placed on the IUU

vessel list under subparagraph (A) and may present new

evidence to the Interagency Working Group on IUU Fishing

described in paragraph (3)(A). Such Working Group shall

review the new evidence and vote on whether the vessel shall

remain on the IUU vessel list or not.

“(5) Public information.—The Secretary shall publish its

procedures for adding vessels on, and removing vessels from,

the IUU vessel list. The Secretary shall publish the

IUU vessel list itself in the Federal Register annually and

on a website, which shall be updated any time a vessel is

added to the IUU vessel list, and include the following

information (as much as is available and confirmed) for each

vessel on the IUU vessel list:

“(A) The name of the vessel and previous names of the

vessel.

“(B) The International Maritime Organization (IMO) number

of the vessel, or other Unique Vessel Identifier (such as the

flag state permit number or authorized vessel number issued

by an international fishery management organization).

“(C) The maritime mobile service identity number and call

sign of the vessel.

“(D) The business or corporate address of each beneficial

owner of the vessel.

“(E) The country where the vessel is registered or

documented, and where it was previously registered if known.

“(F) The date of inclusion on the IUU vessel list of the

vessel.

“(G) Any other Unique Vessel Identifier (UVI), if

applicable.

“(H) Any other identifying information on the vessel, as

determined appropriate by the Secretary.

“(I) The basis for the Secretary's inclusion of the vessel

on the IUU vessel list under paragraph (2).

“(d) Action.—The Secretary may take the action described

in subsection (c)(2) of this section in effect on the day

before the date of enactment of the Fighting Foreign Illegal

Seafood Harvests Act of 2025 against a vessel on the IUU

vessel list, the owner of such vessel, and the operator of

such vessel.

“(e) Permanency of IUU Vessel List.—

“(1) In general.—Except as provided in paragraph (3), a

vessel, fleet, or beneficial owner of a vessel or fleet that

is put on the IUU vessel list shall remain on the IUU vessel

list.

“(2) Application by owner for potential removal.—

“(A) In general.—In consultation with the Secretary of

State and the heads of other relevant agencies, the Secretary

may remove a vessel, fleet, or beneficial owner of a vessel

or fleet from the IUU vessel list if the beneficial owner of

the vessel submits an application for removal to the

Secretary that meets the standards that the Secretary has set

out for removal. The Secretary shall make such standards

publicly available.

“(B) Consideration of relevant information.—In

considering an application for removal, the Secretary shall

consider relevant information from all sources.

“(3) Removal due to international fishery management

organization action.—The Secretary may remove a vessel from

the IUU vessel list if the vessel was put on the list because

it was a vessel listed on an IUU vessel list of an

international fishery management organization, pursuant to

subsection (c)(2)(A), and the international fishery

management organization removed the vessel from its IUU

vessel list.

“(f) Regulations and Process.—Not later than 12 months

after the date of enactment of the Fighting Foreign Illegal

Seafood Harvests Act of 2025, the Secretary shall issue

regulations to set a process for establishing, maintaining,

implementing, and publishing the IUU vessel list. The

Administrator may add or remove a vessel, fleet, or

beneficial owner of a vessel or fleet from the IUU vessel

list on the date the vessel becomes eligible for such

addition or removal.

“(g) Definitions.—In this section:

“(1) Administrator.—Unless otherwise provided, the term

`Administrator' means the Administrator of the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the designee of the

Administrator.

“(2) Beneficial owner.—The term `beneficial owner' means,

with respect to a vessel, a person that, directly or

indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding,

relationship, or otherwise—

“(A) exercises substantial control over the vessel; or

“(B) owns not less than 50 percent of the ownership

interests in the vessel.

“(3) Foreign vessel.—The term `foreign vessel' has the

meaning given the term in section 110 of title 46, United

States Code).

“(4) International fishery management organization.—The

term `international fishery management organization' means an

international organization established by any bilateral or

multilateral treaty, convention, or agreement for the

conservation and management of fish.

“(5) IUU fishing.—The term `IUU fishing' has the meaning

given the term `illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing'

in the implementing regulations or any subsequent regulations

issued pursuant to section 609(e).

“(6) Seafood.—The term `seafood' means fish, shellfish,

processed fish, fish meal, shellfish products, and all other

forms of marine animal and plant life other than marine

mammals and birds.

“(h) Authorization of Appropriations.—There are

authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce

to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal

years 2025 through 2030.”.

SEC. 5. VISA SANCTIONS FOR FOREIGN PERSONS.

(a) Foreign Persons Described.—A foreign person is

described in this subsection if the foreign person is the

owner or beneficial owner of a vessel on the IUU vessel list

developed under section 608(c) of the High Seas Driftnet

Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826i(c)).

(b) Ineligibility for Visas, Admission, or Parole.—

(1) Visas, admission, or parole.—A foreign person

described in subsection (a) is—

(A) inadmissible to the United States;

(B) ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to

enter the United States; and

United States or to receive any other benefit under the

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).

(2) Current visas revoked.—

(A) In general.—The visa or other entry documentation of a

foreign person described in subsection (a) shall be revoked,

regardless of when such visa or other entry documentation is

or was issued.

(B) Immediate effect.—A revocation under subparagraph (A)

shall, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration

and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i))—

(i) take effect; and

(ii) cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation

that is in the person's possession.

imposition of sanctions under this section with respect to a

foreign person if doing so is in the national interest of the

United States.

(d) Exceptions.—

(1) Exceptions for authorized intelligence and law

enforcement activities.—This section shall not apply with

respect to activities subject to the reporting requirements

under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.

3091 et seq.) or any authorized intelligence, law

enforcement, or national security activities of the United

States.

(2) Exception to comply with international agreements.—

Sanctions under subsection (b) shall not apply with respect

to the admission of an alien to the United States if such

admission is necessary to comply with the obligations of the

United States under the Agreement regarding the Headquarters

of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947,

and entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United

Nations and the United States, or the Convention on Consular

Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and entered into

force March 19, 1967, or other international obligations.

(3) Exception for safety of vessels and crew.—Sanctions

under subsection (b) shall not apply with respect to a person

providing provisions to a vessel identified under section

608(c) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium

Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826i) if such provisions are

intended for the safety and care of the crew aboard the

vessel, or the maintenance of the vessel to avoid any

environmental or other significant damage.

(4) Exemptions.—Sanctions under subsection (b) shall not

apply with respect to a person described in subsection (a),

if such person was listed as the owner of a vessel described

in that subsection through the use of force, threats of

force, fraud, or coercion.

(e) Definitions.—In this section:

(1) Admission; admitted; alien; lawfully admitted for

permanent residence.—The terms “admission”, “admitted”,

“alien”, and “lawfully admitted for permanent residence”

have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).

(2) Foreign person.—The term “foreign person” means an

individual or entity that is not a United States person.

(3) United states person.—The term “United States

person” means—

(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted

for permanent residence to the United States;

(B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States

or any jurisdiction within the United States, including a

foreign branch of such an entity; or

SEC. 6. AGREEMENTS.

(a) Presidential Negotiation.—In negotiating any relevant

agreement with a foreign nation or nations after the date of

enactment of this Act, the President is encouraged to

consider the impacts on or to IUU fishing and fishing that

involves the use of forced labor and strive to ensure that

the agreement strengthens efforts to combat IUU fishing and

fishing that involves the use of forced labor as long as such

considerations do not come at the expense of higher priority

national interests of the United States.

(b) Federal Government Encouragement.—The Federal

Government should encourage other nations to ratify treaties

and agreements that address IUU fishing to which the United

States is a party, including the High Seas Fishing Compliance

Agreement and the Port State Measures Agreement, and pursue

bilateral and multilateral initiatives to raise international

ambition to combat IUU fishing, including in the G7 and G20,

the United Nations, the International Labor Organization

(ILO), and the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and

through voluntary multilateral efforts, as long as clear

burden sharing arrangements with partner nations are

determined. The bilateral and multilateral initiatives should

address underlying drivers of IUU fishing and fishing that

involves the use of forced labor.

Under This Section.—Any memorandum of understanding or other

non-binding instrument to further the objectives of this

section shall be considered a qualifying non-binding

instrument for purposes of section 112b of title 1, United

States Code.

SEC. 7. ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS.

(a) Increase Boarding of Vessels Suspected of IUU

Fishing.—The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall strive to

increase, from year to year, its observation of vessels on

the high seas that are suspected of IUU fishing and related

harmful practices, and is encouraged to consider boarding

these vessels to the greatest extent practicable.

(b) Follow up.—The Administrator shall, in consultation

with the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Secretary of

State, coordinate regularly with regional fisheries

management organizations to determine what corrective

measures each country has taken after vessels that are

registered or documented by the country have been boarded for

suspected IUU fishing.

enactment of this Act and in accordance with information

management rules of the relevant regional fisheries

management organizations, the Commandant of the Coast Guard

shall submit a report to Congress on—

(1) the total number of bilateral agreements utilized or

enacted during Coast Guard counter-IUU patrols and future

patrol plans for operations with partner nations where

bilateral agreements are required to effectively execute the

counter-IUU mission and any changes to IUU provisions in

bilateral agreements;

(2) incidents of IUU fishing observed while conducting High

Seas Boarding and Inspections (HSBI), how the conduct is

tracked after referral to the respective country where the

vessel is registered or documented, and what actions are

taken to document or otherwise act on the enforcement, or

lack thereof, taken by the country;

(3) the country where the vessel is registered or

documented, the country where the vessel was previously

registered and documented if known, and status of a vessel

interdicted or observed to be engaged in IUU fishing on the

high seas by the Coast Guard;

(4) incident details on vessels observed to be engaged in

IUU fishing on the high seas, boarding refusals, and what

action was taken; and

(5) any other potential enforcement actions that could

decrease IUU fishing on the high seas.

SEC. 8. IMPROVED MANAGEMENT AT THE REGIONAL FISHERIES

MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS.

(a) Interagency Working Group on IUU Fishing.—Section

3551(c) of the Maritime SAFE Act (16 U.S.C. 8031(c)) is

amended—

(1) in paragraph (13), by striking “and” after the

semicolon;

(2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end

and inserting a semicolon; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

“(15) developing a strategy for leveraging enforcement

capacity against IUU fishing, particularly focusing on

nations identified under section 609(a) of the High Seas

Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C.

1826j(a)); and

“(16) developing a strategy for leveraging enforcement

capacity against associated abuses, such as fishing that

involves the use of forced labor and other illegal labor

practices, and increasing relevant enforcement, using as

resources—

“(A) the List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced

Labor produced pursuant to section 105 of the Trafficking

Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C.

7112);

“(B) the Trafficking in Persons Report required under

section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000

(22 U.S.C. 7107);

“(C) United States Customs and Border Protection's Forced

Labor Division and enforcement activities and regulations

authorized under section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19

U.S.C. 1307); and

“(D) reports submitted under the Uyghur Human Rights

Policy Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-145).”.

(b) Secretary of State Identification.—The Secretary of

State, in coordination with the Commandant of the Coast Guard

and the Administrator, shall—

(1) identify regional fisheries management organizations

that the United States is party to that do not have a high

seas boarding and inspection program; and

(2) identify obstacles, needed authorities, or existing

efforts to increase implementation of these programs, and

take action as appropriate.

SEC. 9. STRATEGIES TO OPTIMIZE DATA COLLECTION, SHARING, AND

ANALYSIS.

Section 3552 of the Maritime SAFE Act (16 U.S.C. 8032) is

amended by adding at the end:

“(c) Strategies to Optimize Data Collection, Sharing, and

Analysis.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment

of the Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025,

the Working Group shall identify information and resources to

prevent fish and fish products from IUU fishing and fishing

that involves the use of forced labor from negatively

affecting United States commerce without increasing burdens

on seafood not produced from IUU fishing. The report shall

include the following:

“(1) Identification of relevant data streams collected by

Working Group members.

“(2) Identification of legal, jurisdictional, or other

barriers to the sharing of such data.

“(3) In consultation with the Secretary of Defense,

recommendations for joint enforcement protocols,

collaboration, and information sharing between Federal

agencies and States.

“(4) Recommendations for sharing and developing forensic

resources between Federal agencies and States.

“(5) Recommendations for enhancing capacity to conduct

more effective field investigations and enforcement efforts

with U.S. state enforcement officials.

“(6) Recommendations for improving data collection and

automated risk-targeting of seafood.

“(7) Recommendations for the dissemination of IUU fishing

and fishing that involves the use of forced labor analysis

and information to those governmental and non-governmental

entities that could use it for action and awareness, with the

aim to establish an IUU fishing information sharing center.

“(8) Recommendations for an implementation strategy,

including measures for ensuring that seafood not linked to

IUU fishing and fishing that involves the use of forced labor

is not affected.

“(9) An analysis of the IUU fishing policies and

regulatory regimes of other countries in order to develop

policy and regulatory alternatives for United States

consideration.”.

SEC. 10. INVESTMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FISHERIES

SECTOR.

(a) In General.—The Secretary of State and the Secretary

of Commerce, in consultation with the heads of relevant

agencies, are encouraged to increase support to programs that

provide technical assistance, institutional capacity, and

investment to nations' fisheries sectors for sustainable

fisheries management and combating IUU fishing and fishing

involving the use of forced labor. The focus of such support

is encouraged to be on priority regions and priority flag

states identified under section 3552(b) of the Maritime SAFE

Act (16 U.S.C. 8032(b)).

(b) Analysis of US Capacity-building Expertise and

Resources.—In order to maximize efforts on preventing IUU

fishing at its sources, the Interagency Working Group on IUU

Fishing established under section 3551 of the Maritime SAFE

Act (16 U.S.C. 8031) shall analyze United States capacity-

building expertise and resources to provide support to

nations' fisheries sectors. This analysis may include an

assessment of potential avenues for in-country public-private

collaboration and multilateral collaboration on developing

local fisheries science, fisheries management, maritime

enforcement, and maritime judicial capabilities.

SEC. 11. STRATEGY TO IDENTIFY SEAFOOD AND SEAFOOD PRODUCTS

FROM FOREIGN VESSELS USING FORCED LABOR.

The Secretary, in coordination with the heads of other

relevant agencies, shall—

(1) develop a strategy for utilizing relevant United States

Government data to identify seafood harvested on foreign

vessels using forced labor; and

(2) publish information regarding the strategy developed

under paragraph (1) on a publicly accessible website.

SEC. 12. REPORTS.

(a) Impact of New Technology.—Not later than 1 year after

the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland

Security, with support from the Administrator and the Working

Group established under section 3551 of the Maritime SAFE Act

(16 U.S.C. 8031), shall conduct a study to assess the impact

of new technology (such as remote observing, the use of

drones, development of risk assessment tools and data-sharing

software, immediate containerization of fish on fishing

vessels, satellite Wi-Fi technology on fishing vessels, and

other technology-enhanced new fishing practices) on IUU

fishing and associated crimes (such as trafficking and

fishing involving the use of forced labor) and propose ways

to integrate these technologies into global fisheries

enforcement and management.

(b) Russian and Chinese Fishing Industries' Influence on

Each Other and on the United States Seafood and Fishing

Industry.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment

of this Act, the Secretary of State, with support from the

Secretary of Commerce, shall—

(1) conduct a study on the collaboration between the

Russian and Chinese fishing industries and on the role of

seafood reprocessing in China (including that of raw

materials originating in Russia) in global seafood markets

and its impact on United States interests; and

(2) complete a report on the study that includes classified

and unclassified portions, as the Secretary of State

determines necessary.

Economic Zone.—Section 3551 of the Maritime SAFE Act (16

U.S.C. 8031) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(d) The Impacts of IUU Fishing and Fishing Involving the

Use of Forced Labor.—

“(1) In general.—The Administrator, in consultation with

relevant members of the Working Group, shall seek to enter

into an arrangement with the National Academies of Sciences,

Engineering, and Medicine under which the National Academies

will undertake a multifaceted study that includes the

following:

“(A) An analysis that quantifies the occurrence and extent

of IUU fishing and fishing involving the use of forced labor

among all flag states.

“(B) An evaluation of the costs to the United States

economy of IUU fishing and fishing involving the use of

forced labor.

“(C) An assessment of the costs to the global economy of

IUU fishing and fishing involving the use of forced labor.

“(D) An assessment of the effectiveness of response

strategies to counter IUU fishing,

including both domestic programs and foreign capacity-

building and partnering programs.

“(2) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized

to be appropriated to carry out this subsection

$2,000,000.”.

(d) Report.—Not later than 24 months after the date of

enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to

Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection (d)

of section 3551 of the Maritime SAFE Act that includes—

(1) the findings of the National Academies; and

(2) recommendations on knowledge gaps that warrant further

scientific inquiry.

SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NATIONAL SEA

GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM.

Section 212(a) of the National Sea Grant College Program

Act (33 U.S.C. 1131(a)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “for fiscal year 2025”

and inserting “for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2031”;

and

(2) in paragraph (2)—

(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking “for fiscal

years 2021 through 2025”; and

(B) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking

“fiscal years 2021 through 2025” and inserting “fiscal

years 2026 through 2031”.

SEC. 14. EXCEPTION RELATED TO THE IMPORTATION OF GOODS.

(a) In General.—The authorities and requirements provided

in this Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall not

include any authority or requirement to impose sanctions on

the importation of goods or related to sanctions on the

importation of goods.

(b) Good Defined.—In this section, the term “good”—

(1) means any article, natural or man-made substance,

material, supply or manufactured product, including

inspection and test equipment; and

(2) excludes technical data.

SEC. 15. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the

authority under, or otherwise affect, a provision of law

that—

(1) is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and

(2) is not amended by this Act.

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