To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of imported seafood.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of imported seafood., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms. The main policy domain is Trade, Government Operations, Healthcare.
Who Benefits and How
importers, exporters, and commercial firms may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, importers, exporters, and commercial firms may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H274B64147A7046AABCF2AF34C54EEB55: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Imported Seafood Quality Enforcement Act.
- Section H842617AFE7B84ECF8D67581D9B14C58D: 2. Ensuring the safety of imported seafood Chapter VIII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the...
- Section HB019BDD2CF8941E1874635CA4116E8A0: 810. Safety of imported seafood No seafood may be imported into the United States from a foreign country unless the Secretary certifies that the seafood...
- Section H8E2FCF349D8A4104B88194D3289C5F6E: 3. Cooperation with States to conduct inspections Chapter VIII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381 et seq.), as amended by section 2, is...
- Section H0584697C4FFD4DB9BC108A22A940E2D8: 810A. Cooperation with States to conduct seafood inspections The Secretary may establish a program under which a State may conduct inspection, testing, and...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of imported seafood., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.
Key Policy Areas
Trade, Government Operations, Healthcare
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of imported seafood., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- importers, exporters, and commercial firms
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- importers, exporters, and commercial firms
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Higgins of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
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