HR6150-119

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— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (A), by inserting economic cause, after discrete anthropogenic cause,; by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (G) as subparagraphs (F) through (I), respectively; by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following: The term economic cause means any activity carried out by a foreign person that the Secretary determines— distorts the market for a fishery resource; disrupts the sustainable harvest of a fishery resource; or hinders the operational or economic viability of a fishery resource. 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 by inserting after subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, the following: The term foreign person means— an individual who is not a citizen or national of the United States; a government of a foreign country and any unit of such government; 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))); 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 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). in paragraph (3)(B)(v)— in subclause (III), by striking and at the end; in subclause (IV), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and by inserting after subclause (IV) the following: 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— illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing, including the use of forced or child labor; predatory pricing; and the provision of subsidies that— have an adverse effect on the price in the United States or export markets of seafood produced by the applicable fishery; or otherwise cause a distortion of such markets. in paragraph (4)(B)(i)(II)— in item (ii), by striking and at the end; in item (jj), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: prices in the United States or export markets of seafood produced in the fishery; and 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. in paragraph (5)(A)— in clause (iii)— by striking a combination and inserting any combination; and by striking and an anthropogenic cause and inserting , anthropogenic cause, or economic cause; by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and by inserting after clause (ii) the following: an economic cause; (C)Economic causeThe 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)Foreign personThe 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).; (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.; (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 (iii)an economic cause;.