H.R. 10176

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10176 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10176
     To prohibit Chinese seafood products in congressional dining
                  facilities, and for other purposes.
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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                            August 27, 2026
   Mr. Smith of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was
           referred to the Committee on House Administration
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                                 A BILL
     To prohibit Chinese seafood products in congressional dining
                  facilities, 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 ``No PRC Seafood in Congress Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Forced labor is pervasive in fishing, seafood
        harvesting, aquaculture, and seafood processing supply chains
        in the People's Republic of China.
            (2) The lack of reliable supply-chain transparency and
        traceability makes it impracticable to verify that seafood
        products from the People's Republic of China are free from
        forced labor.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF CHINESE SEAFOOD PRODUCTS IN CONGRESSIONAL DINING
              FACILITIES.
    (a) In General.--No Chinese seafood product may be procured,
served, or sold in a congressional dining facility.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, each covered entity shall prescribe regulations
to carry out this section with respect to a congressional dining
facility under the jurisdiction, authority, supervision, or oversight
of the covered entity.
    (c) Country Certifications.--The regulations under subsection (b)
shall require that any person who supplies a seafood product for a
congressional dining facility to--
            (1) certify each and every country in which the seafood
        contained in such product was fished, harvested, raised,
        produced, or processed; and
            (2) retain records sufficient to substantiate the
        certifications under paragraph (1).
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Chinese seafood product.--The term ``Chinese seafood
        product'' means seafood product intended for human consumption
        that--
                    (A) is fished, harvested, raised, produced, or
                processed, in whole or in part, in the People's
                Republic of China; or
                    (B) is harvested or produced by a vessel--
                            (i) owned or operated by a national of, or
                        an entity organized under the laws of, the
                        People's Republic of China; or
                            (ii) registered under the laws of the
                        People's Republic of China.
            (2) Congressional dining facility.--The term
        ``congressional dining facility'' means any cafeteria,
        restaurant, eatery, other dining establishment, or food service
        facility located in any of the Capitol Buildings, as defined in
        section 5101 of title 40, United States Code, or on the United
        States Capitol Grounds, as described in section 5102 of such
        title.
            (3) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity'' means the
        following:
                    (A) The Committee on House Administration of the
                House of Representatives.
                    (B) The Committee on Rules and Administration of
                the Senate.
                    (C) The Architect of the Capitol.
                    (D) Any other entity with jurisdiction, authority,
                supervision, or oversight with respect to a
                congressional dining facility.
            (4) People's republic of china.--The term ``People's
        Republic of China'' includes the Hong Kong Special
        Administrative Region and the Macau Special Administrative
        Region and does not include Taiwan.
            (5) Seafood product.--The term ``seafood product'' includes
        the following:
                    (A) Fish, shellfish, processed fish, shellfish
                products, and all other forms of marine or aquatic
                animal life.
                    (B) Any food for human consumption with respect to
                which a fish, shellfish, or other form of marine or
                aquatic animal life is a characterizing ingredient.
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