Report on international shrimp trade

(a) Report required Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that examines policy options available to the Secretary of Agriculture to boost the competitiveness of domestic shrimp in global and domestic markets. (b) Contents The report required by subsection (a) shall— (1) include an analysis of— (A) the Secretary’s authority with regard to shrimp and other seafood products; (B) domestic shrimp and other seafood producers’ access to financial support programs; and (C) ways to facilitate interagency coordination under existing authorities around common goals for shrimp and other seafood commodities with respect to tariffs, market access policies, and other nontariff barriers; and (2) identify trade or other legal barriers to United States shrimp and seafood production that are vulnerable to dispute settlement through the World Trade Organization or otherwise under bilateral or multilateral trade agreements. (c) Appropriate congressional committees In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; and (2) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.

(a) Report required Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that examines policy options available to the Secretary of Agriculture to boost the competitiveness of domestic shrimp in global and domestic markets. (b) Contents The report required by subsection (a) shall— (1) include an analysis of— (A) the Secretary’s authority with regard to shrimp and other seafood products; (B) domestic shrimp and other seafood producers’ access to financial support programs; and (C) ways to facilitate interagency coordination under existing authorities around common goals for shrimp and other seafood commodities with respect to tariffs, market access policies, and other nontariff barriers; and (2) identify trade or other legal barriers to United States shrimp and seafood production that are vulnerable to dispute settlement through the World Trade Organization or otherwise under bilateral or multilateral trade agreements. (c) Appropriate congressional committees In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and (2) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.