Requires the Commerce Department's standards agency and NOAA to develop a chemical-analysis method, usable with a field kit, for identifying where seafood came from to help enforce laws against illegal fishing.

• Directs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and the NOAA Administrator to jointly develop a standard chemical-analysis method for identifying seafood's country of origin
• Requires the method to be quick, usable with a field kit that one person can carry, and, where practicable, usable on prepared raw dishes such as sushi and ceviche
• Requires pilot studies on red snapper and tuna
• Requires the Under Secretary to report to Congress within 2 years of enactment on the method, a plan to operationalize it, and any impractical aspects

• Science, Space, and Technology Committee (House)
• Natural Resources Committee (House)
• Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee

Public Lands and Natural Resources