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Bill · 119th Congress · S 5479

No Chinese Seafood in Congress Act

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Introduced 2026-09-23Topic: governance ethics

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This bill would ban seafood products tied to China from being bought for, served in, or sold in dining facilities in the U.S. Capitol Buildings and on the Capitol Grounds. Covered products include seafood fished, raised, produced, or processed in whole or in part in China, and seafood harvested or processed by vessels owned or operated by Chinese nationals or entities, or registered or flagged in China. For this bill, China includes Hong Kong and Macau but not Taiwan. Within 180 days after the bill becomes law, the House and Senate committees that oversee administration, the Architect of the Capitol, the Library of Congress, and any other entity overseeing these dining facilities would have to issue rules to carry out the ban.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-09-23SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.refer
2026-09-23Introduced in Senateintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-10-07. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.