; and (C) deliver supplies to fishing boats, which allows fishing vessels to remain at sea for extended periods without coming into port. 3. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The National Security Strategy calls for a whole-of-government approach, including diplomacy, development, defense, and intelligence capabilities, to counter overseas threats to the United States homeland and United States interests. (2) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence identified IUU fishing as a threat to the national security of the United States and a challenge to peace and stability in regions of importance to the United States in its report titled, Global Implications of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing . (3) Executive Order 13773 (82 Fed. Reg. 10691), issued on February 9, 2017, calls for a comprehensive approach by the Federal Government to combat crime syndicates, including transnational organized illegal activities that may be associated with IUU fishing. (4) It is estimated that IUU fishing is valued at tens of billions of dollars annually in unlawful or undocumented revenue and may sometimes be linked to transnational organized illegal activities, including weapons, drug, and human trafficking. (5) Networks supporting illegal fishing may also be involved in other transnational organized illegal activities, involving issues such as human rights abuses, forced labor, tax evasion, and weapons and drug trafficking. (6) Competition over seafood resources can be a driver of heightened tensions, conflict, and geostrategic instability in regions of importance to the United States. (7) Participants in the fishing industry that are engaged in IUU fishing have been implicated in the smuggling and sale of weapons in regions that are critical to the security interests of the United States, including in the Gulf of Aden and the Mediterranean Sea. (8) Some legitimately flagged fishing vessels and stateless fishing vessels that engage in IUU fishing have also been implicated in claims of