; (2) requires customs inspections for shipments at ports of entry; (3) prohibits the importation of goods made by forced labor; and (4) requires efforts to seek the elimination of forced labor; Whereas similar provisions related to IUU fishing have not been enshrined in other free trade agreements in North America; Whereas, at the 12th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in June 2022, member states reached a multilateral agreement to prohibit certain harmful subsidies for fishing activities that threaten the sustainable use and conservation of marine resources, including subsidies to vessels engaged in IUU fishing; Whereas, the Maritime SAFE Act (subtitle C of title XXXV of Public Law 116–92 ) established an interagency working group to develop a 5-year strategic plan to counter IUU fishing, which was released in October 2022, and has identified— (1) Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, and Peru as Tier I priority regions at risk for IUU fishing; and (2) the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean as Tier II priority regions at risk for IUU fishing; and Whereas the United States Government has undertaken several initiatives to counter IUU fishing in Latin America and the Caribbean, including— (1) conducting joint cooperation exercises in January 2021 involving the United States Southern Command, the United States Coast Guard, and partners in Brazil, Guyana, Portugal, and Uruguay; (2) certifying countries based on their actions to curb the flow of IUU fishing through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including issuing a negative certification in August 2021 for Mexico and a positive certification for Ecuador; (3) issuing National Security Memorandum 11 on June 27, 2022, which directs Federal executive departments and agencies to coordinate with each other, foreign governments, multilateral organizations, and other public and private stakeholders to combat labor abuses and other crimes associated with IUU fishing