Prohibit Chinese seafood products from being procured, served, or sold in congressional dining facilities and require seafood suppliers to certify and retain records on country-of-origin and processing history.

Christopher H. Smith · New Jersey · Republican

policy impact 0.42 specificity 0.93 extraction confidence 90%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Occurrences

No Chinese seafood product may be procured, served, or sold in a congressional dining facility.

Smith introduced H.R. 10176, the No PRC Seafood in Congress Act, to bar Chinese seafood products from congressional dining facilities and require supplier country certifications and records.

H.R. 10176 Introduced in House - No PRC Seafood in Congress Act
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Evidence

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Introduced text says Smith introduced H.R. 10176 and it was referred to House Administration. The bill would bar Chinese seafood in congressional dining facilities and require supplier country certifications plus substantiating records.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Smith took concrete legislative action matching the commitment, but the record is only an introduced House bill referred to committee, so the prohibition was not yet enacted or implemented as of 2026-09-03.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10176 Introduced in House - No PRC Seafood in Congress Act
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Smith's House site reposted reporting that he introduced the No PRC Seafood in Congress Act; the article frames the ban as conditional on the bill passing.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A lookback-window source confirms no final delivery had occurred by September 1, 2026: the measure had been introduced and would prohibit the targeted seafood only if enacted.

unresolved same_term A for effort

SeafoodSource article on new Smith bill 'US lawmaker moves to ban Chinese seafood from Congress' dining halls'
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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

Smith sponsored and introduced H.R. 10176, the No PRC Seafood in Congress Act, on August 27, 2026, and the bill text closely matches the promise by banning Chinese seafood in congressional dining facilities and requiring country-of-origin and processing-history supplier certifications and records. As of September 3, 2026, the bill remained referred to the House Committee on House Administration with no evidence of passage, enactment, or implementation, so the promised outcome is not yet delivered but remains pending during the same federal term.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%