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Bill · 119th Congress · S 688
Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025
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Introduced 2025-02-24Topic: environment · agriculture food · immigrationSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill requires the Secretary of Commerce, through NOAA, to create and publish a public list of foreign vessels, fleets, and their owners found to be engaged in illegal, unreported, or unregulated (IUU) fishing. Owners must be notified and given 90 days to respond before a vessel is listed, and they may request a hearing or apply for removal. Foreign owners of listed vessels would be barred from entering the United States and their visas revoked, with some exceptions and a presidential waiver. The bill also directs the Coast Guard to increase observation of suspected vessels, requires several studies and reports, authorizes $10 million per year for the list from 2025 through 2030, and extends funding authority for the National Sea Grant College Program through 2031.
Sponsors
- Dan Sullivan Republican sponsor
- 8 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | House | Held at the desk. | |
| 2026-03-24 | House | Received in the House. | |
| 2026-03-24 | Senate | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | |
| 2026-03-22 | Senate | Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S1500-1503) | |
| 2026-03-22 | Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. | floor pass | |
| 2026-03-22 | Senate | The committee amendment withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. | |
| 2026-03-22 | Senate | Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1496-1503) | |
| 2026-02-03 | Senate | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 313. | |
| 2026-02-03 | Senate | Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment. With written report No. 119-101. | refer |
| 2026-02-03 | Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment. With written report No. 119-101. | report | |
| 2025-04-30 | Senate | Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. | refer |
| 2025-02-24 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | refer |
| 2025-02-24 | Introduced in Senate | introduce |