Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025
Latest action · Mar 24, 2026 Held at the desk.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2025
- Passed SenateMar 22, 2026
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 24, 2025 to Dec 1, 2025; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Apr 30, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | May 7, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | May 7, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jun 12, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Jul 8, 2025 | |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Dec 1, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Feb 24, 2025Markup Apr 30, 2025Reported Feb 3, 2026 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 24, 2026Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Mar 24, 2026Received in the House.
- Mar 24, 2026Held at the desk.
- Mar 22, 2026Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1496-1503)
- Mar 22, 2026The committee amendment withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
- Mar 22, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S1500-1503)
- Feb 3, 2026Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment. With written report No. 119-101.
- Feb 3, 2026Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 313.
- Apr 30, 2025Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- Feb 24, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Feb 24, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1496–S1503Text printed S1496–S1503Amendments S1518 | Dan Sullivan R-AK (amendment), Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI | Mar 22, 2026 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 15, 2025S. 688, FISH Act of 2025As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 30, 2025
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 119-152 | FINDING NEMO'S FUTURE: CONFLICTS OVER OCEAN RESOURCES75 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Jun 12, 2025 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48469 | The Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) | Report | Apr 21, 2026 |
| R48215 | Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing: Frequently Asked Questions | Report | Dec 23, 2025 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 4744 | In the nature of a substitute. | Dan Sullivan R-AK | Amendment SA 4744 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3756 | FISH Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Apr 21, 2026 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing at its sources globally.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- FISH Act of 2025
- Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- FISH Act of 2025
- Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Advisory bodies
- Congressional oversight
- Data collection, sharing, protection
- Department of Commerce
- Free trade and trade barriers
- Government information and archives
- International organizations and cooperation
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Sanctions
- Seafood
- Visas and passports
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2026Engrossed in Senate
- Feb 3, 2026Reported to Senate
- Feb 24, 2025Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
