Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-02-24
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025” Read the full text
Public Lands and Natural Resources
What it does
The bill directs the Secretary of Commerce to create and publish a public list of foreign fishing vessels, fleets, and owners involved in illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing. Listed vessels would be barred from US ports, largely blocked from US waters, and cut off from US services, and seafood they caught or carried would be barred from import and subject to seizure. The bill also lets the Treasury Secretary block property and deny visas to foreign persons involved in this fishing or in trafficking endangered fish species.
Written by AI from the complete official bill text and independently fact-checked against it. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2025-02-24
In the Senate.
Passed the Senate · 2026-03-22
House floor vote · next
Official documents
Full bill textread it on this site, version es (Engrossed in Senate), as published by GovInfo
officialCongressional Budget Office cost estimatewhat it would cost, by the nonpartisan CBO
officialThe on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-23. The same version at GovInfo.
The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
10
sponsors, out of 51 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
NEBRASKA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONvia NEBRASKA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
6 filingsALASKA BERING SEA CRABBERSvia CAPITOL HILL POLICY GROUP LLC
5 filingsWORLD WILDLIFE FUND, INC.via WORLD WILDLIFE FUND, INC.
5 filingsGULF OF MEXICO REEF FISH SHAREHOLDERS' ALLIANCEvia K&L GATES, LLP
3 filingsALEUTIANS EAST BOROUGHvia ROBERTSON, MONAGLE & EASTAUGH LLC
2 filingsCALIFORNIA WETFISH PRODUCERS ASSOCIATIONvia ROBERTSON, MONAGLE & EASTAUGH LLC
2 filingsCITY OF UNALASKAvia ROBERTSON, MONAGLE & EASTAUGH LLC
2 filingsELITE SKY INTERNATIONAL, INC.via ROBERTSON, MONAGLE & EASTAUGH LLC
2 filingsFrom 51 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Held at the desk. (2026-03-24).