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Save Our Shrimpers Act

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The Save Our Shrimpers Act aims to prohibit the use of federal funds for financing foreign shrimp farms through international financial institutions. It includes a requirement for annual GAO reports to ensure compliance with this prohibition. The bill is focused on protecting domestic shrimp industries by limiting international competition funded by U.S. resources.

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Cosponsors
20 current · 20 total
Actions
18
Roll calls
1
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Recorded vote · House roll call 156 · 2026-05-12
391 Yea · 18 Nay · 1 Present · 19 Not voting — Passed
R
2050 (Yea–Nay)
D
18617 (Yea–Nay)
I
01 (Yea–Nay)
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Actions (18)
DateTimeAction
2025-03-11Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
2025-03-11Introduced in House
2025-03-11Introduced in House
2026-03-04Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 1.
2026-03-04Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2026-03-25Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 491.
2026-03-25Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-571.
2026-03-25Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-571.
2026-05-1215:07:04Mr. Hill (AR) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2026-05-1215:07:06Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3352-3353)
2026-05-1215:07:07DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2071.
2026-05-1215:15:19At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
2026-05-1218:31:30Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3375-3376)
2026-05-1219:05:49On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 391 - 18, 1 Present (Roll no. 156). (text: CR H3352)
2026-05-1219:05:49Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 391 - 18, 1 Present (Roll no. 156). (text: CR H3352)
2026-05-1219:05:50Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2026-05-1219:05:51The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
2026-05-13Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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2026-05-13
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