S. 4262 · 118th Congress

FISHES Act

Introduced on May 2, 2024 by Rick Scott (R-FL). 3 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (May 2, 2024): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
May 2, 2024
Cosponsors
3
0 from the other party
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to approve or deny spend plans within a certain amount of time, and for other purposes.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Rick ScottR-FLSponsor

Republicans · 3

Roll calls

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History

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  1. May 2, 2024Introduced in Senate
  2. May 2, 2024 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. Alaska Groundfish Data Bank2 reports
    $15K reported (all issues)
  2. Aleutians East Borough2 reports
    $37.8K reported (all issues)
  3. California Wetfish Producers Association2 reports
    Federal contractor: CALIFORNIA WETFISH PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION$227.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  4. City of Unalaska2 reports
    $38K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CITY OF UNALASKA$1,517 in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. ELITE SKY INTERNATIONAL, INC.2 reports
  6. FLORIDA KEYS COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN'S ASSOCIATION2 reports
  7. KEYS FISHERIES MARKET & MARINA2 reports
  8. LUNDS FISHERIES2 reports
    $12K reported (all issues)
  9. OCEAN PEACE, LLC2 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  10. ORGANIZED FISHERMEN OF FLORIDA, INC.2 reports
  11. SEAFREEZE2 reports
  12. SOUTHERN OFFSHORE FISHING ASSOCIATION2 reports
  13. Southeastern Fisheries Association, Inc.2 reports
  14. VIKING VILLAGE DOCK2 reports
  15. WEST COAST SEAFOOD PROCESSORS ASSN2 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.