H.R. 1917 · 119th Congress

Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025

Introduced on Mar 6, 2025 by Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6). 6 cosponsors, 4 of them from another party. Latest action (Jul 23, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Mar 6, 2025
Cosponsors
6
4 from the other party
Policy area
Environmental Protection
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

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

Official title

To establish the Great Lakes Mass Marking Program, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Aquatic ecology
  • Fishes
  • Government information and archives
  • Great Lakes
  • Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
  • Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Mar 6, 2025). Public domain.

Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025

This bill provides statutory authority for a program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for the mass marking of hatchery-produced fish in the Great Lakes basin. Mass marking is the practice of tagging large numbers of hatchery-produced fish in order to distinguish them from the wild fish population. The FWS initiated the program in 2010 on a limited scale. Under the existing program, the FWS (1) tags hatchery-produced fish stocked in the Great Lakes, and (2) produces data used by state and tribal fish management agencies to make management decisions regarding Great Lakes fisheries.

This bill allows the FWS, in carrying out the program, to (1) purchase items to support and carry out tagging and tag recovery operations on a greater scale, and (2) hire additional personnel.

The FWS must make the data collected under the program available to applicable federal, state, and tribal fish management agencies to

  • increase the understanding of the outcomes of management action;
  • assist in meeting the restoration objectives of the Great Lakes;
  • assist in balancing predators and prey;
  • support and improve the economic status of tribal, recreational, and commercial fisheries; and
  • assist in evaluating the effectiveness of habitat restoration efforts in the Great Lakes.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Debbie DingellD-MI-6Sponsor

Democrats · 2

Republicans · 4

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

  1. On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
    Jul 22, 2025· House· Passage· Passed 360–57

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Mar 6, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Mar 6, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Mar 6, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  4. Mar 18, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
  5. Mar 25, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held
  6. Jun 25, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
  7. Jun 25, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. Jun 25, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  9. Jul 21, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-210.
  10. Jul 21, 2025 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-210.
  11. Jul 21, 2025 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 171.
  12. Jul 22, 2025 · HouseMr. Tiffany moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  13. Jul 22, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3543-3544)
  14. Jul 22, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1917.
  15. Jul 22, 2025 · HouseAt 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.
  16. Jul 22, 2025 · HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3545)
  17. Jul 22, 2025Passed/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): 360 - 57 (Roll no. 216). (text: CR H3543)House · Roll call 216
  18. Jul 22, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 360 - 57 (Roll no. 216). (text: CR H3543)House · Roll call 216
  19. Jul 22, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  20. Jul 23, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. The Nature Conservancy3 reports
    $2.8M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE NATURE CONSERVANCYAI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • 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 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 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 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 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.