H.R. 531 · 119th Congress

South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025

Introduced on Jan 16, 2025 by Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS). One cosponsor. Latest action (May 14, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Jan 16, 2025
Cosponsors
1
1 from the other party
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Progress

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  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 amend the South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Australia
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Fiji
  • Fishes
  • International law and treaties
  • Kiribati
  • Law enforcement administration and funding
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
  • Marshall Islands
  • Micronesia
  • Nauru
  • New Zealand
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Palau
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Samoa
  • Solomon Islands
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
  • User charges and fees
  • Vanuatu

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jan 16, 2025). Public domain.

South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025

This bill revises federal requirements for U.S. commercial fishing vessels operating in the South Pacific. The changes reflect amendments to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty that were agreed to at Nadi, Fiji, on December 3, 2016. The treaty details mutual obligations of the United States and 16 Pacific Island countries when U.S. fishing vessels operate in the region.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Aumua Amata Coleman RadewagenR-ASSponsor

Democrats · 1

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Jan 16, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jan 16, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jan 16, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  4. May 13, 2025 · HouseMr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  5. May 13, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1977-1979)
  6. May 13, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 531.
  7. May 13, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1977-1978)
  8. May 13, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1977-1978)
  9. May 13, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  10. May 14, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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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)
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  • 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.