H.R. 5699 · 119th Congress

Fisheries Data Modernization and Accuracy Act of 2025

Introduced on Oct 6, 2025 by John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5). 13 cosponsors, 4 of them from another party. Latest action (Nov 19, 2025): Subcommittee Hearings Held

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Oct 6, 2025
Cosponsors
13
4 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

To require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to reform the Marine Recreational Information Program of the National Marine Fisheries Service, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Advisory bodies
  • Congressional oversight
  • Data collection, sharing, protection
  • Fishes
  • Government information and archives
  • Hunting and fishing
  • Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
  • Outdoor recreation
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Research administration and funding
  • State and local government operations

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.

John H. RutherfordR-FL-5Sponsor

Democrats · 4

Republicans · 9

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Oct 6, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Oct 6, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Oct 6, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  4. Nov 12, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
  5. Nov 19, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held

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. Ocean Conservancy3 reports
    $605K reported (all issues)
  2. AMERICAN SPORTFISHING ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  3. California Wetfish Producers Association1 report
    Federal contractor: CALIFORNIA WETFISH PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION$227.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  4. ELITE SKY INTERNATIONAL, INC.1 report
  5. FLORIDA KEYS COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN'S ASSOCIATION1 report
  6. KEYS FISHERIES MARKET & MARINA1 report
  7. LUNDS FISHERIES1 report
    $6,000 reported (all issues)
  8. ORGANIZED FISHERMEN OF FLORIDA, INC.1 report
  9. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission1 report
    $13.2K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PACIFIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$8.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  10. SEAFREEZE1 report
  11. Southeastern Fisheries Association, Inc.1 report
  12. VIKING VILLAGE DOCK1 report
  13. WEST COAST SEAFOOD PROCESSORS ASSN1 report
    $15K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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.