S. 2878 · 119th Congress

Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act

Introduced on Sep 18, 2025 by Gary C. Peters (D-MI). One cosponsor. Became Public Law 119-67.

Stage
Became law
Public Law 119-67
Introduced
Sep 18, 2025
Cosponsors
1
1 from the other party
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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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. Passed both chambers
  5. Sent to the President
  6. Became law

Official title

A bill to reauthorize funding to monitor, assess, and research the Great Lakes Basin, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Ecology
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Great Lakes
  • Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Public Law, Dec 26, 2025). Public domain.

Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act

This act reauthorizes through FY2030 research and monitoring conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in support of binational fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin. This research is completed through the Great Lakes Science Center and may involve invasive species science, studies on fishery resources, and the use of biological assessment tools and other capabilities to support fishery management decisions.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Gary C. PetersD-MISponsor

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

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

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

History

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

  1. Sep 18, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 18, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  3. Oct 29, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. Oct 29, 2025Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report.
  5. Oct 29, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report.
  6. Oct 29, 2025 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 229.
  7. Nov 19, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  8. Nov 19, 2025 · SenatePassed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8248; text: CR S8248)
  9. Nov 20, 2025 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  10. Nov 20, 2025 · HouseReceived in the House.
  11. Nov 20, 2025 · HouseHeld at the desk.
  12. Dec 15, 2025 · HouseMr. Stauber moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  13. Dec 15, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5878-5879)
  14. Dec 15, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2878.
  15. Dec 15, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5878)
  16. Dec 15, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5878)
  17. Dec 15, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  18. Dec 18, 2025Presented to President.
  19. Dec 18, 2025 · HousePresented to President.
  20. Dec 26, 2025Signed by President.
  21. Dec 26, 2025Signed by President.
  22. Dec 26, 2025Became Public Law No: 119-67.
  23. Dec 26, 2025Became Public Law No: 119-67.

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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 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.