S. 688 · 119th Congress

Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025

Introduced on Feb 24, 2025 by Dan Sullivan (R-AK). 9 cosponsors, 4 of them from another party. Latest action (Mar 24, 2026): Held at the desk.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Feb 24, 2025
Cosponsors
9
4 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. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing at its sources globally.

Subjects

  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Advisory bodies
  • Congressional oversight
  • Data collection, sharing, protection
  • Department of Commerce
  • Free trade and trade barriers
  • Government information and archives
  • International organizations and cooperation
  • Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
  • Marine and inland water transportation
  • Navigation, waterways, harbors
  • Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
  • Sanctions
  • Seafood
  • Visas and passports
  • Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Dan SullivanR-AKSponsor

Democrats · 4

Republicans · 5

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. Feb 24, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 24, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  3. Apr 30, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
  4. Feb 3, 2026Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment. With written report No. 119-101.
  5. Feb 3, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment. With written report No. 119-101.
  6. Feb 3, 2026 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 313.
  7. Mar 22, 2026 · SenateMeasure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1496-1503)
  8. Mar 22, 2026 · SenateThe committee amendment withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
  9. Mar 22, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  10. Mar 22, 2026 · SenatePassed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S1500-1503)
  11. Mar 24, 2026 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  12. Mar 24, 2026 · HouseReceived in the House.
  13. Mar 24, 2026 · HouseHeld at the desk.

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. NEBRASKA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION6 reports
  2. World Wildlife Fund, Inc.5 reports
    $750K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: WORLD WILDLIFE FUND, INC.AI match · 100%
  3. Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance3 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  4. Southern Shrimp Alliance3 reports
    $135K reported (all issues)
  5. Aleutians East Borough2 reports
    $37.8K reported (all issues)
  6. California Wetfish Producers Association2 reports
    Federal contractor: CALIFORNIA WETFISH PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION$227.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. City of Unalaska2 reports
    $39.2K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CITY OF UNALASKA$1,517 in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  8. ELITE SKY INTERNATIONAL, INC.2 reports
  9. FLORIDA KEYS COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN'S ASSOCIATION2 reports
  10. International Labour Organization2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  11. KEYS FISHERIES MARKET & MARINA2 reports
  12. LUNDS FISHERIES2 reports
    $12K reported (all issues)
  13. OCEAN PEACE, LLC2 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  14. ORGANIZED FISHERMEN OF FLORIDA, INC.2 reports
  15. SEAFREEZE2 reports
  16. Southeastern Fisheries Association, Inc.2 reports
  17. VIKING VILLAGE DOCK2 reports
  18. WEST COAST SEAFOOD PROCESSORS ASSN2 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  19. Earthjustice Action1 report
    $107.8K reported (all issues)
  20. Marine Fish Conservation Network1 report
    $6,600 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.