HR2071Passed House

Save Our Shrimpers Act

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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2025-03-11
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Troy E. Nehls
Troy E. Nehls
Republican · TX · Representative
Votes with party: 96.4% (562 recorded votes)

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

2026-05-13

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Plain-English Summary

Save Our Shrimpers Act This bill prohibits federal funds from being made available to international financial institutions (e.g., the International Monetary Fund) for financing activities related to foreign shrimp farms. The bill also requires an annual report on compliance by U.S. leadership of international financial institutions with policies to oppose financing for certain commodities or minerals. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of the Treasury to condition any provision of federal funds to an international financial institution on the requirement that the funds not be used to finance any activity related to shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or the export of shrimp in any foreign country. Under current law, Treasury must instruct U.S. leadership of international financial institutions to oppose providing financial assistance for the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral for export if (1) the commodity or mineral is in surplus on world markets, and (2) the export of such commodity or mineral will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers of a competing commodity or mineral (or of the same or a similar commodity or mineral). This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to investigate and annually report to Congress on the extent to which U.S. leadership at these institutions have carried out Treasury's instructions.

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Foreign Trade and International Finance

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2071 Engrossed in House (EH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2071 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To require the United States Executive Directors at the international financial institutions to oppose certain projects involving shrimp production. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Save Our Shrimpers Act''. SEC. 2. VOICE AND VOTE REQUIREMENT. (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director at each international financial institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the International Financial Institutions Act) to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any financial assistance by such institution for any project to support shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or the export of shrimp in a borrowing country. (b) Waiver Authority.--The Secretary of the Treasury may waive subsection (a) with respect to a project upon notifying the Congress that the waiver is in the national interest of the United States. (c) Expiration.--Subsection (a) shall have no force or effect after the end of the 7-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. Passed the House of Representatives May 12, 2026. Attest: Clerk. 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2071 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To require the United States Executive Directors at the international financial institutions to oppose certain projects involving shrimp production.
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