HR3831Passed House
Florida Safe Seas Act of 2025
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both5
Signed into LawFailed — Did not pass vote
119th
Congress
2025-06-06
Introduced
5
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Daniel Webster
Republican · FL · Representative
Votes with party: 97.6% (541 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/W000806
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Cosponsors (5)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →
Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesReported By · 2026-05-20
Previously
- Natural Resources CommitteeMarkup By · 2026-03-05
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesMarkup By · 2026-03-05
- Natural Resources CommitteeReferred To · 2025-06-06
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2025-06-06
Plain-English Summary
Florida Safe Seas Act of 2025 This bill prohibits shark feeding in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) seaward of Florida for any purpose other than to harvest sharks, subject to limited exceptions. (Florida state waters generally extend 3 miles from the shore in the Atlantic Ocean and 9 miles from the shore in the Gulf of America. The EEZ is seaward of and adjacent to state waters and generally extends to 200 miles from the U.S. coastline.) Specifically, the bill makes it unlawful to introduce, or attempt to introduce, food or any other substance into these waters to attract sharks for any purpose other than to harvest sharks. Exceptions allow shark feeding (1) for research programs funded by federal appropriations, or (2) to the extent that the feeding presents no public health hazard or safety risk (as determined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or under state law).
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Full Bill Text
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3831 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3831 To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to prohibit feeding sharks in the exclusive economic zone off the State of Florida. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 6, 2025 Mr. Webster of Florida (for himself and Mr. Soto) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to prohibit feeding sharks in the exclusive economic zone off the State of Florida. 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 ``Florida Safe Seas Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEEDING SHARKS IN EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF STATE OF FLORIDA. Section 317 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1866) is amended-- (1) by striking ``the State'' and inserting ``the States''; and (2) by inserting ``and Florida'' after ``Hawaii''. <all>
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