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S2878Enacted into Law

Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
Passed Both
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-09-18
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
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Type

Sponsor

Gary C. Peters
Gary C. Peters
Democrat · MI · Senator
Votes with party: 81.5% (840 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/P000595

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (1)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

1 cosponsor on record at Congress.gov. The named list is syncing into Govwatch and will appear here shortly — view on Congress.gov in the meantime.

Latest Action

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Became Public Law No: 119-67.

2025-12-26

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksReported By · 2025-10-29

Previously

  • Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksMarkup By · 2025-10-29
  • Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksReferred To · 2025-09-18

Plain-English Summary

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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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