Bills · 119th Congress · Environmental Protection

Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025

Where it stands

  1. Introduced3/6/25
  2. Passed HousePassed 7/22/25
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 360–57 on July 22, 2025 (Roll Call 216 →). Received in the Senate on July 23, 2025. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 7/22/25Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic207 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Not voting
  • Republican153 Yea · 57 Nay · 8 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025

This bill provides statutory authority for a program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for the mass marking of hatchery-produced fish in the Great Lakes basin. Mass marking is the practice of tagging large numbers of hatchery-produced fish in order to distinguish them from the wild fish population. The FWS initiated the program in 2010 on a limited scale. Under the existing program, the FWS (1) tags hatchery-produced fish stocked in the Great Lakes, and (2) produces data used by state and tribal fish management agencies to make management decisions regarding Great Lakes fisheries.

This bill allows the FWS, in carrying out the program, to (1) purchase items to support and carry out tagging and tag recovery operations on a greater scale, and (2) hire additional personnel.

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Sponsor
Rep. Debbie Dingell ( Democrat · MI-6)
Cosponsors
6
Introduced
3/6/25
Policy area
Environmental Protection

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.

All actions (18)
  1. 3/6/25Introduced in House
  2. 3/6/25Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  3. 3/18/25Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
  4. 3/25/25Subcommittee Hearings Held
  5. 6/25/25Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
  6. 6/25/25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  7. 6/25/25Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  8. 7/21/25Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-210.
  9. 7/21/25Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 171.
  10. 7/22/25Mr. Tiffany moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  11. 7/22/25Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3543-3544)
  12. 7/22/25DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1917.
  13. 7/22/25At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  14. 7/22/25Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3545)
  15. 7/22/25Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 360 - 57 (Roll no. 216). (text: CR H3543)
  16. 7/22/25On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 360 - 57 (Roll no. 216). (text: CR H3543)
  17. 7/22/25Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  18. 7/23/25Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.