Bills · 119th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance

Save Our Shrimpers Act

Where it stands

  1. Introduced3/11/25
  2. Passed HousePassed 5/12/26
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 391–18 on May 12, 2026 (Roll Call 156 →). Received in the Senate on May 13, 2026. 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 · 5/12/26Suspension 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
  • Democratic186 Yea · 17 Nay · 1 Present · 8 Not voting
  • Republican205 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Present · 11 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 1 Nay · 0 Present · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

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.

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Sponsor
Rep. Troy E. Nehls ( Republican · TX-22)
Cosponsors
20
Introduced
3/11/25
Policy area
Foreign Trade and International Finance

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 (16)
  1. 3/11/25Introduced in House
  2. 3/11/25Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  3. 3/4/26Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  4. 3/4/26Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 1.
  5. 3/25/26Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-571.
  6. 3/25/26Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 491.
  7. 5/12/26Mr. Hill (AR) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  8. 5/12/26Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3352-3353)
  9. 5/12/26DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2071.
  10. 5/12/26At 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.
  11. 5/12/26Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3375-3376)
  12. 5/12/26Passed/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): 391 - 18, 1 Present (Roll no. 156). (text: CR H3352)
  13. 5/12/26On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 391 - 18, 1 Present (Roll no. 156). (text: CR H3352)
  14. 5/12/26Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  15. 5/12/26The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
  16. 5/13/26Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.