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South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025

Introduced: January 16, 2025 Introduced by: Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman Republican · American Samoa See on congress.gov
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May 14, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 13, 2025
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 13, 2025
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1977-1978)
May 13, 2025
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 13, 2025
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1977-1978)
May 13, 2025
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 531.
May 13, 2025
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1977-1979)
Jan 16, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 16, 2025
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025

This bill revises federal requirements for U.S. commercial fishing vessels operating in the South Pacific. The changes reflect amendments to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty that were agreed to at Nadi, Fiji, on December 3, 2016. The treaty details mutual obligations of the United States and 16 Pacific Island countries when U.S. fishing vessels operate in the region. 

What's happening now May 14, 2025

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Jan 16, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 531: South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-531/
MLA
"H.R. 531: South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-531/.
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H.R. 531, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-531/.
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[H.R. 531: South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-531/)
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