S. 4805 119th Congress Senate

Save Our Shrimpers Act

Official title: A bill to require the United States Executive Directors at the international financial institutions to oppose certain projects involving shrimp production.

Introduced: June 17, 2026 Introduced by: Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov

Foreign Trade and International Finance

Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps

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To President

Became law

Jun 17, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Jun 17, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Save Our Shrimpers Act

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to instruct U.S. leadership of international financial institutions (e.g., the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank) to oppose providing financial assistance for any project to support shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or the export of shrimp in a borrowing country.

Treasury may waive this requirement with respect to a project upon notifying Congress that the waiver is in the national interest of the United States.

The requirement expires seven years after the enactment of this bill.

Related & companion bills 2

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Foreign Relations Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 2

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

PICARD KENTZ & ROWE LLP
for SOUTHERN SHRIMP ALLIANCE · Florida · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
PICARD KENTZ & ROWE LLP
for SOUTHERN SHRIMP ALLIANCE · Florida · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

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Cosponsors 5

Scott, Rick

Florida · Jun 24, 2026

Wicker, Roger F.

Mississippi · Jun 24, 2026

Cassidy, Bill

Louisiana · Jun 18, 2026

Britt, Katie Boyd

Alabama · Jun 17, 2026

Kennedy, John

Louisiana · Jun 17, 2026

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4805: Save Our Shrimpers Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4805/

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