S. 688
119th Congress
Senate
Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025
Official title: A bill to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing at its sources globally.
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Department of CommerceFree trade and trade barriersGovernment information and archivesInternational organizations and cooperationMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMarine and inland water transportationNavigation, waterways, harborsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsSanctionsSeafoodVisas and passportsWildlife conservation and habitat protection
Everywhere this bill has been
12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 2026
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mar 24, 2026
Received in the House.
Mar 24, 2026
Held at the desk.
Mar 22, 2026
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S1500-1503)
Mar 22, 2026
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 22, 2026
The committee amendment withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 22, 2026
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1496-1503)
Feb 3, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 313.
Feb 3, 2026
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment. With written report No. 119-101.
Apr 30, 2025
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Feb 24, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Feb 24, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Amendments to this bill
1
Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.
1 agreed to
| Amendment | Sponsor | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SAMDT 4,744 | Sullivan, Dan | Agreed to |
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Held at the desk.
Related & companion bills
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Lobbying activity
58
- HIGH STREET STRATEGIES LLC
- RADIUS ADVOCACY, LLC
- WORLD WILDLIFE FUND, INC.
- NEBRASKA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
- K&L GATES, LLP
- CAPITOL HILL POLICY GROUP LLC
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Interior, Dept of (DOI)
- U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- Defense, Dept of (DOD)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 688: Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-688/
"S. 688: Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-688/.
S. 688, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-688/.
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