South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025 passed the House 117 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
IntroducedJan 16, 2025
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Passed one chamberMay 13, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 65 words.
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.
Context
- Committees
- House Natural Resources Committee
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee - Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources: 136 of 3,779 bills became law, 113th–118th (3.6%)
- Sponsor
- 4 of 42 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 3, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 2,270 words
- Subjects
- AustraliaCivil actions and liabilityFijiFishesInternational law and treatiesKiribati +16 more
- Latest action
- May 14, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Shared text, or included in a law · 1
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Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]