H.R. 531 · 119th Congress
South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025
Status: Passed House
- Introduced (done)
- Committee (done)
- Passed House (current)
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Law
Latest action
: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Summary
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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
Actions
- Senate
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- House
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- House
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1977-1978)
- House
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 531.
- House
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1977-1979)
- House
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House