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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 2071

Introduced

Save Our Shrimpers Act

Sponsor
RTroy E. Nehls· Texas
Introduced
March 11, 2025
Policy area
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Latest action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.May 13, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2071 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 2071

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 13, 2026

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

_______________________________________________________________________

AN ACT

To require the United States Executive Directors at the international 
financial institutions to oppose certain projects involving shrimp 
production.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Save Our Shrimpers Act''.

SEC. 2. VOICE AND VOTE REQUIREMENT.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States Executive Director at each international financial 
institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the International 
Financial Institutions Act) to use the voice and vote of the United 
States to oppose any financial assistance by such institution for any 
project to support shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or the export of 
shrimp in a borrowing country.
(b) Waiver Authority.--The Secretary of the Treasury may waive 
subsection (a) with respect to a project upon notifying the Congress 
that the waiver is in the national interest of the United States.
(c) Expiration.--Subsection (a) shall have no force or effect after 
the end of the 7-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act.

Passed the House of Representatives May 12, 2026.

Attest:

KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

Clerk.

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