HR 2071
Passed a chamber
Requires the Treasury Secretary to instruct U.S. representatives at international financial institutions to vote against loans and other financial aid for shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or shrimp exports in borrowing countries.
Official title: Save Our Shrimpers Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
11-MAR-2025
Referred
11-MAR-2025
Approved by committee
04-MAR-2026
Reported
25-MAR-2026
On the calendar
25-MAR-2026
Passed
12-MAY-2026
Senate
Received
13-MAY-2026
- Directs the Treasury Secretary to instruct each U.S. Executive Director at international financial institutions to use the U.S. voice and vote to oppose financial assistance for shrimp farming, processing, or export projects in borrowing countries
- Allows the Treasury Secretary to waive this requirement for a specific project by notifying Congress that the waiver is in the national interest
- Expires seven years after the date of enactment
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (11-MAR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 12-MAY-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Financial Services Committee (House)
- Foreign Relations Committee (Senate)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
■ 17 R■ 3 D
17 Republicans
3 Democrats