HR 6338
Passed a chamber
Requires the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons, vessels, and companies that knowingly engage in illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, including asset blocking and visa bans.
Official title: Stop Illegal Fishing Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
01-DEC-2025
Referred
01-DEC-2025
Approved by committee
03-DEC-2025
Passed
08-JUN-2026
Senate
Received
09-JUN-2026
- Requires sanctions on foreign persons who own, crew, or manage vessels engaged in illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and on the vessels themselves
- Allows asset blocking under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and requires revocation of visas held by sanctioned individuals
- Exempts humanitarian assistance, food and medicine sales, intelligence activities, and provisions needed for crew safety
- Requires a report to Congress within 180 days of enactment and annually for five years, and allows a national security waiver certified 15 days in advance
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (01-DEC-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 08-JUN-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Judiciary Committee (House)
- Foreign Affairs Committee (House)
- Foreign Relations Committee (Senate)
Public Lands and Natural Resources
■ 2 R■ 1 D
2 Republicans
1 Democrat