H.R. 6338 · 119th Congress · pending

Stop Illegal Fishing Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Latest official action 2026-06-09 · Referred

The bill, briefly

Stop Illegal Fishing Act This bill requires the President to impose sanctions on foreign vessels and persons engaged in illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing). The bill directs the President to block and prohibit all transactions involving property (including interests in property) of a covered foreign vessel or person if such property comes within the United States or within the possession or control of a U.S. person. The President must also deny or revoke any visa or other entry documentation issued to or sought by a covered foreign person. Civil and criminal penalties apply to violations, including attempts or conspiracies to violate the sanctions. A covered foreign vessel is any vessel that is registered or operated under the authority of a foreign country and engages in IUU fishing. Covered foreign persons are individuals or entities that are not U.S. persons and knowingly (1) own any vessel that engages in IUU fishing, (2) work as a captain or senior crew member on any vessel that engages in IUU fishing, (3) operate as an entity primarily engaged in IUU fishing, or (4) serve as an officer or senior manager in an entity primarily engaged in IUU fishing. The President may waive the application of these sanctions after notifying Congress that the waiver is important to U.S. national security interests. Other exceptions apply, such as to provide life-savin…

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Congressional Research Service · 2025-12-01

Who reported lobbying on this bill?

Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed

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No matching lobbying report is imported yet. This is not evidence that no lobbying occurred.

2,409 latest lobbying reports imported. Some source imports are still in progress.

Politicians behind the bill

Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.

Sponsor

Gregory W. Meeks

House · NY District 5 · Democratic

$995,422PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Young Kim

House · CA District 40 · Republican

$1,530,488PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Brian K. Fitzpatrick

House · PA District 1 · Republican

$2,223,728PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Ed Case

House · HI District 1 · Democratic

$477,640PAC receipts · 2025–2026

3 of 3 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.

PAC donors to the listed sponsors

These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.

AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$35,000

Gregory W. Meeks · Sponsor · $10,000

Young Kim · Cosponsor · $7,500

Brian K. Fitzpatrick · Cosponsor · $10,000

Ed Case · Cosponsor · $7,500

The bill, briefly

Who reported lobbying on this bill?

Politicians behind the bill

Gregory W. Meeks

Young Kim

Brian K. Fitzpatrick

Ed Case

PAC donors to the listed sponsors

What happened after enactment?