{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-2071","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 2071","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Save Our Shrimpers Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to international financial institutions for the purposes of financing foreign shrimp farms, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to international financial institutions for the purposes of financing foreign shrimp farms, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Save Our Shrimpers Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Save Our Shrimpers Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To require the United States Executive Directors at the international financial institutions to oppose certain projects involving shrimp production."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Save Our Shrimpers Act"},{"type":"Official Titles as Amended by House","title":"To require the United States Executive Directors at the international financial institutions to oppose certain projects involving shrimp production"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Save Our Shrimpers Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Save Our Shrimpers Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-03-11","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-05-12","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h156","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Save Our Shrimpers Act","result":"Passed","yea":391,"nay":18,"present":1,"not_voting":19,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll156.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.","date":"2026-05-13"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-03-11","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Save Our Shrimpers Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill prohibits federal funds from being made available to international financial institutions (e.g., the International Monetary Fund) for financing activities related to foreign shrimp farms. The bill also requires an annual report on compliance by U.S. leadership of international financial institutions with policies to oppose financing for certain commodities or minerals."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the bill requires the Department of the Treasury to condition any provision of federal funds to an international financial institution on the requirement that the funds not be used to finance any activity related to shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or the export of shrimp in any foreign country."},{"k":"p","t":"Under current law, Treasury must instruct U.S. leadership of international financial institutions to oppose providing financial assistance for the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral for export if (1) the commodity or mineral is in surplus on world markets, and (2) the export of such commodity or mineral will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers of a competing commodity or mineral (or of the same or a similar commodity or mineral). This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to investigate and annually report to Congress on the extent to which U.S. leadership at these institutions have carried out Treasury's instructions."}],"words":207},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at each international financial institution to oppose financial assistance for projects supporting shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or shrimp export in a borrowing country.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2071/text/eh#H358350BAA4494F88AD6F9472A9A0D25D"}]},"core_areas":["U.S. voice and vote at international financial institutions on shrimp-related projects"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the United States Executive Director at each international financial institution to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose financial assistance for any project to support shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or the export of shrimp in a borrowing country.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2071/text/eh#H358350BAA4494F88AD6F9472A9A0D25D"}},{"text":"Allows the Secretary of the Treasury to waive the voice and vote requirement for a project after notifying the Congress that the waiver is in the national interest of the United States.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2071/text/eh#H358350BAA4494F88AD6F9472A9A0D25D"}},{"text":"Ends the voice and vote requirement at the end of the 7-year period beginning on the date of enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2071/text/eh#H358350BAA4494F88AD6F9472A9A0D25D"}},{"text":"Provides that the Act may be cited as the \"Save Our Shrimpers Act\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2071/text/eh#H75E6CDF2C3674E4D9A6D162CB5FA2940"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-05-12","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2071/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2071","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2071/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-2071.png","v":"326e507a5444","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 2071, 119th Congress: Save Our Shrimpers Act. House: 391 Yea, 18 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 12 May 2026."}}