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H.R. 531: South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025
119th Congress · introduced 2025-01-16 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025
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South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025 This bill revises federal requirements for U.S. commercial fishing vessels operating in the South Pacific. The changes reflect amendments to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty that were agreed to at Nadi, Fiji, on December 3, 2016. The treaty details mutual obligations of the United States and 16 Pacific Island countries when U.S. fishing vessels operate in the region.
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South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] · 1 cosponsors
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- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr531.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>
Record fed-us-cong119-hr531 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills