House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
SHARKED Act of 2025
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a task force regarding shark depredation, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Wittman R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2025
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 21, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 207.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WITTMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H43):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Protection of Recreational Fishing from Shark encounters.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 121 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 207, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/207
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Byron Donalds (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Wittman.
- H.R. 556 (119th) Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act
- H.R. 6317 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12109 New Kent Highway in New Kent, Virginia, as the "Patricia…
- H.R. 7889 (119th) AWRC Act of 2025
- H.R. 906 (119th) Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act
- H.Con.Res. 62 (119th) Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for an event to unveil the statue of Barbara Rose Johns.
- H.R. 9640 (119th) Earth MRI Reauthorization Act of 2026
Related bills
- S. 2314 (119th) SHARKED Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.