1HOUSE · MAY 12, 2026
Passed the House
391–18PASSED
R 205–0 D 186–17 I 0–1
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll 156 · 1 present · 19 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Save Our Shrimpers Act
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.
Sponsor: Rep. Troy Nehls R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2025
- Committee actionMar 4, 2026
- Passed HouseMay 12, 2026 · 391–18
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 13, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2071.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2071, Save Our Shrimpers Act” on March 17, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 4, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 17, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62228
- CBO publication date
- March 17, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2071, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2071
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-571 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on March 25, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 25, 2026 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/571
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2071, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2071
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEHLS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 45, March 11, 2025, Page H1152):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2025 ↗
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- H.R. 2071, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2071
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 2071. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
20 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 20 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Donald Davis (D-NC), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Russell Fry (R-SC), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Barry Moore (R-AL), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), David Rouzer (R-NC), John Rutherford (R-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Troy Nehls.
- H.R. 695 (119th) Medal of Honor Act
- H.R. 309 (119th) National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act
- H.R. 3410 (119th) Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act
- H.R. 7553 (119th) Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act
- H.R. 4711 (119th) REMOVE Act
- H.R. 188 (119th) Amtrak Transparency and Accountability for Passengers and Taxpayers Act
Related bills
- S. 4805 (119th) Save Our Shrimpers ActRelated bill
- S. 4863 (119th) Save Our Shrimpers ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.