House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
SUSHI Act
Official title: To require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and the Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop a standard methodology for identifying the country of origin of seafood to support enforcement against illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Brian Babin R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 11, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 11, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3706.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3706, SUSHI Act” on September 22, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 11, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62783
- CBO publication date
- September 22, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3706, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3706
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 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. BABIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 95, June 4, 2025, Page H2469):U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the forgoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 323 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3706, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3706
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c1016ec9cda5133f8d3d40a04bf309a9d7551764fdbc1a23351607a5d2372f6b
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 22, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Babin.
- H.R. 3179 (119th) To rename the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge located in the State of Texas as the "Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge".
- H.R. 7813 (119th) NOAA Weather Radio Modernization Act
- H.R. 3705 (119th) Fog Observations and Geographic Forecasting Act
- H.R. 7273 (119th) NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026
- H.R. 2984 (119th) ASTRO Act
- H.R. 9341 (119th) AI-Ready Federal Data Guidelines Act
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.