House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Stop Illegal Fishing Act
Official title: To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons and foreign vessels that engage in illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Gregory Meeks D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 1, 2025
- Committee actionDec 3, 2025
- Passed HouseJun 8, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 9, 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. 6338.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6338, Stop Illegal Fishing Act” on December 19, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on December 3, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61956
- CBO publication date
- December 19, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6338, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6338
- 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. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 200, December 1, 2025, Page H4966):Article I, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6338, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6338
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1de843c0add38dcb98686936241b267e8f568b5e2e0d13b9da17a6c5a2f11260
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 19, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
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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.