HR 2071 · 119th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance

Save Our Shrimpers Act

Introduced 2025-03-11· Sponsored by Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 491.(2026-03-25)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Save Our Shrimpers Act This bill prohibits federal funds from being made available to international financial institutions (e.g., the International Monetary Fund) for financing activities related to foreign shrimp farms. The bill also requires an annual report on compliance by U.S. leadership of international financial institutions with policies to oppose financing for certain commodities or minerals. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of the Treasury to condition any provision of federal funds to an international financial institution on the requirement that the funds not be used to finance any activity related to shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or the export of shrimp in any foreign country. Under current law, Treasury must instruct U.S. leadership of international financial institutions to oppose providing financial assistance for the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral for export if (1) the commodity or mineral is in surplus on world markets, and (2) the export of such commodity or mineral will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers of a competing commodity or mineral (or of the same or a similar commodity or mineral). This bill req…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 2071, Save Our Shrimpers Act

Mar 17, 2026

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 4, 2026

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Cosponsors (20)

3 Democrats17 Republicans