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SGLF Act of 2025

To amend the Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956 to provide for the development by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission of efforts to combat invasive species of mussels.

Introduced Nov 17, 2025

Latest action (Nov 17, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Referred to
Natural Resources Committee
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Issues
Climate & Energy

Summary
  • Amends the Great Lakes Fishery Act to authorize the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to develop efforts to combat invasive species of mussels.
  • Requires the Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Geological Survey, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to assist with mussel invasion control efforts.
  • Requires coordination with federal agencies, interstate compacts, and tribal, state, and local governments on invasive mussel combat efforts.
  • Authorizes $500 million in funding for fiscal years 2026 through 2035 for invasive mussel control efforts in the Great Lakes.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
10 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Debbie Dingell’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN $24,944
  • THE WONDERFUL COMPANY $13,200
  • Employer not reported $9,900
  • ANN ARBOR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION $6,600
  • DAKKOTA INTREGRATED SYSTEMS LLC $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Debbie Dingell → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Nov 17, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
  2. Nov 17, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 2878 — Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act · Became Law Dec 26, 2025 · Cong. 119 77%
  • S 2880 — Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025 · Introduced Sep 18, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • S 4603 — Golden Mussel Eradication and Control Act of 2026 · Introduced May 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 70%
  • HR 7560 — LCBP Enhancements Act of 2026 · Introduced Feb 13, 2026 · Cong. 119 66%
  • S 4573 — Regional Great Lakes Partnership Act of 2026 · Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 3718 — Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Nov 17, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 17, 2025

Mrs. Dingell (for herself and Mr. Walberg) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL

To amend the Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956 to provide for the development by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission of efforts to combat invasive species of mussels.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Save Great Lakes Fish Act of 2025” or the “SGLF Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT BY GREAT LAKES FISHERY COMMISSION OF EFFORTS TO COMBAT INVASIVE SPECIES OF MUSSELS.

The Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 931 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 6 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 935) the following:

“SEC. 6A. INVASIVE SPECIES OF MUSSELS.

“(a) In General.—In carrying out the obligations of the United States under the Convention, the United States Section is authorized to develop, in coordination with Federal agencies, interstate compacts, and Tribal, State, and local governments, efforts to combat invasive species of mussels.

“(b) Assistance by Certain Federal Agencies.—The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and Director of the United States Geological Survey, and the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shall assist the United States Section with the development of efforts to combat invasive species of mussels under subsection (a).

“(c) Authorization of Appropriations.—

“(1) In general.—There is authorized to be appropriated $500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2026 through 2035 to carry out this section.

“(2) Availability.—Amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1)—

“(A) are authorized to be made available to the Commission; and

“(B) shall be in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated pursuant to section 13.”. <all>

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