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Save Our Shrimpers Act

To require the United States Executive Directors at the international financial institutions to oppose certain projects involving shrimp production.

Introduced Jun 17, 2026

Latest action (Jun 17, 2026) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Referred to
Foreign Relations Committee
Policy area
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Issues
Foreign Policy

Summary
  • Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct United States Executive Directors at international financial institutions to use U.S. voting power to oppose any financial assistance for shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or shrimp export projects in borrowing countries
  • Allows the Secretary of the Treasury to waive the opposition requirement for specific projects upon notifying Congress that the waiver is in the national interest of the United States
  • Sunsets the requirement after 7 years from the date of enactment

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)
5 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jun 17, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. · senate
  2. Jun 17, 2026 Introduced in Senate

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 4863 — Save Our Shrimpers Act · Introduced Jun 23, 2026 · Cong. 119 93%
  • HR 3324 — Safer Shrimp Imports Act · Introduced May 13, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • S 667 — Safer Shrimp Imports Act · Introduced Feb 20, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • HR 5578 — Shrimp Importation Financing Fairness Act · Introduced Oct 21, 2002 · Cong. 107 66%
  • HR 9154 — SHRIMP Act of 2026 · Introduced Jun 4, 2026 · Cong. 119 63%
  • S 4945 — Home Market Restoration Act of 2026 · Introduced Jul 13, 2026 · Cong. 119 61%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 17, 2026

Mrs. Hyde-Smith (for herself, Mrs. Britt, and Mr. Kennedy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

A BILL

To require the United States Executive Directors at the international financial institutions to oppose certain projects involving shrimp production.

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 Our Shrimpers Act”.

SEC. 2. VOICE AND VOTE REQUIREMENT.

(a) In General.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director at each international financial institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the International Financial Institutions Act) to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any financial assistance by such institution for any project to support shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or the export of shrimp in a borrowing country.

(b) Waiver Authority.—The Secretary of the Treasury may waive subsection (a) with respect to a project upon notifying the Congress that the waiver is in the national interest of the United States.

(c) Expiration.—Subsection (a) shall have no force or effect after the end of the 7-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. <all>

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