S. 1217

Summary

S. 1217, the Fishing Industry Credit Enhancement Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Mar 31, 2025 by Sen. Angus King (I) with 8 co-sponsors. It was referred to Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry, and last saw action on Mar 31, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Record

Text

S. 1217 has 8 co-sponsors.

119 S1217 IS: Fishing Industry Credit Enhancement Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-03-31
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 1217  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   March 31, 2025   Mr. King  (for himself,  Ms. Murkowski ,  Mr. Murphy ,  Mr. Coons ,  Ms. Blunt Rochester , and  Mr. Sullivan ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry    A BILL
To amend the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to support the commercial fishing industry.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Fishing Industry Credit Enhancement Act of 2025  .
2.
Extension of credit to businesses providing services to producers or harvesters of aquatic products
(a)
Farm credit banks
(1)
Eligibility for credit and financial services
Section 1.9 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 ( 12 U.S.C. 2017 ) is amended—
(A)
in paragraph (2), by striking  or  at the end;
(B)
by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
(C)
by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
(3)
persons furnishing to producers or harvesters of aquatic products services directly related to their operating needs; or
 .
(2)
Purposes for extensions of credit
Section 1.11(c)(1) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 ( 12 U.S.C. 2019(c)(1) ) is amended by inserting  and to persons furnishing services directly related to the operating needs of producers or harvesters of aquatic products  after  needs .
(b)
Production credit associations
Section 2.4(a) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 ( 12 U.S.C. 2075(a) ) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (2), by striking  and  at the end;
(2)
in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; and ; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:
(4)
persons furnishing to producers or harvesters of aquatic products services directly related to their operating needs.
 .

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A bill to amend the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to support the commercial fishing industry.

Sponsors

Sen. Angus King (I) sponsors S. 1217, and 8 members have co-sponsored it, 5 of them from the day it was introduced.

Angus King

Sen. · I–ME · Sponsor

Introduced Mar 31, 2025

Lisa Rochester

Sen. · D–DE · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 31, 2025 · Original

Christopher Coons

Sen. · D–DE · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 31, 2025 · Original

Lisa Murkowski

Sen. · R–AK · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 31, 2025 · Original

Christopher Murphy

Sen. · D–CT · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 31, 2025 · Original

Dan Sullivan

Sen. · R–AK · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 31, 2025 · Original

Susan Collins

Sen. · R–ME · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 3, 2025

Cindy Hyde-Smith

Sen. · R–MS · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 3, 2025

Jon Ossoff

Sen. · D–GA · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 18, 2025

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Committees

S. 1217 went before 1 committee: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Referred To · Mar 31, 2025 · 334 Bills

Actions

S. 1217 has taken 2 actions since Mar 31, 2025.

Votes

S. 1217 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to S. 1217, as Identical bill.

HR 2518Fishing Industry Credit Enhancement Act of 2025Apr 18, 2025 · Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and… · Identical bill

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Titles

S. 1217 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Fishing Industry Credit Enhancement Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Fishing Industry Credit Enhancement Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to amend the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to support the commercial fishing industry. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 4 firms and 16 registered lobbyists who named S. 1217 in 26 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Agriculture, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Banking, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Telecommunications, Transportation, Trade (domestic/foreign).

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1217 under Public Lands and Natural Resources, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1217’s is Public Lands and Natural Resources.

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